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[Suzysheep]

Don’t feel bad for having a chill day. If you’re feeling anxious and sad then don’t push yourself.
I’m still feeling pretty wound up…. It’s been with me all day.
I listen to guided meditations I find on YouTube. A couple are for sound sensitivity and misophonia as that’s what the anxiety is heightening.

I’m glad you’re finding the cbt helpful… and like you say, just having someone listening and interested in helping really makes a difference. Well worth the money.

Xxx

[Michelle7474]

Mine as been with me all day also ..

I’ve never thought of looking online for meditation, might have a browse later

Hope your evening is a less anxious one

I’m gonna have food and relax even more .. I’m actually bored of relaxing but not much else can do why I’m like this as it just triggers it more

Hopefully I get a better sleep tonight then maybe tomorrow won’t be so bad
Positive thinking xx

[Suzysheep]

Yes, hopefully you will sleep better.

Resting is good. If your body is telling you to, then do it. I didn’t do anything yesterday… I really needed to do nothing…. But then my mind runs away with itself…. So lots of distractions are needed.

Hopefully your evening will be better too xxx

[Michelle7474]

That’s the thing , when you do relax the mind wonders too much
Although most day I’ve been chatting to my son on phone
So not have much chance to wonder

I’ve now eaten and now I’m like what to do what to do lol 😂
I hope I sleep better tonight & hope tomorrow is a better day for us both

[Suzysheep]

I hope you managed to occupy your mind…. I’ve been watching lucifer on Netflix.. bit of escapism.
Your son sounds wonderfully supportive, you’re lucky to have him there’s
Hope you get a good nights sleep xx

[gm_thomson]

The Lucifer finale triggered my flashes. Dont want to spoil it for you though Suzy.

@michelle7474 evenings are totally the worst for me too, my mind wont stop wandering… even during Lucifer last night!

I was thinking about meditation too, I am looking at the Calm app, what do you all think? I have been trying this short one i got online free but it doesn’t target anxiety specifically so I thought calm might be better?


Today I got my holter monitor which I will be wearing the next few days. Wonder how I will sleep with it on, bad enough without it that I have problems sleeping.

When i see my doctor next week I am going to ask about CBT I think.

[gm_thomson]

Michelle, it sounds to me like your anxiety is triggered by the way your menopause symptoms are, could it be health anxiety? Maybe not conscious? You feel a weird symptom and dont like the way it feels and get anxious about it?

[Hopeful]

Ladies
Hope you are all feeling better today
If you are interested in some mediation online classes along with a lot of other classes to occupy you in the day try this website Goldster

https://www.goldster.co.uk/

It was a lifesaver for me when I was at my worst.

It says for healthy ageing but it has so many things you can do and as the classes are live it does give some structure to the day. I still do lots of the classes.

[Suzysheep]

Gm…. Ok… I’ll watch it with caution!

Thanks for the link Helen. I’ll have a good look at that.

Same old same old here this morning. Very very anxious. Going to take the dog out in a bit… but it’s going to be a struggle today x

Hope everyone has a better day today x

[Michelle7474]

Hi suzy & Gm & Helen

Gm it could well be aniexty over my symptoms because when I feel them I get anxious & panic sometimes .. does that come under Health aniexty .. suppose all aniexty are the same as in the physical feelings
But Would health aniexty that make me nervous on doing things
It’s most deffo hormonal it as to be, I have no other explanation & with added hormones it did get worse
8 weeks with nothing now and it’s there but not so intense and some days worse than others .. winds me up to be honest

Suzy sorry you had another bad morning , did you manage to walk the dog ?? I hope your day got better

Helen thanks for the link I’ll look into it

I woke up jittery as normal , I did manage to have a better sleep as in still not the best sleep but better than the previous night

I woke up did a deep clean this morning battling on through the shakes and feeling jittery and then I had a shower and then went for a short walk, haven’t done much more since

Most days I feel sick nauseous just lately but I dunno if that’s hormones , probably is
It passes but always each day and bloated tummy which I think I used to get before HRT ( can’t remember lol )
Most things like aches and pains ( although not bad ) fuzzy head , feeling hot and staying hot .. they are all back like before I started patches .. so in my head that could be me getting more and more back to normal ( I hope )
I say this everyday but it’s like groundhog each day lol

I said to my husband do you think I should go back on HRT … he said no chance you was ok before that 😂😂😂😂
He knows in the future if I needed to I would indeed use it again .. although I’ll see how long I can do without
If I can get this aniexty gone I thinking I’ll be ok.. as it’s that what stops me in my tracks
I’m now gonna have some dinner & go from there .. these days are long and boring when your not doing stuff you always did.. think once I’ve got my dads funeral out the way, I need to start pushing myself out further otherwise it feels like I’ll be stuck here forever ..

Positive thinking .. is I will move forward because I really want too ..

Hope you ladies are ok xx

[gm_thomson]

We will move forward because we want to!
This too shall pass!
We will not let this bullsh*t beat us, we have gone through worse and come out the other side!

How was your day Helen? I will definitely look at that link too, thanks! Sounds like Michelle and Suzy both had an anxious day though, as did I. I have this holter monitor on and surprisingly managed to sleep with it as well but I woke at 4am with a hot flash... and after that passed it triggered a bad anxiety attack. Good news is it gave me something else to add in the holter diary, and I managed to breathe through it and go back to sleep within an hour or so. But today wasnt so good with middling anxiety pretty much all day even though I was working, which doesnt normally happen during the work day since I am distracted. I also find myself worrying about being anxious again, and /or a panic attack, and then its a vicious circle.. Anyway I need to make dinner and see how my evening goes since they tend to be worse. Other good news is I can’t eat much when stressed so i have lost 10lbs since July. Gotta look at the bright side!

I hope everyone’s evenings went better than their days!

Am I the only one between the 4 of us who hasn’t had a period in months? Last was April 22.

[gm_thomson]

Oh Suzy I was thinking about your noise sensitivity. (Btw my name is Gwen everyone). And one weird thing I have with symptoms is every so often I develop super smell. My husband walks into the room and I can smell his deodorant from the other side of the room. Its mostly chemical smells I pick up. And its not all the time. Its not a bad symptom, just interesting. My super power lol.

I have always been a bit sensitive to noise though, I cant bear loud noises and disturbances bother me. I find myself getting anxious in a loud room or if there is a lot of background noise.So far though (touch wood anti jinx) it hasn’t got worse on menopause.. so far..

[Suzysheep]

Hi Gwen,

I’m glad you managed to get back to sleep after a panic attack. It’s so difficult to calm down after one. I keep getting them… just pop up out of nowhere…. It makes me cry for a good hour after.
Funny, but smells disturb me too. Especially now. Yesterday my husband made a lovely salad, but for some reason I couldn’t stand the smell of the spring onions! That’s a new one. Oh… and my 17 year old sprays half a can of lynx on every day…. Stomach churning!!!

My morning is pretty anxious. I’ve had about 4 poos already! Does anyone else get this?? I always feel like I need one!  I’m going to take the dog out in a bit, then hopefully a swim…. But it feels like an uphill trudge today….

Hope everyone has a better morning xxx

[Suzysheep]

Oh, Gwen….. before my stint with HRT, I hadn’t had a period since November 2018. … so I was well into menopause, with no anxiety, just awful flushes and very painful joints. Wish I’d just put up with that now 

[Michelle7474]

Morning Gwen
Glad you managed to get back to sleep , how long do you have holter for ? I’m still waiting for mine , although I purely think my palpitations are hormone related .. just like everything just lately

Suzy hope your morning gets better as the time goes on
I’m like that sometimes I call it nervous poop … I sometime always need to pee a lot also and other days not ..
I read somewhere that it’s actually normal .. I go toilet regularly always have but when my stomach was playing up with acid from aniexty I was going more and I was thinking how , when I hadn’t eaten that much .. all these strange things happen
Like now I’m laying in bed and I’m ok jittery but my boob feels hot .. it’s just bizzare how something each day crops up.. and later without fail I will feel nauseous but that also passes but apparently it’s a common thing.

I just sometimes feel it’s one thing or another .. but if it keeps aniexty away I’ll take whatever gets thrown at me.

Gwen I still have periods , haven’t yet missed one..

Hope we all have good days today.. things can only get better right ??
Suzy I always say I wish I hadn’t tried HRT but I also say I wish I hadn’t had jabs .. but nothing I can do about either now .. just ride this out …

Xx x