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[katem]

Hi, I have just registered and I have finally worked out how to post Doh!!!!!
Anyway, heres hoping someone else out there will recognise my symptoms cos I am feeling very isolated.
I have never had hot sweats and flushing. What I do get is what I call a power surge that starts around my middle and tends to come up my arm and into my head and for approx 1 or 2 minutes sends me gaga. I can only compare it to when my parents suffered from Transient Isachemic attacks and I'm pretty confident I am not suffering those. Has anybody else had the same? I would be very interested to find out plus I would not feel quite so alone and odd!

[lubylou]

Hi Katem,
Welcome to the forum, you are not alone and I am sorry you are feeling isolated. I get a sort of "power surge" sensation,  is a power surge accompanied with a feeling of panic and heat or just a feeling of a physical adrenalin surge? I get it when I wake at night before a hot flush.
LubyLou

[katem]

Hi Lubylu, thanks for replying. No I don't seem to get the heat at all and the only time I tend to flush is when I've been drinking and that has been all my life rather than just the last five years. I am aged 56 and my last period was October 2013 so far(heres hoping). Sometimes I can have three or four surges in one day but most times its just once or twice and it seems to coincide with a period or when I should have been on a period (like now but without the bleeding) and it is accompagnied by the most awful feelings and anxiety, almost as if I am on a parrallell universe !!!!!!Its all very unpleasant.

[smudgesmum]

I get what I call 'Headrushes' which are very weird and disorientating, they only last about 30 seconds.

Smudgesmum xx

[peri]

I get the headrushes it's like vertigo although it doesn't last very long.  I particularly seem to get them in the supermarket and I feel as though I am going to faint although I never actually have x

[CLKD]

Electric zaps around the skull are usuaully linked to medication.  When it happens I go 'oh' by which time the zap has passed. 

Adrenaline surges can begin around the belly button - for me it is like hot water in my veins

[katem]

Thanks everyone for the responses. Its good to know that I am not suffering alone. I am not on any medication but I have been in the past, including HRT, SSRI's and antidepressants. Nothing helped and the surges just continued whilst I was on medication as much as when I am not on medication as now. What I really need to know is when will these bloody episodes finish !!!!!!!Its been going on now for almost five years and really have had enough.

[CLKD]

Ohhhhh ..........  ........ gentle exercise, a good diet, keep hydrated and rest when you body tells you to.  Don't plan too far ahead ....... it's not called 'the change' for nowt 

Have you read the menus - left of screen?  Have you found our 'funny room' ........

[katem]

Thanks everyone for your info and support but I still feel very much alone because I seem to be the only woman in the world to experience the power surges/ flashes ect without sweats and flushes so I am wondering, am I experiencing menopausal symptoms or something else entirely??? Sorry to moan on but I really have had enough. Just want to know that it does go eventually and how much longer I have to put up with it!!!!!!!

[honeybun]

I don't think anyone can say with any certainty how long meno symptoms can last for.
I did get this kind of thing pre HRT and they were not always followed by a flush. It was a most peculiar feeling.
Have you had a check up recently, it might be worth while just making sure you general health is fine.

Honeyb
x

[CLKD]

Go along to see your Practice Nurse for a well woman check up: blood pressure, thyroid function test, are you anaemic?  No one seems to have exact copies of symptoms as we all vary so much!  Be glad that you don't get flushes  ……….. something I never had (yet) ……..