debbiej205
03-09-2006, 10:56 PM
Hi Guys, Just want to vent..I'm hot, I'm cold, I'm moody, I'm tired. I want to sleep but I can't. I'm hungry at times and other times I don't want to eat at all. I have night sweats and during the day I have hot flashes. My complexion is changing and so is my body odor. My cologne does not smell the same on me. I think you get the picture. Sorry to be such a downer but I just felt like writing it down this time. I will be so glad when this menopause stuff is over. Take care guys.
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bbweckerley
03-12-2006, 12:16 AM
I read the postings on here and wonder what my next symptom will be. This week I started having the night sweats and it was only a week ago that my new psych. meds really started helping me feel like myself. (It only took about 2 1/2 months of feeling like a guinea pig to get the combination/dose right.) A gyno. I used to go to told me that everyone gets a handful of about 40 possible symptoms. I don't have a handful yet so I guess "the best is yet to come?!" Vent on!!!! I'm right there with you!
debbiej205
03-12-2006, 05:24 PM
Thanks bbweckerley!! I appreciate your reply. This is why I am so glad I found this board. Sometimes you can tell your love ones how you are feeling, but if they are not going through it with you, it seems that they just don't understand. While I heard about peri-menopause and menopause I thought when my time came I would be able to handle it just as I do any other thing that life brings my way. But this menopause is one I did not see comming. Anyway I'll deal with it the best that I can and try to not take it out on my family, co-workers and friends. I wish you the best and again I appreciate your replay. Take care
pixiek
03-13-2006, 06:54 AM
Thought I join the fun: for me (I also have some thyroid issues) every day is DIFFERENT...I never know what it will bring: hot flash, fatigue, dry eyes, sore muscles, sleepy, can't sleep, happy, sad, crying and depressed, hot, cold, short tempered....I think I have at least a handful! Thank goodness for chamomile tea! Pixiek
summerblue
03-14-2006, 03:31 PM
pixiek, I have all the symptoms you posted and more! :eek: debbiej205, my complexion is also changing. I just don't look like I use to, even if I use some make up it seems to fade right off. I wish I knew how to get my skin back the way it was. I've been thinking of changing my cleansing products and makeup, maybe there is something out there for the woman in her 50's that help. cheers :)
debbiej205
03-14-2006, 10:38 PM
Summerblue, I know what you mean! It was bad enough for me to realize that I was going through this and having to deal with the night sweats, etc, but one day I looked in the mirror and my pores were exposed!! I have never had a problem with my complexion until now. But I believe there is hope. Like you, I'm looking at other options for my skin care and I'm thinking of going to a makeup counter to see if they can help me. It's bad enough that we feel bad on the inside but when it affects the way we look on the outside it really gets to you. Anyway, I am trying very hard to stay positive about it. I do believe that it has to get better. This may be on the board somewhere but can anyone tell me when it does get better and if we will ever feel like ourselves again. Thanks!
Middleagedcrazy
03-15-2006, 11:34 AM
Well Debbie, I never thought I would be a member of this club. Menopause kind of snuck up on me and though I have never had a not flash in my life, I have and am still suffering. The complexion changes are constantly changing. About three years ago, everytime I went outside in the sun, swimming or anything, even with sunscreen, I got brown spots all over my face! They were horrible! It looked like really bad fake tan! For me the depression's have been almost unbearable. I have refused to tell that part to a doc, because they all seem to just be pill pushers these days. They don't care about why or what is causing a symptom, just whip out the old pad and start writing. That one not working for you? Heh, here's a different one. I worked with people that had been on so many different medications that they didn't know how they felt. So I have toughed it out for years. I finally have found a women doc that I hope is going to work out. I am diving into bio identical hormones. I have been on a stick diet for a year and half and have only lost 16lbs! It is so frustrating. She claims that I will never lose anymore without balancing my hormones. I am inclined to believe her, knowing the effort I have put into this. Don't give up. We can survive, just find you a really good doc. I don't think there is a male doc anywhere that can be sympathetic to us at this time in life.
debbiej205
03-15-2006, 10:39 PM
Thanks for the post middleage. While I have never considered myself vain, I also tried to look my best. That's why this complexion thing has me down. I'm trying so hard to stick it out without medication because I take plenty for a heart condition. Anyway, I guess we just have to deal with it. In my case I still have school age children at home and I'm raising them by myself. Oh Oh here I go with the pity party. I wont go there! I wonder if we can start a thread about things that we are thankful for? Maybe it would help us to feel better about the whole thing. In my case, when I think of where I've been and where I am, I have to say that things could be a lot worst. I really believe that when we can discuss our syptoms and feelings with others who are going through the same thing, it somehow helps.