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[CLKD]

Sore throat and continual clearing of same could be due to post nasal drip!  My problem and a nuisance.  As oestrogen drops off so muscles become lax = more aches and pains.

It is said that old age doesn't come alone - how true is that?  Having had cancer and a lot of depression and anxiety, I no longer worry as much.  Except when I get a headache that won't shift or that strange pain behind the eye ……… I immediately think 'stroke/hamorrhage' ……. bugga. 

However; the moment my stomach is queasy I go into a PANIC 

[Lisette]

Thank you Sparkle !! I am so loving this Forum....what an enormous help to be amongst fellow sufferers, people who are going through what you are, somewhere where you don't feel like you're going mad !! Lisette x

[Briony]

Cthrnstowe, I thought I was the one bankrupting the NHS!  I've had similar but over the last four years, not 12 months!

And we still think they must have missed something!!

S x

I'm the same!

[joyce21]

OMG Ladies, it's like reading my story on here , I was thinking through the other day which parts of my body have actually "escaped" from my anxiety, not many!!
I have always had health anxiety, but when i was younger could say to myself, no your too young to be having a heart attack/stroke etc etc, you know how it goes, but now i'm in my 50's i can't use that one
I worry myself silly, but won't actually go to the doctors in case he finds something wrong lol
I have gallstones which do give me lot's of problems, but i won't go for the op (cancelled it twice) because i'm afraid of the GA, I also have osteoarthritis but i can cope with that one. For the last 3 weeks or so i've had some kind of breathing thing , which i know for a fact is brought on by anxiety, but at the time it's happening that doesn't help, because remember, this could be the one time it's NOT anxiety!!! then the last 3 night's I've had palpitations just before bed, which have got me in such a state (i'm having a heart attack for sure) that I've come down stairs because I'm shaking like someone in a freezer lol, my DH try's his best to help, but i don't like to use the "meno" thing with him, we've only been married 3 years, so I want him to see me as younger for as long as poss, IYKWIM.
My daughter is getting married early 2017, and i'm already getting myself in a state thinking about it, full day out, what if i'm dizzy etc etc. the annoying thing is, when i'm "well" I look back and don't even recognize that woman, I tell myelf next time it happens i will have a stern word with her, but then a pain appears and all my good intentions go out the window, and i'm a quivering wreck again, I'm supposed to be going for a blood test, i have to have my iron checked every 12 months, but when i went to get the slip from the docs to take with me, he's put me down for fasting test's too, to check cholesterol etc , so i've not been yet, it was over a month ago, because I don't want to know if it's high, it will just be another thing to worry about.
Oh the joy's of meno, I am in 2 minds as to whether to see the doc about HRT, has anyone found the health anxiety is helped by it? or do we just add breast cancer and DVT to the list of health worries lol

Joyce xx

[Mary G]

Joyce21, I have suffered with health anxiety, well cancer phobia, since childhood but, strangely, it has actually decreased with age.  No close family member has ever had cancer and my parents are both still alive so I'm not sure where the phobia comes from but I think it's the thought of the dreadful treatment. 

I don't know how old you are but why not have a trial run on HRT?  As you will already know, HRT carries a very low (some are now saying non-existent) breast cancer risk and the dreaded million women study that doomed HRT has been completely discredited.  Oestrogen alone is safer (not that I think it is dangerous in any way) and more effective and I would personally recommend you try the gel but if you still have a womb, you will need to use progesterone - you no doubt know that too!  I also use testosterone and you might want to give that a try too.

For what it's worth, my opinion is that you have nothing to lose by giving HRT a try and it may well help your anxiety.  I am 54 and still feel the same as I did when I was 30 except when I use the progesterone (I am progesterone intolerant) but that is only for a fraction of the time. 

[Briony]

Joyce, I'm not sure if it's the HRT which helped my health anxiety, or simply a doctor recognising that my weird symptoms were actually linked to my hormone levels and nothing more sinister, but things are much better than before. That said, I do still get random moments of panic when an unusual symptom suddenly strikes, but usually there's someone on here who's had the same thing, which is reassuring. If you haven't already, do Google '34 symptoms of menopause' - reading that calmed me down a lot! x

[Briony]

Mary, we posted at the same time, but just wanted to say you speak very wise words 

[Rebelyell]

Joyce - welcome to Club HA!   I totally know what you mean about almost being two people.  My good self barely recognises the anxious one, and the anxious one can't find the good self and feels she is gone for good.

I am on oestrogen only, it does help a bit. 

[joyce21]

Thanks Mary I will certainly give it a go, as they say, it can't be any worse can it. I'm 54 like you, my last period was about 6 months ago, so not sure what the doc will say to that, I've always thought I'd like to get through the meno naturally, but that's easy to say when your not in it lol. I'll make an appointment and have a word with my GP

xx

[rantywoman]

Do any of you ladies feel like me? I seem to get new symptoms every couple of months and so I'm in a virtually never ending cycle of health anxiety. If I do get a good few weeks, I start to get worried because I know it wont last and I wonder what's coming next. Its all so exhausting.

[pricey]

Oh goodness, I think I've found my new 'home'. I lurch from one health worry to the next these days. Google is my best friend/worst enemy.

[rantywoman]

I think I'll pull up a chair,I may be in this section some time!
Just knowing there are others out there feeling the same makes me feel a little easier.

[pricey]

Me too. Rantywoman. Sparkle, I used to be like this 20 odd years ago, but have raised 5 kids and been through all sorts since. It felt like I was way too busy to be ill. Now I'm making up for it. Now I'm losing my grip! I have dry mouth + throat, throat clearing, panic I can't breathe most days and a fair number of the so called 34 meno symptoms, plus various others

[Rebelyell]

It's going to have to be a big table Rantywoman!  Shall we get comfy and sit in the lounge to chat?

Welcome to you and Pricey - Sparkle and I are happy for you to join us in the HA Club!

[rantywoman]

Thank you for the welcome! Anyone fancy a choccy Hobnob while we're sat here?