Yes, I too recognise what you're describing. In fact, and I hate admitting this as I find it quite embarrassing, I have not been able to wear a proper bra since summer 2012. I have had so many MRI s and GI work, only to conclude it's a neurological pain caused by hormones and the related water retention touching nearby nerves. This often happens where nerves 'meet' like under the arm and in the ankle, causing referred pain and or tingling in the shoulder/back/arm/chest/foot. There is also a condition called costochondrosis which can be affected by low estrogen too apparently (another member told me this). I am convinced that my burping is linked to the nerve in the oesophagus, though that's just my little theory! Isn't it interesting that a lot of us who have these symptoms also have the nausea?
The most frustrating thing of all is that so much worry and money could be saved if only the medical profession was better informed. So many doctors think if you have anything other than anxiety and hot flushes, it's not hormones. Even on here, I have seen people say to another member 'that doesn't sound like hormones to me' only for another member to say 'yes, it is hormonal!'. Every time someone questions it (and I do understand that things need to be checked out) a little voice whispers to me '.... so maybe it is something else, something terrible/fatal blah blah blah' and so begins the horrible anxiety! Once that kicks in, all the reassuring tests I've had mean zilch!! Does anyone else feel like this, or am I just nuts?
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