I will be 50 in December and I think I may be perimenopausal.
I am all over the place with my monthlies and my head.
What I didn't know was a lot of Fibromyalgia symptoms are the same as the symptoms of the Menopause hey who knew!
So recently I started to wean myself off my Amytriptiline as I was really scared of the onset of dementia. I did a post here.
What must of been happening was the doubling up of symptoms..........well I hope so anyway. I am now down to 1 tablet from 3 with the meds and I must say I feel a lot sharper than before. I even did the countdown numbers quicker than the contestants and had a few 7 letter words unheard of in recent months!
I was looking for relief of the menopause symptoms when I came across the ladycare magnet thing here.
They had this list :-
24 menopause symptoms
As you can see there are a lot that cross over so perhaps they were just making bad things worse. I will continue to wean myself off the meds and see how I go memory wise and I may even give the magnet a try for the rest.
Anyone else been through or going through this notice the same?
Thanks for reading (If you did):0)
Hugs
xxxJoolsx
My mom had a hard time with early menopause (she had a hysterectomy at 34 for endometriosis) because it mimicked a lot of her fibromyalgia symptoms.
ReplyDeleteWow that is young. Did she find anything that helped her at all? I hope she is much better now, Thanks for reading and commenting :0) x
DeleteYep! been there, done that... earlier than 50. Don't even want to think about it as it was so bad and magnified all my fibro symptoms and added a few more like the hot flushing.
ReplyDeleteDamn this site hasn't been sending me emails to say there is a comment and have missed some. Oh joy can't say I am looking forward to that but I so want to be done with periods. Thanks so much for reading and commenting :0) xxx
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DeleteI thought I was heading in that direction too, maybe slightly early at 43 but I was having some tests and it seems not, even though the monthly have become less often and lighter... bodies can be just bizarre.
ReplyDeleteArn't they though. I have my fingers crossed nothing for 315 days I am praying its all over. Funny how a lot of the symptoms overlap how are we ever to know what is going on lol. Thanks so much for reading and commenting it really maeans a lot :0) xxx
DeleteWhen I came across symptoms of menopause I wondered If I was just menopausal for 10 years, so much are the alike. ;-)
ReplyDeleteIm 51 yo now and menstruation is still all over the place. Hate it.
Scarily alike isn’t it. It’s hard enough to get a diagnosis for Fibromyalgia without dealing with Menopause as well. So much easier for doctors to fob us off and it’s wrong. I think I have finally finished at 52 but don’t feel any better sadly. Hugs to you Ria xx
ReplyDeleteYes it can be a double whammy. I had a hysterectomy at 44 due to endometriosis and on-going problems, which sent me into menopause. The worst menopausal symptom that really messes with my fibro is the insomnia. And after several years, I have finally found the right hormone therapy to help with many of those things.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
I'm glad you found something that helped. Thanks so much for reading and commenting :0) xx
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