Hello!
I am no stranger to hormone issues, if I'm honest..I just feel like I'm going crazy a little and wanted to see if my symptoms sound like Peri/menopause to you all.
I have had mild PCOS and had endometriosis. I had awful periods that started getting heavier in my 20s with terrible pain and a variety of symptoms that went with them. I had my daughter at 28 and then at 31, I was having troubles getting pregnant which prompted me to see a specialist who ran all the tests and said I had premature ovarian failure and would be in menopause by 40. I was able to have my son thankfully and considered myself lucky. I also saw an Endo specialist at 34 who confirmed menopause by 40. I started night sweats a year after that at 35. They were only occasional at first. Around this time, during ovulation I would start getting episodes of severe indigestion, and I would have extreme fatigue.
Now, today at 38, my physicians, despite being told of my history, say that I'm too young. However, all my blood work is within normal limits so they say, anxiety and send me away. Current symptoms are: cannot sleep. I have terrible terrible insomnia. I wake up at least twice, sometimes more, a night and cannot sleep. I also wake up extremely early. I have never struggled with sleep, ever. Some of this is definitely due to anxiety as this has also hit me extremely hard. I have nausea almost constantly. Food does not taste good to me. Before this, I had an insatiable appetite. I have been eating. I haven't been eating less per say but combined with the anxiety and insomnia, I'm a nervous wreck. I lost about a stone in 6 months. I have gained some of it back by making myself eat. I have episodes during my cycles of extreme rage and migraines. My hair is falling out in clumps. And now, the worst symptom. I have constant buzzing and muscle twitches. They started in my legs where they are constant. Sometimes small, sometimes large and happens in my shoulders, arms, feet, everywhere..I get tingles in my face and over my scalp and earlier this year I had an instance where my mouth and tongue felt like it was on fire. I have word salad and terrible brain fog that comes and goes, especially around my cycles. I also have terrible pain and stiffness in my hip and shoulder.
That is a lot, I know but I honestly can't point this all to anywhere else. My periods were regular with occasional skips but now I haven't had a period in 3 months. I had all the symptoms last month but nothing ever came.
I'm terribly frustrated with my physicians here, I live in the US currently. Even with my history of 2 specialists telling me I would be in menopause at 40 and all of these symptoms, they say I'm too young. Anyway, does this sound like The Change to you all?
