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leg weekness, wobbly head and eyes
The last 6 months have been challenging to say the least. Every test in the book I have been given. The last is a spinal tap for ms. I am really scared. My legs are week and feel disconnected to my body at times. I also have anxiety attacks even with enjoyable situations. I walk my dogs in the morning thinking this will help relieve the stress but come back exhausted, weak legs, wobbly head and with little will to continue the day. The smallest thing can turn me upside down. This started about two months ago. My legs started feeling heavy then weak. Hot flashes, anxiety attacks are more evident at night. I sometimes can't even see straight and feel nautious. Now I am at the point were I dread starting the day knowing a long day is ahead of me with little activity I feel comfortable doing. I love to garden, paint etc....My head gets heavy, legs weak, eyes don't seem to want to focus right and I end up on the couch or bed. Yuk!!! Is this menopause? Does anybody else have these symptoms and what do you do? Why do perfectly once enjoyable tasks seem a hardship???
Hi angbar,
I know exactly how you feel. Life does not show much fun or interest. Keep your chin up....it will pass. Vitamin B12 helped me with my energy. Get a really good brand and stick with it. You will notice a difference. I don't know about you but one of the hard things for me has been to watch other women who look like they are having a great time, travel, garden, exercise...the list goes on. Waking up in the morning and facing another day with a good attitude is a challenge. This is my fifth year and if I can give you any encouragement it does get better. My husband commented that I have my spunk back. I must say I still have days that drag and don't feel well but I look back to the beginning and remember how horrible I felt and just prayed I would make it through the day. I feel for you and wish we could talk day to day because that helps with anxiety .
How long ago did this start for you and at what age??? Do you work? If there is any encouragement I can give you please let me know. I still have the heart palpitations or a racing heart which is so scary but the docs don't seem to worry about it too much. You will have those golden years so be encouraged. Please know that you are not alone and so many suffer and are bewildered at the cause. We have each other to express our concerns and complaints to when maybe our friends and relatives do not understand.
Hugs Anne56
I know exactly how you feel. Life does not show much fun or interest. Keep your chin up....it will pass. Vitamin B12 helped me with my energy. Get a really good brand and stick with it. You will notice a difference. I don't know about you but one of the hard things for me has been to watch other women who look like they are having a great time, travel, garden, exercise...the list goes on. Waking up in the morning and facing another day with a good attitude is a challenge. This is my fifth year and if I can give you any encouragement it does get better. My husband commented that I have my spunk back. I must say I still have days that drag and don't feel well but I look back to the beginning and remember how horrible I felt and just prayed I would make it through the day. I feel for you and wish we could talk day to day because that helps with anxiety .
How long ago did this start for you and at what age??? Do you work? If there is any encouragement I can give you please let me know. I still have the heart palpitations or a racing heart which is so scary but the docs don't seem to worry about it too much. You will have those golden years so be encouraged. Please know that you are not alone and so many suffer and are bewildered at the cause. We have each other to express our concerns and complaints to when maybe our friends and relatives do not understand.
Hugs Anne56
Hi , I really don't know where to start but I too have had/have menopause symptoms for years now. Anxiety , heart palpatations, feeling off,head swimming, no energy, plus more, I haven felt like myself for years. I have no joy in my life, it has all been sucked from me. What happened to the golden years?
Hi Brevis,
Yes.....your pain is more acute from the lack of hormones. I had a similiar situation with my knee. It is amazing how one troublesome area of your body is affected by a hormone imbalance. I friend of mine had a hearing malfunction which led to other troublesome symptoms. She ended up at mayo clinic. Don't be fooled by the blood tests they run on you. Your hormones change hour by hour and a blood test is not accurate. I have stressed getting a saliva test. It will tell you which hormones you are low in. Most likely progesterone.
I feel for you. You will feel dreadful and tired. I didn't get out of bed for almost 5 months and even then it was trying. I did take a nap everyday for almost 2 years. Be good to yourself and rest as much as you need to.
Anne56
Yes.....your pain is more acute from the lack of hormones. I had a similiar situation with my knee. It is amazing how one troublesome area of your body is affected by a hormone imbalance. I friend of mine had a hearing malfunction which led to other troublesome symptoms. She ended up at mayo clinic. Don't be fooled by the blood tests they run on you. Your hormones change hour by hour and a blood test is not accurate. I have stressed getting a saliva test. It will tell you which hormones you are low in. Most likely progesterone.
I feel for you. You will feel dreadful and tired. I didn't get out of bed for almost 5 months and even then it was trying. I did take a nap everyday for almost 2 years. Be good to yourself and rest as much as you need to.
Anne56
Dear Anne
I am 51 this week and feel absolutely dreadful. I've had severe neck and back pain with a trapped nerve for 18 months, but it has just become worse and worse. I have no energy whatsoever and can't bear to get out of bed since I know I'll feel so dreadful. I have Evorel patches, but wonder if I should go on HRT tablets. (I tried Femoston but they made me feel sick and dizzy). Just had more blood tests today. I know I am perimenopausal ( I stil have erratic periods), but I just feel SO dreadful all the time. Could the neck and back pain be exacerbated by the perimenopause?
I am 51 this week and feel absolutely dreadful. I've had severe neck and back pain with a trapped nerve for 18 months, but it has just become worse and worse. I have no energy whatsoever and can't bear to get out of bed since I know I'll feel so dreadful. I have Evorel patches, but wonder if I should go on HRT tablets. (I tried Femoston but they made me feel sick and dizzy). Just had more blood tests today. I know I am perimenopausal ( I stil have erratic periods), but I just feel SO dreadful all the time. Could the neck and back pain be exacerbated by the perimenopause?
You are such a kind soul to give so much of yourself to this forum. It is so comforting to know I'm not alone in this journey. At times I really do feel like a nut job. Your advice is sound, as doctors have been of no help to me. What has helped is prayer, exercise, a good diet, and the support of my amazing husband. Thanks again for answering. What a blessing you ladies are!
Dear Wells,
You are not alone!!!! The symptoms you are feeling are related to menopause. The tingling,numbness, burning sensation are all your nerve endings trying to cope with the change in hormones. I had numbness in my face that went to my ears and it scared me to death. The first year I had this I was sure I had MS. Please be comforted knowing many of us have all the same symptoms and the docs will send you from specialist to specialist not knowing what to do with you. It is frustrating and frightening to realize that all these docs cannot help you or are willing to pinpoint your problem. I wanted answers and after waiting months to get into some of these docs I went out more tearful and fearful than ever. My advice is to stay away from them. They do not help you nor will they ever tell you it is menopause. To be honest even some of the best gyno's don't know what to do with you. After a year of searching a kind nurse told me what this is all about. I haven't been back to any doc since. It has been 5 years for me and I have to say that all my neurological symptoms, skin burning/itching/crawling is gone. My only symptoms that are left (I counted 47 at one time) are my eyes and balance at times.
I wanted to post to all the ladies something that made me depressed and felt like I was going crazy when things were really tough was I planned my own funeral, thought about the people that would come and wondered what my husband and daughter would do.Would I have a stroke?, heart attack. If you feel like death at times and do think about your funeral I was told that thousands of women go through this regularly. We would be watching tv at night and this rush or wave of the worst feeling would hit me. I would have to get up and go into the other room to let it pass. Sometimes it would be panic and other times it would be just a looming dark cloud.
If you feel like you need answers and need to search for them let me tell you that you should for peace of mind but it will wear you out emotionally and physically. Be prepared. If you are in doubt that this is hormones get a saliva test which will lay out all your hormones. I can guarantee you that your progesterone is very low. All these strange body symptoms are not Estrogen but Progesterone. You might also notice that as time goes on you will notice they become a cycle. Somewhat like a period. I could plan my calendar the second and third year. Two weeks of feeling crummy but able to do a few things then housebound. Not feeling up to much of anything. Take heart...this will pass. You will have the energy and stamina to do things. Your eyes will not feel heavy and gluey and your legs will become strong again. I wish we could talk more often because I know how it helps when you are feeling at your worse and so fearful that this is something serious. It is serious because you feel lousy but you will not die, even though your body is shaking, your stomach has a pit in it, your legs feel like they can't hold you, your head feels like it is going to be crushed and so much more. Know that you will come through this. Be patient as you can.
Hugs to all
Anne56
You are not alone!!!! The symptoms you are feeling are related to menopause. The tingling,numbness, burning sensation are all your nerve endings trying to cope with the change in hormones. I had numbness in my face that went to my ears and it scared me to death. The first year I had this I was sure I had MS. Please be comforted knowing many of us have all the same symptoms and the docs will send you from specialist to specialist not knowing what to do with you. It is frustrating and frightening to realize that all these docs cannot help you or are willing to pinpoint your problem. I wanted answers and after waiting months to get into some of these docs I went out more tearful and fearful than ever. My advice is to stay away from them. They do not help you nor will they ever tell you it is menopause. To be honest even some of the best gyno's don't know what to do with you. After a year of searching a kind nurse told me what this is all about. I haven't been back to any doc since. It has been 5 years for me and I have to say that all my neurological symptoms, skin burning/itching/crawling is gone. My only symptoms that are left (I counted 47 at one time) are my eyes and balance at times.
I wanted to post to all the ladies something that made me depressed and felt like I was going crazy when things were really tough was I planned my own funeral, thought about the people that would come and wondered what my husband and daughter would do.Would I have a stroke?, heart attack. If you feel like death at times and do think about your funeral I was told that thousands of women go through this regularly. We would be watching tv at night and this rush or wave of the worst feeling would hit me. I would have to get up and go into the other room to let it pass. Sometimes it would be panic and other times it would be just a looming dark cloud.
If you feel like you need answers and need to search for them let me tell you that you should for peace of mind but it will wear you out emotionally and physically. Be prepared. If you are in doubt that this is hormones get a saliva test which will lay out all your hormones. I can guarantee you that your progesterone is very low. All these strange body symptoms are not Estrogen but Progesterone. You might also notice that as time goes on you will notice they become a cycle. Somewhat like a period. I could plan my calendar the second and third year. Two weeks of feeling crummy but able to do a few things then housebound. Not feeling up to much of anything. Take heart...this will pass. You will have the energy and stamina to do things. Your eyes will not feel heavy and gluey and your legs will become strong again. I wish we could talk more often because I know how it helps when you are feeling at your worse and so fearful that this is something serious. It is serious because you feel lousy but you will not die, even though your body is shaking, your stomach has a pit in it, your legs feel like they can't hold you, your head feels like it is going to be crushed and so much more. Know that you will come through this. Be patient as you can.
Hugs to all
Anne56
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Anne56 are you still out there?
I'm going through this exactly no help with drs new weird symptoms weekly . No energy weak dizzy spells hot/ cold flashes memory fog nauseous joint paint exhausted right breast pain feet hurt gerd horrible yet periods are still comming all over board though any where's from 26 days apart to 13 to 45 first week after is worst symptoms wise insomnia and major depression and anxiety/ panic attacks think of death often and worry it's something horrible dr is missing . Desperate for something to help this is no life 2 years of this so far
I'm going through this exactly no help with drs new weird symptoms weekly . No energy weak dizzy spells hot/ cold flashes memory fog nauseous joint paint exhausted right breast pain feet hurt gerd horrible yet periods are still comming all over board though any where's from 26 days apart to 13 to 45 first week after is worst symptoms wise insomnia and major depression and anxiety/ panic attacks think of death often and worry it's something horrible dr is missing . Desperate for something to help this is no life 2 years of this so far
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