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anxiety/peri-menopause

sdwill
sdwill
I have noticed that not very many women post on the menopause group compared to the anxiety. I wonder if many of the women who post on the anxiety board are unaware but are going thru peri-menopause. I know that I started out posting on the anxiety board after my doc diagnosed me with anxiety/depression. I am only 38 but am sure that I am in peri-meno because I have almost all of the symptoms. My mom started it at 35. Many of the symptoms of anxiety and peri-meno are the same from what I have read but there are symptoms that I have that I haven't found related to stress such as my hair has become very dry as well as my skin dry and itchy.
sdwill
sdwill
It would make it so much easier if there was a test for peri-meno that just showed yes or no like a pregnancy test. I hate that you just really have to guess.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I was having really bad panic and anxiety. My therapists told me to ask my doctor to put me on a low dose of hormone therapy. In about a week I saw a BIG difference.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi,

I did post a link on the anxiety forum about hormones and anxiety. I don't know how many people read it, but I did post it.
I had to change my Dr. appt. from tomorrow to the 2nd of Sept... GR !! We're too busy here at work for me to be gone so now I'll play the waiting game about my hormones for another month !
sdwill
sdwill
Good luck with your appt. ScorpioBliss. I hope you find some answers.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have been tomy gyno sooo many times because of those "lovely" perimenopausal symptoms. THe fatique, missed periods, the make-up-for-the missed -ones-by-flash-flooding, the depression, anxiety, and plain ole feeling like a stressed out Edith Bunker! Why do they think they have to take a clip off my cervix each time? Obviously to discourage me from going and asking questions they have no answer to. A couple more visits and I don't think I'll have a cervix left! The last time, I said, "just give me a mild sedative". And they did...
deleted_user
deleted_user
I agree ... does the perimeno bring on the anxiety ... or was there going to be anxiety anyways? I keep blaming it on perimeno because this is the first time in my life that I have experienced it and I have so many of the other symptoms as well. I hope I am right. I dread the thoughts of this sticking with me forever!