Menopause Support Group
Menopause is the physiological cessation of menstrual cycles associated with advancing age. It normally occurs in women between the ages of 45 and 55, when the body begins to slow and stop the production of eggs, estrogen and progesterone production decreases, and menstruation diminishes, eventually stopping altogether.
I have been on this site for quite a while now, and maybe I missed this. I looked at the list of 34 symptoms, and have many of them. For the past couple of months, the brain fog has been incredible. My last period was May 2009, so I have been in menopause for quite awhile.
Here is my "new" symptom...although I have had vertigo and dizziness for awhile and have had brain surgery for an unrelated illness.
For the past couple of months I feel out of it and lightheaded. I can't seem to think of words I want to say, and I feel like I am in a brain fog. I am more tired than usual, but I also have hypothyroidism. Could this be a combination of all of it: menopause, hypothyroid, and my vertigo that remains from my brain surgery? I don't feel "with it" at work, which is tough because I teach high school. I also avoid going to the store without my husband very often because I get so light headed and my whole body aches all the time. I feel like I am a mess. I have no interest in most things that I used to enjoy, and that includes sex. My husband says "I have to wait till the person who has the key to the gate to unlock it before I ever get sex"...but he is being patient.
Any help on what I might be able to do for any of this? I used to feel like a bright intelligent woman, but I feel like a mess right now! HELP!
Here is my "new" symptom...although I have had vertigo and dizziness for awhile and have had brain surgery for an unrelated illness.
For the past couple of months I feel out of it and lightheaded. I can't seem to think of words I want to say, and I feel like I am in a brain fog. I am more tired than usual, but I also have hypothyroidism. Could this be a combination of all of it: menopause, hypothyroid, and my vertigo that remains from my brain surgery? I don't feel "with it" at work, which is tough because I teach high school. I also avoid going to the store without my husband very often because I get so light headed and my whole body aches all the time. I feel like I am a mess. I have no interest in most things that I used to enjoy, and that includes sex. My husband says "I have to wait till the person who has the key to the gate to unlock it before I ever get sex"...but he is being patient.
Any help on what I might be able to do for any of this? I used to feel like a bright intelligent woman, but I feel like a mess right now! HELP!
I have also felt better (less achey) from purchasing a Vitamix, and
making Smoothies which include fresh fruit like bananas and mangos, and then I add plain organic yogurt (I try to buy all organics) and flax-seeds, or chia-seeds, or sesame seeds (either black or tan seeds, I switch around) or sun-flower seeds. I also drink organic loose-leaf green tea, and try to get in a walk everyday, or a bike ride.
All in all, I am still achey and flashy, but feel relatively healthy. I also still put a dab of the Estrace cream on topically, because I have atrophy, buyt not everybody gets that symptom...good luck