Iam glad to discover this board. I am 48, perimenopausal and started feeling not myself since 45. First came digestive issues, like heartburn and burning in the abdomen, then panic attacks with chest pain, then came constipation, achy muscles and joints, headaches, and now it feels like PMS that never ends.
I've been through two upper GIs scopes, colonoscopy (because of constipation and addominal cramps), nothing was found. Three trips to ER resulted in a regular and thalium stress test, EKGs, and all kind of blood tests did not show a sign of CAD or anything like this. So now when the chest pain comes on, I simpy try to ingnore it. Finally, constipation was resolved, but the rest of the digestive vows did not. I feel like there is a concrit under my ribs, I can smell everything a mile away, and my favorite food like fish makes me gag. Moodiness and depression are taking over, brain fog, muscles and joints pain, neck and back tension, you name it, I have it. The only one thing that I didn't have so far is hot flushes and my periods were still like a clock work and not heavy (never before).
I felt so rotten and was at the end of my rope, so, I've decided to try P-cream. I've got Rx and used it according to my doctor instruction from end of menses for 3 weeks, then my period started 8 days earlier. I felt somewhat better but started gaining weight, was bloated and constipated, and got sore breasts. So I skipped 2 months, and my period went back to normal, 28 days cycle. Then I've re-started P-crema recently to curb depression and anxiety after my mother's death. The second time my cyckle was only 18 days long. So, I was told to start using the cream after day 14, but this time my cycle started just after in 2 weeks, that never happened before. Now I am confuse, is the P-cream that shortens the cycle, or it's a natural course of menopause rapidly approaching.
Although my symothoms come and go, I can tell they increased lately. I have bout of crashing fatugue, cry spells, tension headaches, sudden chest pain and panic attacks.
I eat very healthy, low carb and not too much fat either, I have mild diabetes (since 45), which shows only as elevated fasting blood glucose, which I control through a lower carb diet and exercise: weight training and some cardio.
I am some what relieved to know that I am not the only one who has all these sympthoms, and there is a way to deal with them. My recent blood works showed no symothoms of menopause so far, like my FSH is low, and no hypoT either.
Sorry for a long post, if yo can advise me on whether bioidentical estrogen/progesteron can help, I would really appreciate it. I am not goin to try conventional HRT and neither BCP, since my mother died from uterine cancer, so only bioidentical is an option for me.
Thanks,
Iradan
