Hormones Again

[rose2008-2008]

Another day of flushes and anger. I have to sound off im fed up of feeling like this. Coupled with a boyfriend who has gone walkabout as he cannot handle problems or talk about them, and so called friends who play silly games like children i have HAD IT TODAY . Strangely as it seems i went for a walk and went into a cafe where they were playing Michaele Buble. After trying to fight against calming down i found the music soothing me a little and started tapping the feet  and singing along a little!. Hes having problems aswell i thought as  he sang Just haven,t met you yet. Life is not a bowl of cherries as they say and we all have our problems!. Sometimes it seems like its all hormones and relationships that cause a lot of them. Count to ten and calm down i have to tell myself!!!!. 

[captainbovine]

I find the best thing for me to do it to go and be alone, I can sort my problems out then. No point in talking to men, they just don't understand. OH can't work it out

I find I've changed a lot, I've learned to be calmer and I go with the flow more!!!

I hope you are feeling better soon xxx

[**towery**]

have you told your doctor about the problems the  flushes and hormone

[carolyorkie2010]

My hot flushes and night sweats are awful and combined with this hot weather and not sleeping, it is making me irritable. Plus the illnesses that I have. Does the OH understand? No!!!!  Different when he gets a cold........! Or a headache. You'd think it was the end of the world. 

[023mjc]

My doc prescribed some pills for the flushes and night sweats. They take a couple of weeks to kick in but after that they are wonderful. I hardly have any problems at all now, and I have'nt slept too badly at all in this hot weather.

I prescribe chocklit for the other symptoms.

[carolyorkie2010]

Ah yes, chocklit! I've prescribed that for myself too.

[rose2008-2008]

Nooo chocolate makes it WORSERER HA HA.

Had another migraine today and was in tears. i have told my doctor she said im in perimenopause ( sorry know i have prattled on about this before). She said if i have breast cancer in my family its best maybe not to go on HRT. What are your views on that firstly??. I keep having massive horrible migraines ,so bad i nearly ring the hospital at one point i got so worried and frightened. the sweats do not bother me so much at all. i also have a cyst and fibroids but was told not to worry (after i had a scan) unless they bothered me a lot with pain they were ok. The doctor has given me migraine meds but they do not always work and then take a couple of hours and my day is ruined by then anyway. As i have several symptoms of perimenopause she prescribed Amitryptyline as she said this helps migraines and it would make me generally feel better with the other things. i do feel i maybe need an antidepressant as its making me feel so depressed and i suffer with that anyway, but i have had people say they do not know why she would prescribe these particular pills. I have not started taking them as i was frightened too. I need advice from people who have taken these?, they are meant to be good for general pain symptoms i think . has anyone had experience of these tablets?. the migraines seem to have triggered depression and other anxiety symptoms i have had before like obssessive compulsive disorder which i have but its got worse. i have been on meds before for this but they made me like i was really high and started drinking and my life went off the rails. my mood has been really bad this week, a lot of anger and frustration with everything and everyone. I am going back to the doctor next week anyway to see if there is any other hormone things i can take instead of HRT?. Im sorry to go on im just feeling awful. Im trying to forget my man for now i cannot do anything for him and all hes done is make me feel unwanted and i do not need to feel that at the moment. 

thank you everyone for helping, if you have continuing advice i would welcome it. ((()))

[rose2008-2008]

i do go on sorry 

[*elphaba*]

Rose, Amitriptyline IS an antidepressant - a tricyclic one rather than an SSRI.

It will help with the peri-menopause symptoms, and is uniquely able to counter some specific pain (my husband had it for a while to ease an injury) so should improve the migraines.    It also has a mild sedative effect so acts on anxiety and rage.   I think it was a good call by your GP and you should give it at least 2 months to have an effect.   Expect to feel odd and dozy while it gets in to your system though and take a vitamin B complex tab daily as B vits are essential both for the drug to work as intended and are depleted by the kind of stress you have been under.

I on an Sam SRI  (for clinical depression) and that has helpfully stopped the flushes and sweats for all but a few days a month.  Beforehand I had taken to using soy isoflavones and flaxseeds which had knocked it back quite a bit and stabilised heavy bleeding.   Switching to Burgen bread if you like it may be a simple way to help improve things.  Just ditch sugar, alcohol  and white flour products as much as possible as they all make everything worse to the power of 10

[rose2008-2008]

I have had them in my cupboard for a month or so when she prescribed them but have been too afraid to take them. I get worried that they will make my heart race and i will feel panicky?. They are only 10mg to take a couple of hours before bed. when you say odd and woozy elphaba how woozy?, i go to work in the morning around eight, will i feel ok?. Is it like having a couple of drinks or just a calmer woozy feeling?. i know some people say it makes them feel terrible but you get that with any drug i suppose. the doctor said just try them. i did know they are an anti depressant its just that i have been on other types (probably too strong) and ended up in a worse predicament. i take it this is only a mild dose?. I just get scared thats all. I know plenty of people take them. I just want to feel better with all this at the moment. Thanks.