Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: twinkle1066 on March 25, 2014, 10:20:50 AM
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Hi All,
Having been peri for a while now - I have come off Elleste Duo for the time being as I was getting tummy cramps, crippling anxiety over health has returned. Due to see gynae again beginning of April. Health anxiety is all I think about during the day, even the tiniest of aches or pains means something to me. I do suffer from pains and have had an abdo ultrasound because I was convinced I had something awful, I've had a mammogram as I convinced myself I had breast cancer. I have googled every ache and pain possible. I have started waking up in the morning shaking straight away. I have booked for a yoga class for try and calm myself down, but was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and how they dealt with it. I actually feel I am going mad, feel llght headed and that I can't cope. Any help greatly appreciated.
Xx :-\
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Something that may help twinkle1066
http://crystalcalm.com/crystalcalm/Morning_Anxiety.html
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Make a list of your aches and pains and keep a food diary. See if there is correlation between being hungry and certain parts aching/nipping.
Do you exericse? Sometimes after walking a lot my calves/thighs ache. Sometimes my back is sore. But if symptoms have been present for months/years and don't get any worse, then it's wear and tear and un-likely to be serious.
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Having had health anxiety all my life I sympathise totally with you. Always remember that the minute you worry about a symptom you kick off a whole host of symptoms that are purely due to the stress hormones in your body. The most common being dizziness/lightheadidness, feeling of lump in throat, tingling.twitching I could go on and on ..........
Make a list of your symptoms and be honest with your GP that you are experiencng extreme anxiety over these symptoms -maybe ask for a double appt even if you have to wait a bit for it and if the receptionist asks why just say mental health that tends to stop them in their tracks asking questions!!!
HOpefully you will have a sympathetic GP who can reassure you about your symptoms and explain how hormones have such a huge effect on our mental health.
If you want to message me to talk some more please do as I have years of experience of health anxiety and dealing with it ::)
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I have been getting bad anxiety.
Waking up with that horrible roller coaster feeling in my stomach and feeling tense and worried.
I have been taking magnesium citrate a few times a day for a couple of weeks now and it has made a real difference.
Magnesium citrate can give you diarrhoea, but, if you split the dose and take it a few times a day, my bowels are not affected.
It has to be taken in between meals, because food stops absorption.
Hope that helps.
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I found magnesium increased my bowel action ::) ……… several years ago (1990s) I did find high dose useful for stopping that awful cough reflex following a cold.
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Thanks everyone for your replies - I will go to Sainsburys tonight and get a magnesium supplement :-*
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Keep posting!
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will do ;D
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Mine will increase this week, Duty Visit tomorrow until Sunday :(
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I found magnesium increased my bowel action ::) ……… several years ago (1990s) I did find high dose useful for stopping that awful cough reflex following a cold.
Mag doesn't give you diarrhoea if you take it either 2hrs before food or 2hrs after food. Taking it this way means no bowel action. :)
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Thanks everyone for your replies - I will go to Sainsburys tonight and get a magnesium supplement :-*
Try to avoid magnesium oxide as only a tiny bit gets absorbed and it's much more likely to give you the trots.
I use magnesium citrate, but changing to malate as i heard thats absorbed better.
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Thanks D for your advice - I see we are the same age ! I've had so much help from peops on here, nice knowing not suffering alo xne ;D