When does this end???? Sometimes I feel like my symptoms have gotten worse! The last few days have been horrible. I have the following (all together, no letting up )

* Anxiety - what else is new? lol
* Bloating - weight gain, gassy
* deep, deep depression
* anger, like I want to bite people's heads off
* agitation - see anxiety
* nausea
* muscle and bones ache
* exhaustion! pure exhaustion!
* skin feels hot, almost feel sickly, flu-ish
* crampy

How could I have all of this stuff mixed together? Usually I had anxiety for a few days, then the exhaustion, etc Is this too much estrogen?


Thanks for letting me vent

Okay Hi ,, I have lost everything to this damn premenopause,, I ahve been in a depression for over 2 years .. It started in 2001 and my periods were a nightmare.. you all know the symptoms,,,well i was a flight attendant for 16 years and lost my job in november due to lack of sleep, and fevers.. now 6 months later i am without my boyfriend, jobless, and cannot focus because all is a blur.. this is the worst .. i ahve never done drugs or alcohol but i think i now know what its like to be outof control

I hope u guys can help me, im only 39,, my ibs, and joint pain is so bad.. i run, eat and drink water,, i do have a large fibroid ,, can this be effecting me? daisy

Hi daisy - Welcome to PowerSurge!! sorry you're having a rough time along with the rest of us I'm having a "I need a pity party" day

Gia

Thanks for your vent - I read it and shared it - it felt good!!

Personally I would be quite happy if I never heard the words progesterone and oestrogen ever again - I would like to put them on a rocket and blast them into space. The terrible towsome never bothered me much till this time last year - and now I cant live with or without them it seems - I have not quite got to grips with whether I am hyper-oestrogen or hypo-oestrogen - who cares - I feel c**p!

Daisy

Welcome to PS - sorry you are feeling so low & rotten - I also lost my job cos I couldnt cope with all the anxiety and symptoms - not sleeping etc etc etc .....I do hope you can find answers and support here in PS. Reading through the posts is so hearteniong cos people just understand where you are coming from - however freaky the symptoms and sensations - however loopy you sound - this is the place to come. Knowledge is power - knowing what is going on in your body gives you confidence - I also felt out of control till I found this site - read it - and absorb it.

Love

Mele

hi guys its daisy, its 4 am in nj and im wide awake. suppose to starta new job friday. i am so sick of this . i wonder can anyone tell me which medical test i should have to check my hormones.

Hey Gia, can I say this without sounding HORRIBLE? Reading your post actually made me feel somewhat relieved, because I'm feeling the same way, and I was beginning to think there MUST be more wrong with me other than just this damn menopause crap!
It's like my entire 'person' has up and left this body and someone/someTHING else has crawled into it. There isn't a day that I wake up now and feel 'good'. Always one thing or another, and nine times out of ten it's the ENTIRE combination of what you mentioned all at the same time!
So, either you and I have have some funky ailment, OR we are at the same stage of this stupid transition. Hang in there girl. This HAS to get better! And if you figure out a way to FEEL better? LET ME KNOW!
HUGS!

Hi Kleeo,

I just woke up with a MAJOR panic attack. I'm still shakey, wobbly as I write this. I think my PA is more stress related this morning than anything. I need to find another job.

Gia

I read your list of symptoms and your feelings and it just sums up so much of peri to me

It really does me good to have a good vent and rant and complain - boy it makes me feel better

I was just reading Jenilou's post about her meno clinic appointment where she siad the woman there let her rant on for ages - so therapeutic!!

We should call this board - 'Thanks For Letting Me Vent'!!!!!

Peri - GGGRRRRRRRRRR

Mele

Hi Gia, Dazy, Mele, Kleeo and all.

Gia- I am glad you posted this. Count me in on the strange ailment. I have all of this at once except the hot skin (in the morning I am hot).

I use saliva testing to tell me where my hormones are but the tests are only a point in time and I have usually not been tested more than 1 time each year.

Blood tests never indicated anything but normalcy and I know I don't feel normal.

Dazy- Try getting your hormones tested at Bellevue Pharmacy Solutions. Here on the site. That will give you a starting point. It usually takes two weeks to get the results or go to your GYN and have a blood test. Also check your thyroid.

Mele and all- I am so sick of being a lab rat. I just want to be normal again and NEVER hear the word Peri or Meno again.

Sandy

Sandy

I am same as you - all my blood tests except for hormones came back as normal (well thyroid went through a slight dip for a while) but I felt (feel) awful........it took me ages to accept that I can feel this rotten and all the blood work says NOTHING WRONG!!!!!!

I echo what you say sister!!!

I NEVER WANT TO HEAR THE WORD PERI AGAIN!!!!!!

Can we call it something else?

Mele

Mele, I want to send you a HEARTFELT hug from way over here, I wish I was there and would make you a lovely lil chicken soup with tasty vegs, for your upsset stomach. Then after that I would give you a lovely tea with Valerian, star anise and some chamomile and a spot of honey And then maybe a lil massage on your aching joints with a relaxing cream, then I would say a prayer so God would grant you a restful nap.
Since I am not there I pray maybe someone your hubby or a dear friend might do something like this for you.
I know the anger is only from you feeling so tired, lack of sleep, the pains, I get the same way when my BP goes up and my head stuff starts and the heavy pain in my arm, and chest and hand. I can only wish you to hang in there. You know I really dont have a sister, or Mom anymore that I could just call and say HELP. I have been a strong women and sometimes not to my advantage. I wont ask for the massage, or the soup or the teas I do it and feel sick and lonely and wonder sometimes I should lean a lil more on others, the hubby the Son or the daughter or the best friend I have. But everyone is so busy and the best friend has her own meno stuff, so I do the best I can, I just ask God to give me a few good days, and there I go Hope you have a better nite, and day tommorow, God bless you, Mele, The Tink