I just turned 38 this month and am having regular periods as I have always had, just 24 hours of real heaving bleeding and then just spotting for a few days instead of my normal 4 day cycle of bleeding. I've had the heart palps off and on for about a year now but have been having them more often. My blood pressure will go up with them and it's really a scary thing because it just hits me. I'm just standing there and all of a sudden I don't feel right. Then I get scared even thought I try to stay calm.
My breasts are tingling off and on like they used to when I first got pregnant, but I'm not pregnant !
I'm having terrible stomach problems, my food just doesn't digest the way it used to. I'm so tired it's not even funny and so not like me. A few weeks ago I was having trouble falling asleep ! I don't get hot flashes that I'm aware of. I do get a warm feeling come over my face every once and a while though but it goes away in a few minutes. I was forgetting everything until I totally cut out white sugar / candy / pop / etc from my diet and limit my white startches. That has really seemed to help in that area. I keep thinking that I've got something wrong but every time I have something checked it comes back ok.
My doctor just thinks I'm over stressed. I've got 5 kids from 5-15 and just don't have the time to fall apart right now. I'm not sure if this is pre-menopause, but it's the only thing I've been able to find that come close. Is there anything that I can do to help with the symptoms in a more natural way ( if this is pre-menopause ) I just found this site and thought I would go ahead and post something. I've never done this before so I'm kind of new at this, sorry if I went on to much.