lorbis

Hi Ladies-
My mind set regarding perimenopause changes with the wind. I've been bothered with symptoms for a couple of years with a major increase in symptoms of anxiety and panic this past spring/summer.

After visiting my gynecologist and my internist, I've started back on low dose bc pills and a low dose of Zoloft. I've also started to see a psychologist on the advice of the internist, and I have to say that it is a good thing. Generally I've been feeling a lot better in the past month than I had been the previous month or two.

Here's where my mindset problem lies. The night sweats, skipped periods, shorter periods, and occasional hot flash are what I expected from perimenopause. The anxiety and panic attacks were not something I thought went along with peri. However, after reading everything on these boards and other sites, I now know that they are also symptoms of peri. However, many days I start to think that they're separate issues and that there is something else wrong with me. I begin to think that maybe I am "going crazy", and how can something like panic or anxiety have anything to do with hormones? My rational self tells me that there is nothing else wrong, but my irrational self tells me it's more than just peri.

Then, after a day or two of this kind of thinking, I go back to blaming it all on perimenopause, telling myself, "It's just the hormones".

Does anyone else vacillate like this? Why do I always feel like it is more than just perimenopause? And why do I find myself constantly dwelling on it and thinking about it?

Laurie