Feeling dazed and confused - Menopause Message Board

charpo · 05-12-2008, 03:01 PM

Please help me get through this! I don't even know who I am any more. On day I am normal, then the next day I turn into a maniac. It even seems like I feel funny driving sometimes. There are days also that I fill disoriented and just not myself. I don't have any hot flashes or sweats that are unbearable, really hardly any. Mine is all mental. I haven't had a period for over a year, so I'm over menopause, but feel worse than I did before.

I am so afraid that I have a tumor or something like that or that I'm just actually loosing my mind. I don't sleep right any more and I've been dieting and trying to work out. I also quit smoking, which has now been 4 months, so you'd think that my withdrawal and mood swing should be over from that. I just want to be ok again. I've probably posted over and over again, and everyone is probably getting sick of hearing this, but every time it comes back it seems worse and worse and closer to loosing it.

I'm just a lost sole!

I C Hot · 05-12-2008, 06:29 PM

Hi Charpo,

I am sorry you are feeling so out of it. You are not alone. I have many days that I am totally not myself and wonder if I ever will be that person again. I am not sure how you are going to feel about this but here goes, have you seen a Dr. about this? You might consider a antidepressant to help you cope. Many women need them during menopause. A few years back I tried a few different ones but my system is very sensitive to meds that I just wasn't able to handle them. But I would talk with your Dr,. at least. Keep posting here, I don't mind seeing you over and over if it helps. I know for me this board has helped me way more then any Dr. ever did. Take care,
Julie

charpo · 05-12-2008, 07:04 PM

Thanks for replying. I tried (before this) all the antidepressants. I don't like the zombie feeling (which is how I am feeling now). I feel like I'm just doing the motions of live, but not living. Yesterday I just flipped out completely with my husband and son about not getting me anything for mother's day. Now today I feel like I don't even remember what happened that day. It is all just a blurr. Now today I'm just so spacey and confused. I don't want to loose my mind and I don't know how to stop it. There has to be a better way than antidepressants, but I can't figure out how. Why is it that each day is so different. I have been doing this exercise program for approximately 3 weeks and was feeling so good for a while, now I'm back. Could I be lacking some kind of vitamin or overdoing it for my age with the exercising?

What would I do without this board. If they only had a chat room here!