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.

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sobe 04/22/2011

is there such a thing?
I have been going from headaches to chilled to the bone to wanting to crawl out of my skin (so uncomfortable, don't know how else to explain it) to crying, to angry, to depressed, to feeling bloated and fat, to feeling dizzy and exhausted to feeling normal and this is all in one day. Sigh.

I keep thinking I'm getting my period but nothing is happening. Don't get me wrong, I don't want any more periods and get upset each time I have one now (last one was at the beginning of last month)

Is there such a thing as a phantom period or is my body just completely over the edge? Should I get a straight jacket?

deleted_user 04/22/2011

Hi, Sobe! I can see by the time you posted this, you were up all nite too! Your periods are supposed to, eventually, get further apart, so logic would say that all the "PMS" symptoms just get drawn out too. Personally, I think I'm turning into a hypochondriac! Hang in there, and just tell yourself it is your whacked-out hormones. Also know that you are not alone!

Love your cat pic, by the way - it looks like a "self portrait" ! LOL!

deleted_user 04/22/2011

OH my gosh...Same things with me. This is horrific.
Creepy crawly feeling..tingling, headaches, jittering, angry, crampy. 2 weeks late for period so far each month. They are getting further
apart.
I just want to be done with all of this.
I also have fibromyalgia which is horrific itself, however it is triggering MORE symptoms.
ACkety-ack!

deleted_user 04/23/2011

Me too, your definitely not alone, mine finally arrived way late, I don't know whether I was pleased or not as it felt like it was coming for weeks. Hang on in there xx

deleted_user 04/23/2011

Went threw all your talking about 4 years.. I'm 6months without Yah!!!!!!!!! I was told i probably will not have another period. At first I did feel like i needed to start to get ride of the P.M.S. but my body naturally moved on. But I do feel this way every month. I'm feeling better I have to say. Not so sick.. I am on bio identical hormones. went without them about 3 months ago to see were I was and oh no I felt so horriable. My doctor say's after you stop menstral periods you need hormones now to protect your heart and ostioprosis. I will take them for life. Bio Identicals that is.. Bless all you...

Kara123 04/23/2011

A few months ago I got a headache that lasted 2 weeks, I had sudden crashing fatigue very often, bad dreams, disturbed sleep, hot flashes, and increased appetite and food cravings. This all started when I should've had my period but it never came. I eventually had a period and then skipped another one with similar symptoms and then I started on pharmaceutical estraderm patches and prometrium, which are bioidentical estradiol and progesterone, that occur naturally in female humans. (Not made from mares' urine and progestins made from male hormones like Prempro) So far I feel very good. My hormones feel balanced and the same every day. Personally, I can't tolerate the symptoms that hit me when I missed those periods.

sobe 04/23/2011

it's good to hear that once again I'm not alone and am not going crazy cause it sure feels like I am!
So the only 'escape' from this is meds? I don't want to do the meds thing, not only am I trying to come off the stuff I'm on, with a strong breast cancer ilnk in the family I don't want to risk it.

I'll see what my hormone test results are and maybe just nail my door shut from the inside, lol

sobe 04/25/2011

just started my darn period again. 7 weeks and 4 days in between periods this time. When is this stupid thing going to stay away? I'm getting tired of it.

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