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[Nefersmum]

I should start out by saying I'm not entirely certain that I am menopausal but I am highly suspicious of it.   No period for five months, tearful, distracted and thoroughly miserable.   It takes absolutely nothing to set me off and I have never been a tearful person in my life.   I'm permanently tired although I do have other health conditions, arthritis, fibromyalgia amongst them which also have the effect of being energy draining.    It's all very unsettling. 

One thing I can't quite fathom is a weird change in perception - that's the only way I can describe it.   Sometimes things are more intense such as colours and sounds and at others it seems very muffled.   It's tough to describe what it feels like.  I'm also finding it hard to cope with things I would have laughed off this time last year.   I have suffered a little with stress in the past but nothing like it is now.   I've always been quite resilient even with the disabilities and I feel like I'm letting myself down by struggling just to get my back off the mattress of a morning. 

I had an MRI scan of the brain - thank goodness they found one - in March of this year following a car accident I had just before Christmas.  Unfortunately I passed out whilst driving and went into a barrier.   I lost my driving licence for six months and have only just been allowed to resume.  The brain scan found nothing wrong which was a huge relief but the sense of weirdness persists.  It's not woolly headedness as my old Nan would have called it, but a really odd sense of detachment or muzziness  a lot of the time and a real acuteness at others. 

Has anyone else had these kinds of symptoms?   How did you deal with them?    I'm not sure I'm a fan of HRT but I really am concerned as my poor Nan had a shocking time with her menopause, continuing with her periods until well into her sixties. 

Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom

[CLKD]

 

There are many forms of wooziness ……….. I take a betablocka which leaves me feeling slightly hung-over in the morning.  Why did you pass out?

[Sarai]

Hi, can I ask what age you are? Have you consulted the doctor about your odd sensations?
I have fibro and 2 auto immune diseases among other things but I have to say I have never ever felt so bad or odd in mind and body together.
I too have had a heightened perception of sound, many things seeming just so very loud, the supermarket especially even the pip of the scanner is terrible. I feel totally overwhelmed in a busy place, or where there are multiple sounds at once. I feel I need to be alone away from the hustle and bustle.
I cant bear the smell of the bin even when its in theory clean.
I have never ever felt so tired, like my eyes are exhausted and everything is so bright. I cant bear the sun in my eyes now either.
Like you last year I was just fine, strong, sensible, and coping with everything.
I hope that helps a little.

[Nefersmum]

Thank you guys.   I'm relieved to know others have been through similar things.   I've read a fair bit lately but nothing seemed similar to what I was going through.   

As far as my passing out is concerned we don't really know why that happened.  I woke up feeling tired and a bit peculiar but that's not entirely unusual for me with the arthur and what not, so I didn't really register it.   I left for work as normal and the next thing I know I'm waking up in the back of the ambulance with no idea how I got there.  I was suffering an unusual amount of work pressure at the time and hadn't been sleeping at all well so we aren't sure that I just didn't fall asleep.   Who knows.


It's just so peculiar and I hate feeling so switched off in one way but at other times I'm buzzing my nut off.   My workmates are purple with jealousy about how much work I'm clearing but I end up exhausted at the end of the day.   

[Annie0710]

Have you had your thyroid checked? I read that menopause can be a trigger for thyroid levels to play up xx

[Nefersmum]

I hadn't thought about thyroid check.   Ironic really, I'm a medical secretary for ENT and we do all kinds of thyroidy stuff

[CLKD]

>Hi!< from another [ex-]medical secretary - ENT and Orthopaedics 

Have you been OK since?  Could it be a trapped nerve in the back of the neck?

[Nefersmum]

Hi back, CLKD 

Generally I've been fine since the accident, at least as far as passing out etc is concerned.  I had an MRI scan and what not and they didn't find anything.   Consensus is that I was under a huge amount of stress relating to my work [won't bore with the details] and that it all just got too much for me and I just switched off.   

It's just odd how things seem to go a bit intense and almost unreal.   I had a couple of days of it this week but now it's back to normal.   Thinking on it it seems to occur around the time I would normally be expecting 'Aunt Irma' to appear but she hasn't shown up for about six months now.   It's a very strange thing