Jerseygirl
08-20-2002, 05:29 PM
I know anxiety is worse during menopause (peri or otherwise), I'm 43 (close to 44) and the past 3 periods have been really bad with anxiety! It starts on the day I get my period, then ends around the time I would ovulate - is this the normal TIME for the anxiety to hit??? I always thought it was from ovulation until you GET your period! I seem backwards, that's why I am questioning whether or not this could be perimenopause? Something always sets it off, something that would cause a normal person a little anxiety, but I get so bad I'm waking up at 3am every day with a racing mind, I can't eat, etc! Also I go through periods of depression and weepy spells (not like me at all before!!)
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greekgirl
08-22-2002, 07:32 AM
dear jersey girl
my anxiety starts two weeks before my periods, and slowly escalates into full on panic and distress. i cry all the time, feel extremely tired, just want to be left alone. near the end of the period i start to feel a little better but before you know it its back to the start again. i am on hrt and antidepressants am 51 years of age and now on a 26day cycle.
my anxiety starts two weeks before my periods, and slowly escalates into full on panic and distress. i cry all the time, feel extremely tired, just want to be left alone. near the end of the period i start to feel a little better but before you know it its back to the start again. i am on hrt and antidepressants am 51 years of age and now on a 26day cycle.
Speedgal
08-23-2002, 05:48 AM
Have you seen a doc? I think you should. It IS the exact reverse of what you'd expect and perhaps for that reason alone you should get it checked out. I am in perimenopause (I think) and have exactly what you describe in the other half of my cycle. At the moment St JOhns Wort for the two problem weeks and a diet of 30g of soy as soy milk/tofu/soy and linseed bread (all the time to get about 30 g soy protein per day) seems to be working well. Maybe try it????