Feel horrific around Ovulation

[DarkStar85]

This past week just before ovulation I've never felt worse in my life. Just newly diagnosed andenomyosis and suspected Endo and cysts. I've been unable to function with extreme dizziness, headaches, stabbing pains in my stomach, joint pain all over and the worst chest pain in the middle chest I've ever had. Nearly went to A&E. Anyone else experience this? Feel like I'm going crazy, brain fog, forgetful, losing things 😭

[wonderlander]

Same here. I have the same minus the chest pain - has that been looked into? I've got my hot water bottle and blanket and am taking it very slow today.

[DarkStar85 in reply to wonderlander]

Sorry you're going through this too. I find this worse to deal with than pain. Do you ever experience muscle spasms? My hand is going crazy with involuntary spasms today. I think I've strained my chest muscles exercising earlier. Anxiety is high, I'm wiped out now in bed 😫

[wonderlander in reply to DarkStar85]

I do, very rarely, get muscle spasms though I couldn't pinpoint at what point in my cycle! Now you've said that I might record them to see if I can notice a pattern.

So sorry you're feeling like this!

[DarkStar85 in reply to wonderlander]

Thanks! I think hormone imbalance can cause muscle spasms. I get them in my eyes, legs hands and arms. Never had them so bad as now. Trying to not get paranoid about mnd or something else nasty!

[wonderlander in reply to DarkStar85]

That's really interesting and I didn't know about it before so I'm going to pay more attention - thanks. Hope you're dealing with it all ok

[Lily1986]

I get this too, ovulation is in many ways worse than period. It’s horrendous. Best wishes to you❤️

[Fedeg in reply to Lily1986]

It's becoming like this for me too. I guess it's estrogen rising.

[DarkStar85 in reply to Fedeg]

Have you have hormone levels tested recently? I'm going to ask the gynae to test my levels to see what estrogen is like. I know they don't like doing it as levels fluctuate but surely it can give an insight at a certain time in the cycle.

[Fedeg in reply to DarkStar85]

Just done estradiol and progesterone this morning 3rd day of my cycle.

And I convinced my GP to do the same on the 21st day of my period and I want to repeat it also on the 14th by saying that I have symptoms of high estrogens during those days.

Tricks:

Say that you want to get pregnant

or

You want to go on hormonal replacement therapy

or

You want to consider biodintical progesterone and want to understand if you need it just during the luteal phase or every day

[DarkStar85 in reply to Fedeg]

Thanks good advice, im seeing gp next week. I'm interested in the bio identical progesterone for sure. Synthetic hormones mess me up!

[Fedeg in reply to DarkStar85]

Don't tell. I know!!!

Let me know how it goes

Good luck 😉

[DarkStar85 in reply to Lily1986]

Yes I agree about it being worse than period. Glad I found this group and I know I'm not crazy ❤️

[Fedeg]

Hi,

I have diffuse adenomyosis.

I regularly feel cramps again a week after my period comes on and a week before ovulation.

Symptoms: cramps from side to side of the belly (period-like), sleepy, fatigue, bacterial vaginosis and I start to bleed again (paintliners are enough I don't need pads).

My gyne and functional medicine practitioner suggested it's because estrogens go high again and cause all this **it.

They also thought it might be down to mast cell activation, so histamine, so a lot of symptoms part of which you are describing. Unfortunately there's no blood tests that can show this through the NHS.

I take quercitin capsules to regulate mast cells activation that week and creatine for the muscles and fatigue.

[DarkStar85]

Hi Fedeg that sounds exactly like me! I was just looking up mast cell activation last night. Feels like I am allergic to the hormone fluctuations. What is quercitin and how does that help? My fatigue and muscle pain has been so bad this week I've been in bed a lot. Do you have weird muscle twitches? I get them in my eyelid, calves arms and hands. It's been so bad this week 😫 oh and what is diffuse adenomyosis?

[Koko35]

I also struggle like this around ovulation, think my body hates any disruption to hormones, which is impossible to avoid as a women each month lol. The nausea is just horrible too, like morning sickness

[DarkStar85 in reply to Koko35]

Yes it like an allergic reaction to hormone fluctuations. I get stuffed up nose like I can't breathe too. It sucks being female! Men get away with everything 😂