help! feeling strange! - Menopause Message Board

roland92 · 01-11-2007, 09:34 AM

I need help with a symptom. I had something happen today that was very strange. I was just finished eating breakfast and out of the blue I started feeling very shaky and dizzy like my blood sugar dropped but I had just eaten. (mostly protein) This has never happened to me before. Has anyone else experienced this before. My legs were shaky and I felt faint and weak. It really worried me. I have had a fasting blood test and thyroid checked a couple of months ago and they were fine. Can't explain this. It really scared me. This lasted for about 20 minutes. Anyone have this happen? Thanks!

liverpool sue · 01-11-2007, 10:40 AM

hi roland. i had something similar happen about 4 times over the last few years, it was like someone pulled a plug and all my energy drained away. someone i worked with at the time said she found this fatigue one of the worst things to deal with, it would just wipe her out and happened fairly regularly. i never took it any further, and just used to sit down for half an hour, by which time i was ok again. if you're worried though, maybe worth a word with your doctor again. i haven't had it happen in a while now, but think i'm maybe through the worst of all this, not having had a period for almost a year, and believe the worst symptoms happen while the hormones are wildly fluctuating.

sue

BrandyBobs Lady · 01-11-2007, 01:16 PM

I have had the same thing happen to me throughout the day but its pretty much on a daily basis. Freaks me out sometimes. I can be fine one minute and then feel dizzy or lightheaded the next. I was walking with my honey through Target yesterday and had the weirdest sensation of like I had been heavily drinking. I was woozy and feeling like I could basically fall down or just not walk straight. I need more energy..this is getting ridiculous. Plus not to mention that I haven't slept good lately...waking up all hours of the night either being too hot or too cold. Just doesn't seem to be a happy medium..lol.

roland92 · 01-11-2007, 06:28 PM

thanks for the posts sue and brandy. I am going to check again with my doc when i go to my next appt next month.

oliveoil54 · 01-12-2007, 03:28 AM

Can you let us know how you get on? As I too have had similar symptons, feeling dizzy and faint, but mine have only lasted for a few minutes so I just put it down to getting up to quickly. But know I'm begining to realise its prob happened quite a few times now.

Also whats the purpose of a fasting blood test, never heard of it?