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[KaraShannon]

Anyone want to support each other in this thread?

I feel very burned out at the moment.  My health is suffering.  I don't seem to be able to create change for myself either.  I was looking for a week away somewhere here in the uk, but even that seems to lead nowhere, lol.  All dates taken.  I know I'm not trying that hard atm, but also get fed up of being in front of the computer all the time. 

Anyone else feeling like this?  Or felt like this and what did / do you do to cope?   

[sheila99]

Try a house swap site? School holidays are best avoided imo but the weather may not be great by September. Or book somewhere abroad for sept/Oct so you can look forwards to it?

[KaraShannon]

Thanks Sheila99

I'll have another look early next week. 

I've just got this feeling of overwhelm and as if I should chill and calm down, but can't seem to.  I'm seeing the doctor about my hrt on Saturday, and will hopefully have an adjusted plan going forward.  I've been on continuous estradiol 100 for 3 months, and still thinking it might be too much for me.  Lots of headaches, dizziness, I can't think that I'm suddenly so depleted of oestrogen that I'm getting all this due to that.  I think the inability to relax might be part of it as I can usually switch off. 

[Minusminnie]

 I don't seem to be able to create change for myself either.  I was looking for a week away somewhere here in the uk, but even that seems to lead nowhere, lol.  All dates taken. 

I've found that making some small changes can help if you are unable at the moment to get a larger change/break.
Sitting at a different place at the table for meals, sleeping in a spare room odd nights anything you can think of really that is different to your norm.

[KaraShannon]

 I don't seem to be able to create change for myself either.  I was looking for a week away somewhere here in the uk, but even that seems to lead nowhere, lol.  All dates taken. 

I've found that making some small changes can help if you are unable at the moment to get a larger change/break.
Sitting at a different place at the table for meals, sleeping in a spare room odd nights anything you can think of really that is different to your norm.

thanks Minusminnie

I think I need a plan of action to get me through the next two weeks, a lot has been going on and I probably just need to recover.  I want to magically change everything and I can't, I can't even blitz the house at the moment.  I don't have the energy.  Part of me keeps saying it'll be night again soon then you've got to take your sleeping pill to make you sleep again.  I could just sit here and do nothing all day.  Sometimes I think that's what the world wants me to do because when I try or attempt anything it's not working these days.

Not a good day.  I agree on the changing routine, I'm sitting outside in the garden more, I never usually have time but I can't find much peace anywhere else.  The lack of peace is in my own head at the moment too, so can't escape. 

I have a doctor's appointment on saturday but anxious about seeing them, what if they find way too much wrong.  I wish I felt a little better first by myself, then I'd know nothing serious going on, just fluctuations.

[sheila99]

Is the tiredness during the day due to the sleeping pills? Perhaps a different sort might be better? I've stopped taking them because I feel so bad the following day I may as well just not sleep.

[KaraShannon]

thanks Sheila99, I seem to get bouts of fatigue that are unrelated to sleeping pills and then other times where I've got energy.

I get energy on the progesterone patch, but I messed the whole thing up didn't I.  Wanting to change to utrogestan as I thought it would be more 'natural' but not a good reaction. 



On another note, my anxiety is through the roof, about everything atm.  I can see it, but still caught up in it.  The anxious thoughts are going at a rate of knots about everything so kind of difficult to reign in. 

I remember when I had heart skips before that were prolonged and I hadn't had a period for 3 months.  I feel like I'm there.  I have had periods each month, but they are very light.  Still thinking it might all be too much oestrogen.  Talking to the doctor tomorrow, but of course my anxiety doesn't want me to see her atm.

[Shell babes]

I can totally relate to what you say about burnout, no energy and can't relax.  I have felt like this for 3 years now and it's exhausting.  I can't seem to cope with anything without feeling overwhelmed.  I'm on HRT and antidepressants but it's the can't relax, mind racing, anxiety that is the worst for me.  I sometimes wonder like you if it's due to high oestrogen but when I drop my patch from 75 to 50, my mood drops to the floor.  I feel trapped. My anxiety is through the roof every morning and carries on for most of the day. Sorry, I haven't much advice but just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. x

[C.C.]

Hi there, I can relate to what you are experiencing. I've been in a vicious circle for months. I have not been getting a good night's sleep, which leaves me overtired during the day, which leads to craving carbs and sugar to keep up my energy, which causes weight gain, which contributes to my lack of energy and low self-esteem. Plus the anxiety of going back to work soon (I work in a school) is weighing on my mind....which doesn't help my insomnia.  I've tried melatonin, magnesium, and chamomile tea before bed. I am not going the sleeping pill route, tried that years ago and it made things so much worse.
So yeah, feeling overwhelmed and feeling like I'm in a never-ending rut at times is normal for me. Getting away is not an option right now. The new puppy is a big change and she helps but then there is stress over looking after her and making sure we are training her right.

I'm on a minimal dose of Premarin .5mg x2 a week but my dr says it's shouldn't be affecting me negatively.

Hope you find something that works for you

[ange63]

Anyone want to support each other in this thread?

I feel very burned out at the moment.  My health is suffering.  I don't seem to be able to create change for myself either.  I was looking for a week away somewhere here in the uk, but even that seems to lead nowhere, lol.  All dates taken.  I know I'm not trying that hard atm, but also get fed up of being in front of the computer all the time. 

Anyone else feeling like this?  Or felt like this and what did / do you do to cope?   

Hi KaraShannon,  I was wondering how you are doing after this thread a few weeks ago.     Did you find anything to help with calming how you are feeling.  I feel like this and cannot relax or calm myself......   did you find anything useful.    Many thanks.   x

[KaraShannon]

I can totally relate to what you say about burnout, no energy and can't relax.  I have felt like this for 3 years now and it's exhausting.  I can't seem to cope with anything without feeling overwhelmed.  I'm on HRT and antidepressants but it's the can't relax, mind racing, anxiety that is the worst for me.  I sometimes wonder like you if it's due to high oestrogen but when I drop my patch from 75 to 50, my mood drops to the floor.  I feel trapped. My anxiety is through the roof every morning and carries on for most of the day. Sorry, I haven't much advice but just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. x

Shell babes, thanks it's nice to know I'm not alone. 

I posted this thread in July, I've since re-introduced progesterone which I wasn't having for a while and I don't know, I'm not feeling like I was when I posted this. 

But I still get episodes of it and the exhaustion is unrelenting.  I'm making a few changes, gradually with my daily routines when off work and at home as I was getting fed up with not keeping on top of the house.  I'm still not, but I'm no longer trying.  I don't have family so it's only me to answer to, lol.  What I am doing is attempting one thing in a day at the house, like clear clutter in just one area or something, just so I feel like I have some control 

I hope you feel better soon, 3 years is a long time, but then again it's not, I've been up and down for 3 years too and I don't think the pandemic and now the war and cost of living crisis is helping things.  There's a lot of stress everywhere we turn these days.

[KaraShannon]

I have not been getting a good night's sleep, which leaves me overtired during the day, which leads to craving carbs and sugar to keep up my energy, which causes weight gain, which contributes to my lack of energy and low self-esteem.

This is me 

I don't go to bed early, I can't switch off, even when I have to be up early.  The night is the only time I seem to get any peace.  I am SO not a morning person atm.  I think I'm turning into a vampire or something 

How's the puppy?  I want a puppy.  But seriously I know how much work they are, they are like children, I've had dogs all my life but not at the moment. 

Hope we both feel better soon.

[KaraShannon]

Anyone want to support each other in this thread?

I feel very burned out at the moment.  My health is suffering.  I don't seem to be able to create change for myself either.  I was looking for a week away somewhere here in the uk, but even that seems to lead nowhere, lol.  All dates taken.  I know I'm not trying that hard atm, but also get fed up of being in front of the computer all the time. 

Anyone else feeling like this?  Or felt like this and what did / do you do to cope?   

Hi KaraShannon,  I was wondering how you are doing after this thread a few weeks ago.     Did you find anything to help with calming how you are feeling.  I feel like this and cannot relax or calm myself......   did you find anything useful.    Many thanks.   x

Hi ange63

I don't feel like I did then, but I suppose with the weather changing, etc, I am not looking to take time away so much.  When the weather is nice I want to go and stay somewhere in the nearby countryside.  I think I'm focusing on prepping for a stress free christmas.  A focus helps. 

But I think re-introducing my progesterone patch back in (norehisterone) has shifted me a bit.  I still get everything I posted about, but not as intense as it was when I posted.  How are you getting on?