"Once a month" struggle...??

[duchess1226]

Do any of the ladies here have a real struggle around their menstrual cycle? The week before mine is when I am most prone to head to the ER or think I am truly dying...the heart palps, chest and arm pain, etc. Its damn near debilitating... My doctor did tell me that allergies play a huge roll as well. Stay strong everyone!!!

[Ashley1489]

I just made a post about this a week ago or so my anxiety gets worse and I feel off balance and In a fog

[duchess1226 in reply to Ashley1489]

YES!!! I feel totally off balance and foggy...uggg

[Hidden in reply to Ashley1489]

I think it has something to do with hormones changing. I wish there was a way to fix it.

[lanio]

Im sorry that happens to you

I sometimes feel light headed like im going to pass out and extremely cold. My cramps get so bad sometimes that i cant even get up. I have to lay down in bed for hours. I didnt know that allergies had an affect on it.

[duchess1226 in reply to lanio]

I have now developed almost flu symptoms as PMS...low grade fever, chills, and body aches...I went to the doctor the past few months and then decided this too would pass and it does when my cycle starts...

[lanio in reply to duchess1226]

Did they prescribe anything for the pain ?

[duchess1226 in reply to lanio]

The pain is controllable with OTC meds its not severe but noticeable.

[Babaji1971 in reply to duchess1226]

Yes I also suffer from flu like symptoms as PMS! I thought I was the only one who had those symptoms as doctor doesnt seem to recognise them and nobody else I know seems to suffer from these flu like symptoms. Strange isnt it!

[duchess1226 in reply to Babaji1971]

My doctor actually prescribed antibiotics last time

[Sunshine54321]

Oh I'm so sorry about your PMS. Did doctor do a blood test? When I had periods I started having some palpitations for a while . Blood test showed anemia. Doctor prescribed iron tablets for six months and at end of that time I felt soooo much better. My palpitations had stopped . Now that I've entered menopause at 53 I have strange symptoms .

[duchess1226 in reply to Sunshine54321]

I am headed to the doctor TODAY to ask about the anemia!! If I could stop the palps, my anxiety may not be as troubling to me...palps are just awful!! Thank you!!

[grudgekyoko]

Oh my gosh yes! I always feel foggy, kind of dizzy, and my anxiety is through the roof the week before my period and also during it. I asked my doctor about it a couple years ago and he was puzzled and unaware of any connection. I'm also not anemic. So it's great to know I'm not the only one who gets this...

[Hidden in reply to grudgekyoko]

I know completely what you are talking about. It's like I am a total different person before, during and after my period. I actually sat down and thought about the times I had my ups and downs like that and some of them had nothing to do with my menstrual cycle. I was seeing a counselor a year ago and she is the only person who said it was bipolar. I just recently started doing the research on all that and looking at my symptoms, my life since I was a teen and it was like omg...she is right. I didn't want to believe it was bipolar. So, now that I have opened my eyes to the bipolar issue on top of anxiety, depression....it all ties in together. I dont think doctors are trained enough to diagnose and treat conditions. So they end up giving the wrong meds because it's not what is really going on. I wish they could just do a brain scan and say this is what it is, give you something to help and just be normal.