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[Mariamc]

Hi

I’m 49
On cerazette so don’t know how my periods are
For the past few years I have night sweats on and off
For the past 6 months I have tinnitus , random anxiety attacks - severe at times
Aches and pains everywhere
Breast and chest heaviness and aches
IBS
Itchy ears
Tossing and turning at night
Itchy vulva

Is this peri?

I had my bloods and an ecg done 5 months ago and all came back normal apart from cholesterol showing high - so I am working on reducing that since , due another blood test soon

I’m currently away on holiday for a few days and the health anxiety is crippling, keep thinking I can’t breathe/having a heart attack - it’s ruining the few days away

[Booroo]

Wanted to say welcome to the show! Yes indeedy when u back ask for treatment for vaginal atrophy and low dose hrt to help x

[jaypo]

Welcome to the forum 
Yep,all peri symptoms

[CLKD]

   browse round.  Make notes ;-)

Itchy vulva - get yourself some appropriate vaginal atrophy treatment - read the 'bladder issues' and VA threads.  U don't need to be seen by a GP, a good surgery will prescribe and leave for you to collect.  The idea is that we insert the treatment into the vagina as deep as is comfy, 2-3 weeks every night.  Then continue .........

As oestrogen levels drop, the body may become dry: inside and out; deep in the ears, vagina, nostrils, scalp as well as muscles may become lax = aches and pains.

[GraceM]

Blood tests won't reveal much regarding peri as your hormones fluctuate so much daily.  So don't be fobbed of by a gp telling you that you are not perimenopausal based on blood results - your age alone would say you are, not to mention all the symptoms you listed.  Have a chat to your gp about HRT and definitely get some oestrogen pessaries or cream for your vaginal atrophy.

[bombsh3ll]

I would make an appointment with your GP to discuss menopause hormone therapy, leading with the vasomotor symptoms and then the vulval discomfort.

I would leave everything else out as it's non specific and may be used by an inexperienced clinician to delay treatment pending other investigations which are unlikely to be helpful, or the suggestion of psychiatric medication instead.

Blood tests have no role in diagnosing peri/menopause in the appropriate age range.

Systemic hormone therapy may also help to improve your cholesterol as well (but if not do follow up as cardiovascular risks are frequently under treated in women)

[Mariamc]

Thanks all
The anxiety is the worst symptom I have as well as the chest /breast ache it’s making me have terrible health anxiety
My last blood test didn’t check for hormones as I went in about something else - my GP agrees I’m peri menopausal , we will check for hormones on the next test

It’s more I am looking for reassurance that all these symptoms are perimenopausal and I’m not dying of some illness !

[CLKD]

You are probably not dying we have a thread somewhere about what we have diagnosed ourselves with today 

Many of us thought that menopause was the end of periods and a few hot flushes    .  There are several other symptoms too which begin in the 10+ years until our last period = menopause proper.  Once we've not seen a bleed for 12 months we can consider ourselves 'there' but Nature has a habit of dropping the odd unexpected period in, we have to begin counting again.  If however after 2-3 years 1 experiences bleeding this should be discussed with a GP/Nurse Practitioner.