anxiety

[heartbeat1470]

Hi I am 51 and in menopause i felt perfectly normal until about two week ago, I woke up with nausea and stomache ache that would not go away, I thought I had the flu, but no vomiting or anything. Then when night while lying in bed and thinking something must be wrong with me I felt my heart missing a beat a couple of times so I went to emerg
thinking I was having a heart attach or something. But ecg and blood work are all normal. But I still get the empty ness feeling in my gut and sadness. I have seen they doc because I was having a panic attach one morming and je gave me some lorzapam to calm me down. But I cannot seem to shake this empty ness and sad feeling, everying i wake up I still have this feeling, I want to be happy again and myself and family are starting to worry. Is this all menopause doing this, what can I do to shake this, I am tired of feeling this way.Please Help

[DJ873]

I too am in menopause and facing the empty nest and wondering my purpose, I have found alot of help in Ekhardt Tolle's book A New Earth. I have posted many helpful things, at least that I find helpful, if you want to go back and look at my posts.
I haven't had any luck with hormone pills so I am really trying to mainly do congnitive stuff but notice that my hard wiring really reacts to my hormone and vitamin levels. Good luck and let me know what you find helpful!

[mammo]

Hormones, or lack thereof can play a role in feeling this way, but it sounds more like depression.  It robs us of our happiness, motivation, makes us sad and cry, and to no longer have interest in things we used to enjoy including being with friends.  See a psychiatrist for an evaluation and the two of you can decide what course of treatment is best for you.  You're not alone, we all understand and do care. You needn't feel this way, seek help.  I wish you all the best and take care.