Menopause

i have only joined this site. I am 52 years old and menopausal. For months now i have been feeling so down and lately feel my mind is not my own. Feel as if i am on another planet and my personality has changed. Feel so alone and confused. Don't know if this is normal. Does this sort of feeling happen?

[knowles8586]

Im 53 and still having periods. My PMT is bad because my cycle is mixed up. It makes me very tired and I have constant migraines

[Hidden]

Hi

This menopause is a right pain in the bum , some seem to fly through it others suffer

Have you been to GP & talked about what you could take

Maybe you don't want to , I have no choice in it as other things that are wrong stack against me been able to take anything to help , so having to grin & bear it

I never no where I am with it all , I am 50 , I have been like this since 46 , sweats , monthly migraines , which I never used to get , tired , I feel my anxiety has got worse

I am not painting a good picture here of the menopause

But if nothing else no you are not on your own the way its making you feel , as I no it does make you feel that way

Love

whywhy

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[agora in reply to Hidden]

whywhy, What do you mean about 'stack against me'?

[Hidden in reply to agora]

I have high blood pressure , cholesterol , other health problems , so wouldn't be safe to take HRT

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[agora]

Crystal, have you had the perimenopausal test? Did you feel anxious and depressed before? I'm 47 and not looking forward to it at all......

[Hidden in reply to agora]

Yes I had the blood test , I do believe I started at 46 , but it took till I was 50 for it to show up I was in the menopause

The blood tests in the early stages though , can be hard to show up

My anxiety , started getting worse , hot sweats & monthly migraines as well for the last 4 years

Don't worry though everyone isn't the same & if you are healthy BP etc , you could have HRT

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[agora in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for replying.

[Jeffju]

I had no physical problems with my menopause but did have a nervous breakdown.....that was pretty bad. Am back with anxiety/ depression now but have had a tough 18 months.was Ok after starting meds for about 12 years though. All the very best.... we woman don't have it easy. xx

[Hidden]

Hi everyone, I too have been bitten by the Menopause bug. Up until last June I felt as though I was sailing through it, apart from the hot flushes where my face runs with water, and I have to go and stand outside if I am in anywhere with the heating on a bit high. Then I was taken off of Citalopram and put on to Sirtraline, and I crashed. Since then my blood pressure has been through the roof, I have been suffering with depression/anxiety, and feel that life has turned in to a living hell. When I do get a good day, or 2 it's even harder to deal with the bad ones. I keep telling myself it will pass eventually and its not forever. I have now changed my Doctor as all he would say is it's hormone imbalance and there is nothing to be done. I had a Hysterectomy about 20 years ago, but retained my ovaries. My Doctor suggested I sign up for ITalk, to help with the depression, but they basically said in not so many words. Its the Menopause, it will go eventually, you have to deal with it. What does it matter whether Depression is caused by having a baby(which is how mine began) or another event in life that is making you feel that there is nowhere to turn and the walls are closing in on you. In not so many ways unless your Depression is the right sort we can not help you. I am now slowly coming off of Sirtraline to go back on Citalopram that I had no issues with over the 10 years I was on it.

Regards

Chrissie