rmc12
03-04-2004, 04:49 PM
Hi,
I guess I just need to sound off and will appreciate any feedback of anyone else feeling the way I am right now which is totally YUCKY!! I have been reading posts and it does help so thanks ahead of time.
I am 49 and am obviously in perimenopause but am having a hard time coping. Some cycles I do fine but this last one has been a doozy. I got my period for a day and a half (not complaning about that!!) on the 23rd of Feb and it was at day 24. It was preceded by a week of feeling premensrual and having diarrhea, some cramps on and off, typical stuff. Then it comes and goes away after a day and then appears again a week later , very lightly. But the "yucky" feeling remains.
I am now experiencing the side ache that I sometimes get , which is to the right of the waist and not high. I know some of you have said you get this. I read the 39 symptoms of menopause that someone posted and I know that we can have gastrointestinal problems at this time and indigestion. I did go to the doctors before Christmas and he felt i had an irritable bowel and was not getting enough fiber so I am now taking Metamucil. It did seem to help and I have not been religious about it this past month so perhaps that is contributing to this too. I am now back to the regime.
I just get so worried about symptoms and then that zaps me of energy. I think I am working myself up and I know that is not healthy in itself.
I have read some posts from some of you and know that a lot of you experience a lot more discomfort and pain than I am going thru so I do not want to sound like I am whining but I would appreciate it if you have any words of wisdom about how to cope with all this. For some reason the intestinal disturbances bother me and worry me when they happen and I wish I could cope better. I exhaust myself I think with all this and one of my symptoms is that..that I just feel so tired, then other times full of energy. This is not one of those times and it feels like it does when I am due for my period , very drained!! Are we like in a constant state of feeling like we are going to get our periods??!!
Obviously my period is out of whack and I guess I am feeiling that way too!!
Thanks for listening and for any help you can offer,
rmc
I guess I just need to sound off and will appreciate any feedback of anyone else feeling the way I am right now which is totally YUCKY!! I have been reading posts and it does help so thanks ahead of time.
I am 49 and am obviously in perimenopause but am having a hard time coping. Some cycles I do fine but this last one has been a doozy. I got my period for a day and a half (not complaning about that!!) on the 23rd of Feb and it was at day 24. It was preceded by a week of feeling premensrual and having diarrhea, some cramps on and off, typical stuff. Then it comes and goes away after a day and then appears again a week later , very lightly. But the "yucky" feeling remains.
I am now experiencing the side ache that I sometimes get , which is to the right of the waist and not high. I know some of you have said you get this. I read the 39 symptoms of menopause that someone posted and I know that we can have gastrointestinal problems at this time and indigestion. I did go to the doctors before Christmas and he felt i had an irritable bowel and was not getting enough fiber so I am now taking Metamucil. It did seem to help and I have not been religious about it this past month so perhaps that is contributing to this too. I am now back to the regime.
I just get so worried about symptoms and then that zaps me of energy. I think I am working myself up and I know that is not healthy in itself.
I have read some posts from some of you and know that a lot of you experience a lot more discomfort and pain than I am going thru so I do not want to sound like I am whining but I would appreciate it if you have any words of wisdom about how to cope with all this. For some reason the intestinal disturbances bother me and worry me when they happen and I wish I could cope better. I exhaust myself I think with all this and one of my symptoms is that..that I just feel so tired, then other times full of energy. This is not one of those times and it feels like it does when I am due for my period , very drained!! Are we like in a constant state of feeling like we are going to get our periods??!!
Obviously my period is out of whack and I guess I am feeiling that way too!!
Thanks for listening and for any help you can offer,
rmc
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Dmhr
03-04-2004, 10:24 PM
I guess I just need to sound off and will appreciate any feedback of anyone else feeling the way I am right now which is totally YUCKY!! I have been reading posts and it does help so thanks ahead of time.
I am 49 and am obviously in perimenopause but am having a hard time coping. Some cycles I do fine but this last one has been a doozy. I got my period for a day and a half (not complaning about that!!) on the 23rd of Feb and it was at day 24. It was preceded by a week of feeling premensrual and having diarrhea, some cramps on and off, typical stuff. Then it comes and goes away after a day and then appears again a week later , very lightly. But the "yucky" feeling remains.
I am now experiencing the side ache that I sometimes get , which is to the right of the waist and not high. I know some of you have said you get this. I read the 39 symptoms of menopause that someone posted and I know that we can have gastrointestinal problems at this time and indigestion. I did go to the doctors before Christmas and he felt i had an irritable bowel and was not getting enough fiber so I am now taking Metamucil. It did seem to help and I have not been religious about it this past month so perhaps that is contributing to this too. I am now back to the regime.
I just get so worried about symptoms and then that zaps me of energy. I think I am working myself up and I know that is not healthy in itself.
I have read some posts from some of you and know that a lot of you experience a lot more discomfort and pain than I am going thru so I do not want to sound like I am whining but I would appreciate it if you have any words of wisdom about how to cope with all this. For some reason the intestinal disturbances bother me and worry me when they happen and I wish I could cope better. I exhaust myself I think with all this and one of my symptoms is that..that I just feel so tired, then other times full of energy. This is not one of those times and it feels like it does when I am due for my period , very drained!! Are we like in a constant state of feeling like we are going to get our periods??!!
Obviously my period is out of whack and I guess I am feeiling that way too!!
Thanks for listening and for any help you can offer,
rmc[/QUOTE]
Hi, I'm 49 also, and i feel the same way. I don't have the stomach upsets, but feel absolutely exhaused some days, and my moods are very up and down. At times I don't feel like anything is fun anymore. This month I had my period for about 2 weeks, and now I'm really messed up. I have no clue when I'll get my next period. 2 months ago after I had my period I had a weird anxiety attack which I have never had before. I had another one when I was ovulating, and then last month I did the same thing. I read on the boards that some women have them when they have a surge of estrogen. I just hope to God that I don't keep having them, because it was awful. I went to the doctor, and she wanted to put me on a depression medication, but I really don't want to start taking the medication. I'm trying some different vitamins that are supposed to help, and I'm trying to exercise everyday. Hope you feel better soon!!! Dmhr
I am 49 and am obviously in perimenopause but am having a hard time coping. Some cycles I do fine but this last one has been a doozy. I got my period for a day and a half (not complaning about that!!) on the 23rd of Feb and it was at day 24. It was preceded by a week of feeling premensrual and having diarrhea, some cramps on and off, typical stuff. Then it comes and goes away after a day and then appears again a week later , very lightly. But the "yucky" feeling remains.
I am now experiencing the side ache that I sometimes get , which is to the right of the waist and not high. I know some of you have said you get this. I read the 39 symptoms of menopause that someone posted and I know that we can have gastrointestinal problems at this time and indigestion. I did go to the doctors before Christmas and he felt i had an irritable bowel and was not getting enough fiber so I am now taking Metamucil. It did seem to help and I have not been religious about it this past month so perhaps that is contributing to this too. I am now back to the regime.
I just get so worried about symptoms and then that zaps me of energy. I think I am working myself up and I know that is not healthy in itself.
I have read some posts from some of you and know that a lot of you experience a lot more discomfort and pain than I am going thru so I do not want to sound like I am whining but I would appreciate it if you have any words of wisdom about how to cope with all this. For some reason the intestinal disturbances bother me and worry me when they happen and I wish I could cope better. I exhaust myself I think with all this and one of my symptoms is that..that I just feel so tired, then other times full of energy. This is not one of those times and it feels like it does when I am due for my period , very drained!! Are we like in a constant state of feeling like we are going to get our periods??!!
Obviously my period is out of whack and I guess I am feeiling that way too!!
Thanks for listening and for any help you can offer,
rmc[/QUOTE]
Hi, I'm 49 also, and i feel the same way. I don't have the stomach upsets, but feel absolutely exhaused some days, and my moods are very up and down. At times I don't feel like anything is fun anymore. This month I had my period for about 2 weeks, and now I'm really messed up. I have no clue when I'll get my next period. 2 months ago after I had my period I had a weird anxiety attack which I have never had before. I had another one when I was ovulating, and then last month I did the same thing. I read on the boards that some women have them when they have a surge of estrogen. I just hope to God that I don't keep having them, because it was awful. I went to the doctor, and she wanted to put me on a depression medication, but I really don't want to start taking the medication. I'm trying some different vitamins that are supposed to help, and I'm trying to exercise everyday. Hope you feel better soon!!! Dmhr
f33l h3lpl3ss
03-05-2004, 07:04 AM
I'm 49 as well and experiencing perimenopausal symptoms. I am on Zoloft to help with the mood (depression) and have a severe lack of progesterone so I am on provera as well. I had a uterine biopsy two weeks ago with some abnormal cell growth, and I have to have another in 3 months. My supervisor (a woman) is a complete a** and will not take any medical excuse and is imposing restrictions on me that are not helping my mental state.
cowgal
03-05-2004, 03:57 PM
Welcome to the group, ladies. I'll be 48 next week and I'm proud to say that I'm nearing the end of the peri-part. And yes, life during this stage of it is pretty darn rough but it really will get better. You will sleep again, you will be civil to your hubby again, you will quit aching, it all gets better. I started having the symptoms when I was around 43-44 and when I stopped having monthly cycles it got a lot worse. It's been 7 months since my last period, only 3 in the last 18 months and I know how alone you feel. That's why this board is so wonderful. There are tons of us here that are going through or have been through what you live every day. I don't have the PMS thing going on anymore and that's a big relief.
FH, I'm sorry to hear that a female supervisor is giving you a hard time about your problem. I was a supervisor myself at one time (I'm self-employed now) and management can sometimes make supervisors do things that they wouldn't do if left to their own resources. If you have a human resources person available you might visit with him/her regarding company policies concerning situations such as yours and then you'll know whether she really is treating you unfairly or is just administering company policy. If you are being treated unfairly, management will want to know about it.
DMHR, if my mom and grandmas and aunts and I are any indication, the digestive system won't ever get back to the way it was. I suffer from IBS myself and all the veggies deal me misery especially salad greens. Things either go right through me or stay there longer than they should. And I do remember getting diarhea every month right before I started. Also had nosebleeds. Would be all bloated at least a week before and then because I felt so bad during I wouldn't eat and by the time I was through I'd be back in a smaller size jeans. The next month, here I'd go again. Thing about it now is I'm in the bigger size jeans-with elastic. You'll learn that elastic will become one of your best friends as you journey through this.
I hate getting old and I hate some of the things that have happened to my body during peripause but I am learning to adjust. One of the worst things that happened to me personally was my out of control anger. I was so mad about what was happening to me that I took it out on everyone in my path. It's only been in the last 4-5 months that I've started to come to terms with it. Still don't like it but look at the alternative. Both of you come back and post and get it out of your system, it makes it worse to try to keep it all in. This board provides a wonderful support group for us. Hugs to you both and prayers about your biopsy, FH. cg
FH, I'm sorry to hear that a female supervisor is giving you a hard time about your problem. I was a supervisor myself at one time (I'm self-employed now) and management can sometimes make supervisors do things that they wouldn't do if left to their own resources. If you have a human resources person available you might visit with him/her regarding company policies concerning situations such as yours and then you'll know whether she really is treating you unfairly or is just administering company policy. If you are being treated unfairly, management will want to know about it.
DMHR, if my mom and grandmas and aunts and I are any indication, the digestive system won't ever get back to the way it was. I suffer from IBS myself and all the veggies deal me misery especially salad greens. Things either go right through me or stay there longer than they should. And I do remember getting diarhea every month right before I started. Also had nosebleeds. Would be all bloated at least a week before and then because I felt so bad during I wouldn't eat and by the time I was through I'd be back in a smaller size jeans. The next month, here I'd go again. Thing about it now is I'm in the bigger size jeans-with elastic. You'll learn that elastic will become one of your best friends as you journey through this.
I hate getting old and I hate some of the things that have happened to my body during peripause but I am learning to adjust. One of the worst things that happened to me personally was my out of control anger. I was so mad about what was happening to me that I took it out on everyone in my path. It's only been in the last 4-5 months that I've started to come to terms with it. Still don't like it but look at the alternative. Both of you come back and post and get it out of your system, it makes it worse to try to keep it all in. This board provides a wonderful support group for us. Hugs to you both and prayers about your biopsy, FH. cg
rmc12
03-05-2004, 04:22 PM
Hi Dmhr,
Thanks for responding. It does help to know that others are going thru it. I am sorry to hear about your anxiety attacks. There are just so many different symptoms we are all dealing with and it is hard to cope I know.
I can relate very much to periods being irregular. I feel like I really do not know when I am ovulating or not when I used to know of course like clockwork. I feel as I said in a constant state of my period coming as I do right now and I just got it last week!!
Exercising is a good idea and I know I felt so much better when I was more in a regular pattern of that. At least I think I was able to cope better with the symptoms then. I have an ankle problem , tendinitis and a falling arch, that has prevented me from doing the type of exercise I have always enjoyed and done regularly, Jazzercize. I hope to go back soon but in the meantime I am trying to go to the gym and ride the bike which has been suggested by my physical therapist as something I can do until I can get back to my normal routine. I am not as faithful to going to the gym and using the weights as I should be and just can't get motivated sometimes to do it. But I know I have to do so as it should help.
Thanks again and hope you are feeling better ,
rmc
Thanks for responding. It does help to know that others are going thru it. I am sorry to hear about your anxiety attacks. There are just so many different symptoms we are all dealing with and it is hard to cope I know.
I can relate very much to periods being irregular. I feel like I really do not know when I am ovulating or not when I used to know of course like clockwork. I feel as I said in a constant state of my period coming as I do right now and I just got it last week!!
Exercising is a good idea and I know I felt so much better when I was more in a regular pattern of that. At least I think I was able to cope better with the symptoms then. I have an ankle problem , tendinitis and a falling arch, that has prevented me from doing the type of exercise I have always enjoyed and done regularly, Jazzercize. I hope to go back soon but in the meantime I am trying to go to the gym and ride the bike which has been suggested by my physical therapist as something I can do until I can get back to my normal routine. I am not as faithful to going to the gym and using the weights as I should be and just can't get motivated sometimes to do it. But I know I have to do so as it should help.
Thanks again and hope you are feeling better ,
rmc
rmc12
03-05-2004, 04:28 PM
Hi f33l h3lpl3ss,
Thank you for your response. Somehow it helps to hear what others are feeling and how they are coping.
You mentioned Zoloft , is it helping with the mood swings so associated with perimenopause?
I am sending you many positive thoughts regarding your biopsy and also the frustrations you are having at work with your supervisor.
rmc
Thank you for your response. Somehow it helps to hear what others are feeling and how they are coping.
You mentioned Zoloft , is it helping with the mood swings so associated with perimenopause?
I am sending you many positive thoughts regarding your biopsy and also the frustrations you are having at work with your supervisor.
rmc
rmc12
03-05-2004, 04:36 PM
Thank you Cowgal for your input. It is good to know that as you said "it will get better"!!
You said the symptoms started getting worse when you stopped having monthly cycles. I find that when my cycles (which have been monthly for the most part, longest cycle was when I got it at day 50) are erratic as it was this month that I have the worse time of it. I just think hormonally I am way out of whack as I said and it seems some cycles I breeze thru and others well ...not so much!!
I can relate to the anger and mood problems as that is something that I have a problem with too and it seems one feels like they have no control over their emotions sometimes.
The digestive problems from what I am reading seem to be a symptom which you'd think would help me to know. But I have a hard time trying to calm myself and not think the worst when I have them and I let worry take over.
Thanks again for your post,
rmc
You said the symptoms started getting worse when you stopped having monthly cycles. I find that when my cycles (which have been monthly for the most part, longest cycle was when I got it at day 50) are erratic as it was this month that I have the worse time of it. I just think hormonally I am way out of whack as I said and it seems some cycles I breeze thru and others well ...not so much!!
I can relate to the anger and mood problems as that is something that I have a problem with too and it seems one feels like they have no control over their emotions sometimes.
The digestive problems from what I am reading seem to be a symptom which you'd think would help me to know. But I have a hard time trying to calm myself and not think the worst when I have them and I let worry take over.
Thanks again for your post,
rmc
rmc12
03-05-2004, 04:40 PM
Hi again Cowgal,
I forgot to ask you about the IBS you mentioned. The doctor told me he suspects that I may have that and has suggested I take more fiber (metamucil wafers is what he recommended). I think I have had this for awhile.
When you experience discomfort with IBS where do you feel it? As I said in my post it seems that I feel this discomfort along the waistline to the right or really a bit (but not much) lower as far as aching now and then and of course at times diarrhea too but it sometimes is relate to my cycle.
thanks again,
rmc
I forgot to ask you about the IBS you mentioned. The doctor told me he suspects that I may have that and has suggested I take more fiber (metamucil wafers is what he recommended). I think I have had this for awhile.
When you experience discomfort with IBS where do you feel it? As I said in my post it seems that I feel this discomfort along the waistline to the right or really a bit (but not much) lower as far as aching now and then and of course at times diarrhea too but it sometimes is relate to my cycle.
thanks again,
rmc