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[Briony]

One of my early symptoms was tingling, dizziness and slight nausea. After a year of taking hrt and then a low dose bcp, these symptoms, along with many others, disappeared. Prior to being told I had hormonal problems, I had all sorts of tests and, if I am honest, was very frightened.
Suddenly these last two days I've started getting tingling feet, dizziness and sudden nausea, especially when I stand up. Twice felt like I was going to faint today. Is it possible that it's simply my own (crazy) hormones trying to override the pill? (I didn't get a bleed this month which is unusual, but did have lots of spotting throughout the month).   Or have I got the rare,  unnamed, fatal disease that I spent two years convincing myself I had?!!     Joking aside, I am genuinely worried about how I feel - I never want to go back to those dark, fearful days again. Does anyone else get random symptoms occasionally, despite taking hrt or the pill?

I don't  want or expect perfection  from hrt/the pill, but I wish my symptoms were a bit more typically hormone related so at least I could more easily dismiss them.

Thanks for listening, B

[TropicalVon69]

Hii Briony....sounds like hormones to me, probably due to your period not arriving........you'll be fine x

[Dorothy]

Sounds like hormones to me too.  Keep an eye on it and make a note of when it happens - if it becomes more frequent or there doesn't seem to be a hormonal link then it would be worth getting it checked to make sure.

When I start panicking about my health, I remind myself that health anxiety is one of my symptoms...sometimes it tricks my brain into calming down again!

[Briony]

Thanks both of you - you talk a lot of sense, which is just what I need at the moment! 

[GypsyRoseLee]

This sounds like it could possibly be vertigo? My MIL suffers with this, and has identical symptoms but is way past the menopause.

Although, with you describing having had the heavier spotting this month it's clear your pesky hormones are trying it on. Twice this month I've had a funny 'swooshing' sensation in my head, only lasting a split second but disorientating. There are clear links between our hormones and serotonin levels in the brain, so it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was your hormones creating this dizziness, as they in turn effect the chemicals in your brain, which in turn controls your sense of balance etc.

[Poppyflower]

Definitely hormones I would say.....I responded something similar on gypsyroselees post......I can say this with almost absolute certainty because our situations are almost identical right down to the tingling. After months of testing for neurological disorders and all coming out normal and then finally deciding must be hormones. It does not seem that I can get it all under control at the same time for a long period of time. If physical things are not happening then mental ones are, at this point I am feeling like I just have to decide what I want to put up with and that sucks....all I yearn for is my old self!!