A new symptom everyday - Menopause Message Board

momstheword · 04-22-2007, 10:40 AM

Hi gang, well, in January I started taking Prem-pro, took lowest dose every other day for 4 weeks. The first week I felt great (my emotions and anxiety were really better and I had no hot flashes!) but then I started to feel bloated and bowel issues and I decided to stop taking it. Things went down hill from there, after two weeks I was dizzy and light headed very anxious and started to obsess about my health, had jitters and felt shaky. Dr. did CT scan of my head and all was OK there blood work was fine, but for the past two months I have felt terrible, especially emotionally, I'm so anxious and I have had stomach problems, gurgling all the time, feel full when I try to eat, it feel like my heart is beating irregular beats, my back is hurting all the time between shoulder blades and upper chest. I go between worrying about my lungs, to my stomach, to my pancreas thinking I probably have some dread disease. I just turned 52 and had gone nearly two years with only one period, now after my brief encounter with HRT my periods have started again. I have had two and am due one any time except my hot flashes have started up again and I am thinking my period may not come because the HRT is mostly out of my system. Any advice or good supporting words out there for me? I did order saliva tests and sent them in last week to get my levels of progesterone and estradiol. My OB just thinks I should take HRT and feel better but I don't want to pop a pill until I know what is out of kilter. I feel like I want to run away some where but I'm not sure where to go. I just want to feel better.

deinee · 04-22-2007, 05:41 PM

I am 52 too and feel like I should be 92! The heart palps are driving me crazy and the abdominal/pelvic pain is getting me down too. I took the pill last year for cysts and heavy periods, but stopped 6 months ago and feel like crap now. The health anxiety is the worst. I have had 2 periods since stopping the pill which were fairly normal. I can't decide if my estrogen is too high or too low. Going it alone without any HRT, synthetic or bio-identical can be tough. I am hearing of too many women with breast cancer from both forms of hormone replacement. I don't know what the answer is, but I do know it is miserable. I do take comfort that we can come here and share our stories. Hope you get ot feeling better. Ann

momstheword · 04-22-2007, 07:54 PM

Thanks for your reply Ann, It feels so much better when someone out there can hear what I'm saying and can understand because they are going through so many similar things. This is such a roller coaster ride. I'm waiting for the results of my saliva hormone tests in hopes the results can lead me in a direction that may help. Take Care. MJo

colleen617 · 04-26-2007, 10:06 AM

Hi! I am 55 and feel exactly the same as you. Everyone time one symptom subsides, another rears its head. For me, the anxiety, palps, and mental fog are the worst. Sometimes, I wonder if I'll ever feel joy again in my life.

I'm glad that you posted.

momstheword · 04-26-2007, 01:26 PM

I'm glad you responded. Kindred spirits can keep us going on the toughest days and be a cause for good feelings when it seems there are none. Thanks!!!