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[Urbanchick]

As you might know from another thread, I have a weird tooth sensitivity/pain thing going on at the moment.   As it happened before and went away, and as I know I am stressed/very anxious at the moment, I am thinking it might be psychosomatic.   Since meno struck with a vengeance I have had:  stomach issues/backache/toothache/bladder pain - all of which were 'nothing'.   In fact the bladder pressure returns if I am stressed.

Anybody else had this type of stress/anxiety related thing?   I seem to 'need' some type of symptom and when one goes, another comes to fill its shoes.

[Megamind]

I have had loads of aches, pains and problems since being in peri menopause and like you, these consist of stomach issues/backache/toothache. Haven't had the bladder pain but get a lot of pelvic pain and sometimes need the loo more than other days. Also, IBS can effect the bladder so if you're having stomach issues that are IBS type, then this will effect your bladder and of course, stress can cause IBS.

I commented on your other thread about your teeth and I do believe your problem is down to tooth grinding when you are asleep. Tooth grinding often occurs when the person is stressed. Do your teeth throb? That is a sign of tooth grinding/clenching. Also the fact you get no sensitivity when eating or drinking suggests it is more down to grinding/clenching rathen than any other dental issue.

It sounds like you are overthinking everything and so try distraction techniques.

[linz57]

Me too! I can't seem to go longer then 3 to four weeks symptom free these days. I get so sick of it all, it's like being on a conveyor belt

[bramble]

New day new pain!

[CLKD]

We have a thread about new symptoms on here somewhere  .  I think we become more aware of niggles as we age.

[soniad]

I have definitely had the teeth sensitivity thing.

It got so bad I couldn't even drink a glass of cold water form the tap. It came and went.

Lasted for about 3 months, I'm positive it was due to hormones.

[peri]

It's neurosis and is triggered by the imbalance in hormones I believe,  as urbanchick points out as soon as one symptom goes another one replaces it so the thing is to roll with it and not get too strung up about it x

[Urbanchick]

Thanks Soniad - that is reassuring [albeit daunting - I don't want three months of this..].   I read a book about curing anxiety and the author did point out that if you concentrate on any particular part of the body you can find pain.   But how on earth do you stop thinking about a particular part of the body??   I just have to keep busy!

[linz57]

It's like the elephant in the room isn't it?

[Briony]

The specialist told me that estrogen is like the WD40 of the body, helping to oil joints and protecting nerve endings amongst other things (it affects 250 different bodily mechanisms!). Therefore, as estrogen drops, it is of no surprise that  we get weird pains all over the place.

[Ms Saucy]

Hi there.
Tooth grinding is another meno symptom. I struggled with it and my jaw was very painful - I headed to the dentist, got a tooth shield made to wear at night and it went .
Hope it helps xx

[soniad]

But how on earth do you stop thinking about a particular part of the body??   I just have to keep busy!

I totally get it Urbanchick. It's almost impossible not to freak out when new symptoms come on because many of them *could* be caused by life threatening illnesses.

All we can do is keep on going and support each other.

xx

[Justjules]

oh yes, totally agree - see my recent thread!  It's not a nice thing to suffer from and I live in hope of finding the answer to it eventually!

[wombat62]

Hi there

I think a lot of it is also to do with generally getting older as there is the likelihood of more things going wrong (like a car!). I think also we are more aware of our health & bodies etc these days and meno heightens this for some reason, it's almost like you are on standby for something to go wrong. Plus of course until I started on this site I had no idea how much oestrogen plays a part in so many body functions so declining levels are going have an impact all over.

Reading a certain daily newspaper doesn't help either as they seem to be obsessed with health stories of what are probably very unusual cases but puts the shivers up you. Plus we hear about people we know having health issues so if you get a symptom then eeek is that going to happen to me! Although is it better to be aware and then go to the docs just in case, who know's what is right. Although I agree it all gets pretty tiring!

I recently read an article about how some people have "binge thinking", chronic over thinking, so your boss tells you off and by lunchtime you've lost your job, house and living in a cardboard box, same applies to health, you get a twinge and it's worse case scenario. This is certainly me, I've always erred on the pessimistic side but now is much worse since the hormones disappeared! I did mention this to my doc but she said it was a personality and or ageing thing, something you would have just brushed off when you were younger now is a major panic.

Certainly this site helps so much, when I was having the weird head thing I thought phew, the other ladies have reported this so must just be a hormone thing. It certainly helps to share all this info!