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[dippyitus]

Hi Marley, like you my aches and pains stopped with the HRT - I'm sorry yours has stopped working -
 my mum can't take glucosamine either cos it is from shellfish and she is allergic - could be your prob too
there is a vegetarian alternative you can take that actually comes from veggies instead of shellfish - may be worth a try
have a look here: http://www.healthandgoodness.com/acatalog/Vegetarian_Glucosamine.html

[mermaid]

ive been having painful joints for a couple of years and was referred to a specialist at the hospital who said it may be fibromyalgia and prescibed anytriptaline, i do find it helps with joint pains and insommnia, then i was told that the pains could be as a result of amnemia due to my increasingly heavier periods. To be honest i think ive been to every department of the hospital with no answers. di

[pingluby]

Dear dr Curry
i too have horrific pain due to m.e/cfs as well as the onset of menopause i've found that by taking L GLUTAMINE, L ORNITHINE ALPHA KETOGLUTARATE in powder form in 100/200mls of water with a bit of juice 4 times a day 3mg each glass full that seems to be  helping my pain and stamina.I'm told due to the fact its just amino acids it can't hurt apart from maybe a bit of stomach upset, so if it helps take it.
Hope you find this interesting.
Pingluby xx

[Puffytat]

I suffer achey joints and stiff muscles etc at times but, to throw in more confusion, I also have MS (thankfully, so far, what seems a mild form, diagnosed 9 years and no disability).  I have always assumed it was my MS playing up, but maybe some of it is down to peri-menopause?

I have been taking supplements for the last 9 years, including fish oils and I have regular accupuncture and reflexology, so far I have managed my MS very well and have a positive attitude to that, somewhat bizarre but I'm used to the MS and it doesn't worry me, but the meno does!!

[gina123]

h guys
i get these aches and pains too..mostly neck,shoulders and jaw..sometimes elbows..but then,so does hubby..so maybe although the meno doesn't help..we just getting older...take anti inflamitories when its bad..but try to cope on my own mostly
gina

[Libby]

I take 1500mg Glucosamine every day along with 100mg Cod Liver Oil and Omega 3 Fish Oils.  The difference with the pain is significant.  I always notice if i forget a day or two because i am as stiff as a board.  I suffer from osteoarthritis as well as being menopausal.

[Blue]

I have really achy joints. My thumbs have been really bad past few weeks. Hardly any grip anymore. Sometimes I'm walking and my knee or hip will just give and gets really sore. weird.
I take glucosamine and chondrite (sp??), cod liver oil, garlic caps and started Mg, B and Ca tablets. Oh and multi vits + iron.
 I too creak and can't straighten when I get up. I find exercise helps, if I just keep going but it is so difficult when you are shattered. If pain is too bad I take Ibuprofin.

[Tanny]

I have really achy joints. My thumbs have been really bad past few weeks. Hardly any grip anymore. Sometimes I'm walking and my knee or hip will just give and gets really sore. weird.
I take glucosamine and chondrite (sp??), cod liver oil, garlic caps and started Mg, B and Ca tablets. Oh and multi vits + iron.
 I too creak and can't straighten when I get up. I find exercise helps, if I just keep going but it is so difficult when you are shattered. If pain is too bad I take Ibuprofin.

Could it be the weather at the moment Blue.  Because my joints had been doing ok, but the last few weeks have suddenly started playing up again.  Started with my shoulder and neck and now has moved on to one of my hips, both of these are areas where I do get pain and it seems to come and go.  I exercise regularly but have had to slow down because of this.  I am taking glucosomine and omega 3 oils.  As someone else said I am not sure if this is specifically down to the M or just getting older, as my hubby gets similar too.

[Siouxie]

I swear by cod liver oil, co-codamol, relaxation and self-hypnosis.

[kareneld]

i have found my knees and wrists ache all the time but like Tanny,  my hubbie as joint aches as well so i just thought it was old age rather than the M.

karen


 

[ziggy1955]

My toes and lower legs are aching so much today. I feel like I want to wrap them in a hot water bottle to ease the aching. I wonder if it is worse today because it's cold and wet. Maybe my legs are turning into a barometer!

[Hotnbothered]

i must admit, I was really stiff this morning, mind you , I didn't sleep much last night, woke at 12.25 dozed off & woke at 2am then didn't go back to sleep 
it's pouring with rain here & mist coming down & that usually makes aches & pains worse 

[Rosebush]

I have Osteo Arthritis and find Glucosamine & Oil tabs really help, i do notice my pain is worse if i forget to take my tabs for a few days...the pain is my reminder.

[jax1970]

I was 36 when my period stopped and didn't have the courage nor the inclination to visit the doctor by the time I was 38 I was in agony all my joints groan and grate so I decided as Mum had oesteoporosis I would get it checked out as when I had my daughter had 31 i had pain in my hips so though possibly same problem - sent for one blood test after another and bone density scan and internal aswell - horrifying - doctor should be sacked.  I have been diagnosed as menopausal.  I am 5ft 9in and now weigh 15 stone as he told me I was a tad on the havy side - fat - old bitch - is what he was saying....I have no hot flushes - I get mood swings - if something isn't going smooth - I feel the fluttering and I can feel either the anger or panic rising.....I am on premique low dose and cocodomal - cocodomal doesn't take the edge off but doc says she won't increase pain relief until I prove I am taking cocodamol morning, noon and night.....other doctor had no qualms in saying that I have oesteo-arthritis - but for some reason she declines to discuss this - as far as I am concerned doc has told me it's arthritis but will be back to her in 3 weeks as cocodamol doesn't help the grating.  So tired and can't sleep but still no hot flushes...I am 39 and 40 next year - any advice would be really helpful

[jax1970]

I want to tell doc to test for oesteoarthritis bu she wont consider at mo - but I have already been diagnosed with Crepitis when I was in the Army and that is a form of Oesteoarthritis I want to force her hand.