Perimenopause moans #2

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Has anyone had issues with depression symptoms coming back that were well controlled?

I’ve been on sertraline for years and started HRT about 4 months ago and oh my god I feel like I did before my medication! Constantly tired to the point I’m dragging myself out of bed and feel so lazy as I’m struggling to get motivated to do anything or focus on anything, I get in the car after work and wonder how the hell my patient is still alive!!

Bloods have been checked and everything is normal, trying added vit D and I’ve just ordered Lions Mane.

I’m always really low mood at this time of year due to family reasons but this year feels particularly bad and not for the same reasons as I normally feel.
 
Onlyhereforthegossip said:
Has anyone had issues with depression symptoms coming back that were well controlled?

I’ve been on sertraline for years and started HRT about 4 months ago and oh my god I feel like I did before my medication! Constantly tired to the point I’m dragging myself out of bed and feel so lazy as I’m struggling to get motivated to do anything or focus on anything, I get in the car after work and wonder how the hell my patient is still alive!!

Bloods have been checked and everything is normal, trying added vit D and I’ve just ordered Lions Mane.

I’m always really low mood at this time of year due to family reasons but this year feels particularly bad and not for the same reasons as I normally feel.
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I think and this is obviously just my personal opinion, that we had so much more cloud and darkness this year that everyone has a bit of SAD now.
 
Onlyhereforthegossip said:
Has anyone had issues with depression symptoms coming back that were well controlled?

I’ve been on sertraline for years and started HRT about 4 months ago and oh my god I feel like I did before my medication! Constantly tired to the point I’m dragging myself out of bed and feel so lazy as I’m struggling to get motivated to do anything or focus on anything, I get in the car after work and wonder how the hell my patient is still alive!!

Bloods have been checked and everything is normal, trying added vit D and I’ve just ordered Lions Mane.

I’m always really low mood at this time of year due to family reasons but this year feels particularly bad and not for the same reasons as I normally feel.
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I would back to Gp and ask to try a different HRT. I've had different meds while I've been been on setraline and my anxiety went through the roof. I ended up having to stop the other meds because I was having the worst panic attacks when I went to bed and when I woke up.
 
griftalo said:
I think and this is obviously just my personal opinion, that we had so much more cloud and darkness this year that everyone has a bit of SAD now.
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I think this too.

Although I’m wondering if I’m actually depressed or suffering from some sort of pmdd. I feel like I’m on the edge of a nervous breakdown. I feel joy around once every couple of days, I can’t stop crying, I’m getting a bit paranoid and a feeling of ‘woe is me’ which is unusual.

I’m going to have to see after Christmas whether I should go to the gp or if it will pass. 🥲
 
veronica71 said:
Anyone got any recommendations for sore boobs… cos omg 😳
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Mine are agony at the moment. I keep checking my tracker because they are normally bad a week before my period starts, but they started hurting about 3 days after the last one ended.

I’m on EPO and menopace but I can’t even really spin because they hurt so much.

ETA not banned EPO- I’m not Lance Armstrong.
 
I’m glad ur not Lande Armstrong - sounds like you have enough going on!

I’ve had to up my sertraline cos of bad mentals and I upped my hrt gel for a few days and then stopped the extra cos it all just felt too much and mine feel like they did when breastfeeding or pregnant (which there is no chance of but they feel so similar I feel I wanna test to make sure it’s not the second coming 🙄😂). Put in. Panicked call to the docs cos anxiety and she says it sounds hormonal - it’s bloody sucks being a woman - can you imagine men carrying on if they constantly felt like they’d been kicked in the balls
 
Ravenstown said:
I'm the same. Not really having any symptoms to write home about.
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It's weird, isn't it? Meanwhile my colleague who is only 43 is getting loads of issues.

No way of knowing if this is normal for the women in my family - my mum had a hysterectomy early 40s, both grandmothers passed away a long time ago.
 
Limey said:
It's weird, isn't it? Meanwhile my colleague who is only 43 is getting loads of issues.

No way of knowing if this is normal for the women in my family - my mum had a hysterectomy early 40s, both grandmothers passed away a long time ago.
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All my sisters have had different symptoms. My youngest is already on HRT and started around 43. Oldest sister is also mid 50’s and on HRT. All my friends have had major symptoms and are younger than me. I’m 47 and the only symptoms I’ve really had is I now get period pains and PMT which I have never had in my life. Periods are still the same and regular.
 
Tinnitus ringing is out of control tonight, always had it around the start of a period which will last a day or 2 and now I get a headache and nausea but my periods are slowly changing each month so it's to be expected other changes happen too 😭 any tips how to get rid or at least ignore while trying to sleep?
I've hydrated well today, had some paracetamol, sat up with plenty of pillow support but it's raging.
Also, is being short of breath around your period a symptom?
I don't suffer with any breathing problems apart from this, I really have to focus on getting my breath right with deep breathing techniques.
 
Hello all. Feeling very confused and at my wit’s end. Wondering if anyone has experienced hyperhydrosis / extreme sweating during perimenopause? It literally drips down my face and fully body even when it’s freezing outside and I don’t even have a coat on! Not sure if this is ‘a hot flush’? I’ve had my bloods checked and there’s nothing flagged up. It honestly gets me down so much - starting to wonder if it’s perimenopause (or even full on menopause but I do still get periods although the flow and length has changed). Thanks in advance
 
griftalo said:
I think and this is obviously just my personal opinion, that we had so much more cloud and darkness this year that everyone has a bit of SAD now.
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Baby Giraffe said:
Where do you keep it? Mines in the bathroom cabinet which is quite a cold room when I get up for work and it just feels cool rather than cold but maybe I’m not awake enough to notice the shock!
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Its in my bathroom too, if I put on my arms then it's ok, on my thighs it's freezing. Maybe it needs to be arms in future. 😆
 
didisaythatoutloudoops said:
So I found out today, following my heavy post-menopause bleeding investigations, that I have pre-cancerous cells in my uterus. I'm too at-risk for a hysterectomy due to other medical reasons, so they've implanted a coil, are going to do a CT scan in January and biopsies every 3 months.

I have to say I am just completely freaking out. Has anyone had similar?
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So sorry to hear that. I’ve not had that experience but the medics will have sent all before and sounds like they will be keeping a close eye on you. Try to stay calm, focus on keeping yourself well and active and take note of anything you feel, physically and emotionally over these 3 months. Sending love. Xx
 
I used to really enjoy one cup of tea a day in the afternoon, it was a lovely pick me up. But it’s been giving me what I presume is heartburn for the last six weeks or so and I just can’t enjoy the taste anymore. Was just listening to Alan Carr’s podcast with Miranda Hart and they were both saying tea now gives them heartburn so perhaps it’s a middle age thing not a menopause thing. 🤷🏻‍♀️
 
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