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[yogini]

Hi Man Utd Fan, welcome to you.

I have had the panic/heart palpitations.  I also find that too much caffeine/stimulants does it for me.  I have to watch how many cups of tea I have now, and have to use caffeine free tea sometimes.  Wine can do it too. 

Also, when the hormones start to become imbalanced, we can get rushes of adrenaline which will also make the heart race.

Keep posting, theres always someone to listen or advise.

Love yogini xxxxxxxx

[Meg]

You would think that doctors would know that the flushes that come with menopause can cause these intense feelings of panic that are so difficult to cope with.  It is so much more than feeling hot.  It can be so intense that you just have to get out of the place you are.  I wish more doctors would realise how scary these feelings that wash over you can be.  There are so many women feeling like this and they must see so many of us with the same symptoms.  You are not alone in all of this, visit the site for support. Welcome aboard Man Utd fan there are so many of us 'in the same boat' as you.

Meg

[Jax]

Welcome to the forum Man United Fan 

I first started off with palpitations/anxiety/panic attacks which my doctor diagnosed as stress but then I started noting down my periods as they were becoming very eratic - very close together some months at 18/20 days followed by being 2/3 months apart. Went back to my doctor and she gave me a FSH test and hey presto I was told I was entering the peri menopause.

I had CBT training which helped me regulate my breathing during an anxiety attack and luckily these have now become far and few between. I struggled on for three years then hit rock bottom last year so started on AD's and a low dose HRT and feeling much better now. I am 46 by the way.

It sounds as though you are on the ball - keep noting down all your symptoms in a diary and take this back to your doctor as ammunition. Ask for blood tests just to rule out anything else, ie, thyroid.

Keep posting and let us know how you get on as we are a very supportive bunch on here.

Luv Jax x 

[cookie]

Hi girls , I'm so pleased to have found this site, I have been reading through and have been taking notes of your helpfull tips. Thanks

I had an hysterectomy eight years ago when I was 47. I'd been suffering with hot flushes for about six years prior to this and I had very bad bleeding in between periods. After being fobbed off by gp's for six years, being told that I was depressed. Yes I was depressed because I was ill, my partner had an affair and left me as sex became a thing of the past as I was always hot bothered unwell and bleeding. I had a hysterectomy (great) someone had listenened to me she was a new gp at our practice. All was well then I had massive panic attack and ended up fainting and going to hospital. These panic attacks would come and go sometimes they where massive and I would feel weak and shakey for days after. The sweats where as bad as before my op. Eventually  after about a year I agreed to go HRT. Things improved greatly, until six weeks ago my gp says I have been on HRT too long now and has stopped giving them to me.

I'm having flushes that are worse than ever I'm having one now . I'm sitting with the window open wearing a vest nightie sweating and it's snowing outside. I had to walk out off a shop yesterday when one came on me because Ifelt that I was going to faint.I'm having about 2 an hour.

Could anyone tell me if this is normal when stopping HRT and will it ease off?

Sorry for the long saga.

[juliamd]

Hi Cookie
Did you stop your HRT dead, cos if so no wondering you are suffering, if its one thing ive learnt from here is that you should be weaning of slowly, there is some info on coming of HRT, in the green menu bar to the left.
it seems very harsh your GP making you come of when you were doing OK, its  seems an appt armed with the info from here printed out might do the trick.
Good luck.
Keep posting, im sure there will be others along soon with more welcomes and advice.
 
love poppinsxx

[cookie]

thanks poppins
 I did wean my self off them. ie: one every other day for a month then every third day. I will read some more advice on here and make that appointment with my gp. I have the windows open it's snowing and I'm boiling. This is making me feel so tired. It's reminding me how bad I felt before HRT so I am going to tell my gp I want to go back on them.

[man utd fan]

Thank you ladies for your replies to my first post about flushes with palpitations. It is such a relief to know that I am not the only person with these problems and that there is a logical explanation (even if the thought of putting up with it for years!! is horrendous). I have started a diary of what's happening when - what I've had to drink etc to see if I can identify any triggers. Have also cut out coffee ( whch i didn't drink much anyway) and cut down on the tea - which I do tend to drink lots of! Thanx

[yogini]

Hi Man utd fan, I also have to watch how much tea I drink now, and have changed to decaf which makes a difference.  I find that I generally have to watch the amount of stimulants because they can react with the adrenalin, and increase the twitchy/anxious feelings.  I also have to watch the blood sugar levels, and make sure I eat little and often.

Yogini xxxxxxx

[cookie]

hi Ladies

After a terrible nights sleep (bad dreams) sweats ect. And losing the milk this morning. I found it in the cupboard, the salt was in the fridge. I have decided to go back on my hrt. I have just been like a mad woman searching my house for any hrt I had left, oh the joy when I found a weeks supply.
I feel that I gave it a good go without hrt. Been completely off them since 15th December.
I cant wait to feel normal again.
I will keep using this site though, as it covers so many things for us golden girls.
Thanks for being here

Cookie

[Taz2]

Hi Cookie - Good luck with your decision. Why did you come off in the first place and did you take the three months recommended to try to wean yourself off. I am just interested for when the time comes for me to stop - not that I am going to give it up without a fight!!

Taz x

[cookie]

Hi Taz
Yes I did wean my self off them, taking one every other day then every third day. Was getting the flushes back at the third day stage but thought I would try and give it a go. My gp suggested I give it a go coming off them as I'd been on them for more than five years. To be honest I forgot just how bad it was in the days before HRT. I have felt as though I was losing control over the last three weeks, I guess that the HRT was well out of my system by then.
I also have osteoporosis so I think that taking HRT will be more beneficial to me than not taking them.
I have just put a repeat prescription in at gps but not really expecting to get them without seeing her.She's quite a good gp so I'm sure if I have to see her she will give me some more.
Hope you get on better than I have when you decide to come off them.
Cookiexx

[tweedy]

Hi Poppins, thanks for relpying, how long have you been taking the starflower for and what strengh? I have started off on 2000mg, it says on the bottle 1000mg so I thought I would double the dose. I have started drinking decaff Coffee & Tea for the last three days, Oh! have I got a headache, but I have been told it will subside it's the toxins coming out. Why do we woman have to go through so much? if it's not one thing it's another.
Love Tweedy

[juliamd]

 Hi Tweedy
i just take the 1000mg, i take enough other pills without adding any more, im better now for doing without tea and coffee but know what you mean about that headache, not even painkillers touch a detox one

[Jillymoo]

OMG....frequency and intensity of hot flushes has really stepped up since Christmas!

Haven't had a period since November so don't know if there is any connection,but whereas I was getting maybe one a week up until recently,now I'm on about one an hour!

But that's in the day.....nightime is just one long,soggy,exhausting flush.Sometimes I feel the heat rise within me like a furnace being stoked and I fear I'll spontaneously combust if it goes up another notch! 

I wonder how many more meno ladies are out there dreading the forecast of a long,hot summer? 

xx

[Taz2]

If it's any consolation Jilly I found that the heat didn't make any difference to the intensity of the flushes and sweats and at least if everyone else is sweating you don't feel quite so self-conscious waving your little hand-held battery operated fan around 

Taz x