51 and miserable

[monicafaye]

This menopause business is for the birds. I have been taking Levlite BCP and Prozac since I was 47 to help control the symptoms of perimenopause, but I think they have stopped working. I am so irritable, anxious and angry. I never had such trouble just trying to get through the day. Sometimes I feel like someone else has taken over my body. The weight won't stay off and the depression is pretty bad, too. The craving for junk food is awful. Its hard to eat heathy when all you want are candy bars and chips. I wonder how much longer this will last?

[deinee]

I wish I could tell you how long this will last. I am 51 too and really having bad problems for the last 6 months or so. I had many of the symptoms off and on for years, but only for short periods of time and only one symptom at a time. At 51, a whole group of per-menopause symptoms hit me at one time! Ovarian cysts, heavy non-stop periods, nausea, headaches, weight gain, anemia, insomnia, health anxiety just to name a few. The month hasn't been terrible, but I'm waiting for the next round of problems. I take comfort in this board knowing I am not alone in many of the symptoms. Hope this helped you some. You will always find comfort here! Take care, Ann