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[Shazzie]

Hiya,

I haven't been on here for a while but I just wanted to put a positive note out there.

I suffered really badly during peri menopause right up until my periods actually stopped a couple of years ago. The palpitations were horendous, night sweats, mood swing and much much more.

I just want everyone who are suffering now to know that it all does get better.

I know there will be some who suffer badly post menopause but when I was worrying so badly that there was something badly wrong with me I would have appreciated a post like this to reassure me that things do get better.

Take care.

Shazzie xx

[Sparrow]

I agree Shazzie.  My experience is very similar and I think many women enjoy improved or loose symptoms post meno.  I just wish peri didn't last so long.

Glad your feeling better and take care.
Shadyglade

[BobbingAlong]

Thank you. I really needed to hear this tonight. Right in the thick of it here with peri. HRT is helping lessen the most debilitating symptoms somewhat, but....
.... I often feel like wailing.... "When will it ever end !!😜 "

[Shazzie]

I'm so pleased my post has helped to reassure you,  I was so scared that my rapid heartbeat and palpitations were something very bad happening to me.  They went on for a couple of years before my periods stopped and then a little while afterwards but 18 months following my last period all those vile symptoms have disappeared. 

I was on HRT for a short while which helped a bit but |I came off them after about 6 months.

Take care all you lovelies and thanks for replying.   

Shazzie xx

[Shazzie]

Thank you. I really needed to hear this tonight. Right in the thick of it here with peri. HRT is helping lessen the most debilitating symptoms somewhat, but....
.... I often feel like wailing.... "When will it ever end !!😜 "

Hiya.  I'm so pleased I was able to help.  I wish I had read a post like this as I was very frightened. 

I was around 52 when I started terrible symptoms and I'm now 58 and all symptoms have gone thank goodness.

I really hope yours will disappear soon.  Hang in there and just keep thinking "this is normal"

xx

[Shazzie]

Thank you for posting, it gives hope to me  at the perimenopause stage, that it will get better and settle x

It will get better.  Just keep thinking this is a normal thing that is happening.

Worrying about my symptoms used to send me into panic.

Take care and hang in there.  xx

[Shazzie]

I agree Shazzie.  My experience is very similar and I think many women enjoy improved or loose symptoms post meno.  I just wish peri didn't last so long.

Glad your feeling better and take care.
Shadyglade

I agree.  Peri went on for a good few years and it was horrific.

Glad you're doing ok.

Take care.

Shazzie xxx

[Kathleen]

Hello ladies

I've only just noticed this post and it's good to know that this all ends eventually!

I tried various forms of HRT without much success so I am giving up on it for a while and I needed to read some encouraging words today!

Take care everyone.

K.

[squeaker99]

How nice to have a positive encouraging post. I always feel I use this forum for very selfish reasons to reassure myself.

Just to add some hope too. My periods stopped for 5 months this year  just after Christmas and I had virtually no anxiety /sleep issues. After years of worrying about mid cycle discharge weirdness, gastric issues, huge health anxiety, it all stopped again. I thought ' wow - that is me. It was just hormones after all).  Then 8 weeks ago the periods came back with a vengeance  and all the horrid symptoms too.
Mostly pre-menstural anxiety and madness but also mid cycle.   A nurse once said it is like riding a horse to a jump. The closer you get the more extreme it gets.  Once you are over the jump it stops.   (And father Christmas is real after all!)

[AgathaC]

Thank you, Shazzie. I do appreciate the post. Palpitations are a new-ish symptom for me and very bothersome. I'm 47 and been peri for about 4 years I think and some days I do fear that this peri business will never end xxxxx

[Jari]

Great post Shazzie

I think there's a danger of getting too caught up in all of it and it's really good to have a reminder that this phase passes.

I too had a brief time on hrt, it didn't suit me and I'm now 12 months post menopause and symptoms are definitely fading. Fingers crossed for 18 months stop like you! X

[Marie62]

Reassuring post Shazzie
I didn't even go through the peri phase! Periods just stopped dead around my 50th birthday never to return. Felt absolutely fine for 3 years then the flushes,depression,anxiety and insomnia came along. I'm 57 now, on my 4th type of HRT and still not great but am hopeful things will settle down.
I look forward to the day I can say I have no more symptoms and it's all over 

[Kathleen]

Hello again ladies

Ginny62 - like you I didn't have a peri menopause, my periods didn't really change until they suddenly stopped and never came back. Unlike you I had symptoms straight away  and after three years I began taking HRT. I will be 63 next month and after trialling various HRTs I am taking a break to see where my hormones are naturally.

I also long for the day when this horrible episode is firmly in the past. Frankly that day can't come soon enough.

Wishing you well.

K.

[Shazzie]

I just popped on here to have a little read and noticed all the lovely replies to my post.  I'm so pleased I have reassured you that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.    At one stage I was absolutely terrified that something was terribly wrong with me as I felt so bad.  Thanks again for all the lovely replies.  Take care and remember this is all normal and will disappear.  Shazzie xx

[Ellen May]

I just popped on here to have a little read and noticed all the lovely replies to my post.  I'm so pleased I have reassured you that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.    At one stage I was absolutely terrified that something was terribly wrong with me as I felt so bad.  Thanks again for all the lovely replies.  Take care and remember this is all normal and will disappear.  Shazzie xx

Thank you for your reassuring post. It is good to know that it will pass eventually. I seem to rollercoaster between knowing my symptoms are peri related to wondering if there is something really wrong that has been missed so far. I spend a lot of time thinking about symptoms trying work out if they are getting worse and how they could be related to become something terminal!