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Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: dazned on February 28, 2015, 06:18:58 PM

Title: cravings!
Post by: dazned on February 28, 2015, 06:18:58 PM: Anyone else had out of the blue cravings ? Assuming you 're not pregnant ! ;D

I will be sitting down and from no where I 'll suddenly think oh I really could eat a ....... whatever and it's usually something we don't have ! :-\

What's that about never experienced that before New one on me ;D
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Dyan on February 28, 2015, 06:31:34 PM: Quite a lot dazned.
Use to get cravings at the time of the month but they seem to come anytime now.
I hate it when you fancy something and you haven't got it :-\
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Taz2 on February 28, 2015, 06:43:19 PM: I always got them when on the progesterone part of HRT.

Taz x
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: dazned on February 28, 2015, 06:44:54 PM: Well apart from wanting chocolate which is a given ;D. I never have cravings but now I gone off chocolate but just get these strange wants things I don't even normally like !

I really at the minute want pork scratchings ! ;D
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: dazned on February 28, 2015, 06:46:29 PM: Taz. Maybe it's cos at the moment I'm on double dose of progesterone ! Or maybe I'm just strange ;)
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Taz2 on February 28, 2015, 06:59:59 PM: It used to happen all during my fertile years as well. I used to have to have something really sweet and then the next minute it had to be something tangy like a pickled onion or a slice of pickled beetroot and then it had to be something sweet and so on. I thought everyone had the cravings ;D

Taz x
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Ju Ju on February 28, 2015, 08:18:10 PM: For several years, I was unable to eat chocolate as it made me feel rough and I stopped craving it. At Christmas, I was given a box of Belgian flaky truffles by someone who didn't know and I tried one and I felt fine. I ate the whole box over a few days. Now I keep craving for some more..... Well it's my birthday soon and I've put it on my birthday list! Here's hoping!

I did crave watercress and then found my iron levels were low.
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Dorothy on March 02, 2015, 05:16:35 PM: I used to get cravings immediately pre-period, usually for very salty or sugary food. Now I am right off sweet food and not that into food full stop.

My only serious full-blown craving is for gherkins, which I have had all my life, but for some reason was especially bad in my 20s, to the point where I would get up and drive to an all-night supermarket to buy a jar, and would then eat the entire jar while sitting in the car park. Funny thing is I haven't had it since becoming peri-menopausal.

Any idea what your body is missing when it craves gherkins?
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: CLKD on March 02, 2015, 05:22:41 PM: Never Gherkins ;D - in vinegar? would it be the salt in the pickle?

When I was menstruating regularly I would get really really thirsty pre-bleed - I would get sticks of celery and dip them in water and would eat lots and lots â€¦â€¦
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Dorothy on March 02, 2015, 05:27:45 PM: Definitely in vinegar, and it has to be the 'sour' vinegar not the sweet one. I did wonder about salt, but I would have thought I would crave crisps or cheese instead, especially as I usually have cheese in the house. It really is an incredibly strong craving, to the point where I can hardly wait to get through the checkout before I start opening the jar. Always a bit worried that one day I'll just sit down in the aisle and dive in. ;D
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Millykin on March 02, 2015, 05:31:13 PM: My mum had a craving for nibbling firefighters

Dorothy that would be funny, just stick your menopausal woman badge on so no one approaches!
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Dorothy on March 02, 2015, 05:34:19 PM: Quote from: Millykin on March 02, 2015, 05:31:13 PM
Dorothy that would be funny, just stick your menopausal woman badge on so no one approaches!

At least that would be one good thing about the menopause...no one dares to interfere!!! >:(

I have NO idea what your diet is missing if you need to nibble firelighters... :o
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Dulciana on March 02, 2015, 06:21:59 PM: For the last goodness-knows-how-long, I've been craving violet and rose creams. I love them like no other chocolates and I really must get some! ::)
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Taz2 on March 02, 2015, 07:06:54 PM: Quote from: Millykin on March 02, 2015, 05:31:13 PM
My mum had a craving for nibbling firefighters

Craving for nibbling fireFIGHTERS seems quite exciting!!

Taz x ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: CLKD on March 02, 2015, 07:10:19 PM: :rofl: sorry - predictive text again ::)

However - will join the queue â€¦â€¦â€¦

I did find that I went 'off' chocolate for years - it made my system sluggish. I didn't miss it either â€¦â€¦â€¦
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Millykin on March 02, 2015, 07:39:28 PM: :rofl:
Firefighters! Should be fire lighters!
Probably firefighters too, was going to edit but think I'll leave it!
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: CLKD on March 02, 2015, 07:56:34 PM: Yep leave it :D â€¦â€¦â€¦
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Taz2 on March 02, 2015, 08:07:52 PM: It gave me a right chuckle!!

Taz x ;D
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: dazned on March 02, 2015, 08:21:47 PM: What's worse I read it at fire lighters :-\
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: Taz2 on March 02, 2015, 08:29:46 PM: Ah you read it as firelighters because that's what it's supposed to say and your brain put in the right word dazned!

Taz x
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: dazned on March 02, 2015, 08:44:32 PM: :banana:

Yes Iam good for something :)
Title: Re: cravings!
Post by: CLKD on March 02, 2015, 08:45:09 PM: I couldn't think what a fire lighter might be ::)