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[CLKD]

Going round in circles then   

How many more cycles of 'lockdown' will you trial? 

[CrispyChick]

Until I decide if this add back hrt calms my symptoms. I've come this far. Shutting down was brutal. I'll never ever do it again. So need to see if through. 

[Kathleen]

Hello CrispyChick.

My NHS nurse tells me that Pregabalin can be used either on its own or alongside an AD to treat the emotional symptoms of the menopause, apparently it has a calming effect on the nervous system.

You may not want to add any more drugs into the mix but it may be worth keeping in mind.

I truly hope you find a resolution soon, hormonal turmoil is exhausting.

Wishing you well and sending hugs.

K.

[LittleClaire]

So sorry you are feeling like this. I started having peri symptoms about 5 months ago (I’m 37) and I understand what you’re saying. When it first happened to me I just felt completely ill but didn’t know what was wrong with me. Symptom after symptom yet no tests could find anything wrong. My hormones must have dropped at first to feel so crap but then went back up again as I felt reasonably ok for about 6 weeks then it’s gone downhill again. For me it’s more the physical side than mental side, aches/pains, feeling “dry” everywhere, itchy, hair loss, so tired all the time. I feel like I’m running on a low battery version of my former self. Hopefully HRT can help you feel some normality again xx

[CLKD]

LittleClaire - as oestrogen levels drop the body may become dry: inside and out; skin, scalp, deep in the ears, eyes, vagina, insteps.  And muscles may become lax = aches and pains.  U may benefit from HRT - have U had blood tests to check for VitD and thyroid function because these can be affected in peri.

[LittleClaire]

Hey, yes I’ve had my thyroid levels checked twice by my GP and I also paid for a home testing kit for thyroid which the results all came back normal. I’ve had vitamin d checked too when I had deficiency tests taken. I know these can change though so may be worth getting checked again. I am currently waiting results on hormone blood testing which I will get on Tuesday when I’m back at the doctors. They are testing FSH and oestrogen levels. I’m half expecting them to come back normal and they tell me nothing is wrong. It’s so frustrating when you know something IS wrong …

[Dandelion]

So, after years and years and lots of trials, I van finally say, with some certainty that hormonal shifts make me feel really quite unwell.

It's a difficult to describe feeling. I can only think to describe it as feeling ill. Poisioned. Vile.

This is shifts up and down.

I have so many symptoms. But the majority are 'normal' and on the lists.

But feeling ill and poisoned is not.

Is there anyone else out there??? It is so debilitating. I'm in later peri now, so the shifts are horrific.

It would greatly help to feel it's more 'normal'. The medical consensus so far is, I've had it so long, and nothing shows in bloods and I've not died from it, so 'hey ho'.

 

I know what you mean.
The symptoms feel "systemic"
Dr Louise Newson said on one of her videos, in peri she felt drugged.