Was joint pain - now perimenopause!

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Hi Lisa

 

On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 09:03:53AM -0000, Lisa Belcher wrote:

> hehehe, thanks for your consideration Persian :-)

> I don't have a problem with mentioning my age though

>

> I am 46, and I have been showing pre-menopause symptoms for about a year now,

for which I am taking the PP, and several other things. I have however run out

of the Total Nutrition and need to order some more.

>

> I had no idea that such pains could be part of that?!!

>

 

Here is the list from the web. (see 16). My neighbour said she thinks

she had ALL of them! LOL. She had the 'carpel tunnel' and I had

this awful shoulder for a year or so, then it just went. POOF!

 

Persian

 

Symptoms of perimenopause:-

 

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The Symptoms:

 

1. Hot flashes, <#Hot flashes> flushes, night sweats and/or cold

flashes, clammy feeling

2. Bouts of rapid heart beat

3. Irritability

4. Mood swings, sudden tears

5. Trouble sleeping through the night (with or without night sweats)

6. Irregular periods; shorter, lighter periods; heavier periods,

flooding; phantom periods, shorter cycles, longer cycles

7. Loss of libido <#libido> (see note)

8. Dry vagina, a general drying out that can include eyes, mouth,

joints and skin.

<http://www.howdyneighbor.com/menopaus/symptoms.htm#(dry>(see note)

9. Crashing fatigue

10. Anxiety, feeling ill at ease

11. Feelings of dread

<http://www.howdyneighbor.com/menopaus/symptoms.htm#(doom>,

apprehension, doom (see note)

12. Difficulty concentrating, disorientation, mental confusion

13. Disturbing memory lapses

14. Incontinence

<http://www.howdyneighbor.com/menopaus/symptoms.htm#(incontinence)>,

especially upon sneezing, laughing; urge incontinence (see note)

15. Itchy, crawly

<http://www.howdyneighbor.com/menopaus/symptoms.htm#(itchy,

crawly>skin (see note)

16. Aching, sore joints

<http://www.howdyneighbor.com/menopaus/symptoms.htm#(aching sore>,

muscles and tendons (see note)

17. Increased tension in muscles

18. Breast tenderness

19. Headache change: increase or decrease

20. Gastrointestinal distress, indigestion, flatulence, gas pain, nausea

21. Sudden bouts of bloat

22. Depression

<http://www.howdyneighbor.com/menopaus/symptoms.htm#(depression)>

(see note)

23. Exacerbation of existing conditions

24. Increase in allergies

25. Weight gain

<http://www.howdyneighbor.com/menopaus/symptoms.htm#(weight

gain)>(see note)

26. Hair loss or thinning, head, pubic, or whole body; increase in

facial hair

27. Dizziness, light-headedness, episodes of loss of balance

28. Changes in body odor

29. Electric shock sensation

<http://www.howdyneighbor.com/menopaus/symptoms.htm#(shock> under

the skin and in the head (see note)

30. Tingling

<http://www.howdyneighbor.com/menopaus/symptoms.htm#tingling in>

in the extremities, (see note)

31. Gum problems, increased bleeding

32. Burning tongue, burning roof of mouth, bad taste in mouth, dry

mouth, change in breath odor

33. Osteoporosis (after several years)

34. Changes in fingernails: softer, crack or break easier

35. Tinnitus: ringing in ears, bells, 'whooshing' buzzing etc.

 

NOTES:

 

Symptom 1 (flashes) Hot flashes are due to the hypothalamic response to

declining ovarian estrogen production. The declining estrogen state

induces hypophysiotropic neurons in the arcuate nucleas of the

hypothalamus to release gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in a

pulsatile fashion, which in turn stimulates release of luteinizing

hormone (LH). Extremely high pulses of LH occur during the period of

declining estrogen production. The LH has vasodilatory effects, which

leads to flushing.

 

Symptom 7 (loss of libido) For some women the loss is so great that they

actually find sex repulsive, in much the same way as they felt before

puberty. What hormones give, loss of hormones can take away.

 

Symptom 8 (dry vagina) results in painful intercourse

 

Symptom 11 (doom thoughts) includes thoughts of death, picturing one's

own death

 

Symptom 14 (incontinence) reflects a general loss of smooth muscle tone

 

Symptom 15 (itchy, crawly skin) feeling of ants crawling under the skin,

not just dry itchy skin

 

Symptom 16 (aching sore joints) may include such problems as carpal

tunnel syndrome

 

Symptom 22 (depression) different from other depression, the inability

to cope is overwhelming. There is a feeling of loss of self. Hormone

therapy ameliorates the depression dramatically.

 

Symptom 25 (weight gain) often around the waist and thighs, resulting in

'the disappearing waistline'

 

Symptom 29 (shock sensation) " the feeling of a rubber band snapping in

the layer of tissue between skin and muscle. It is a precursor to a hot

flash "

 

Symptom 30 (tingling in extremities) can also be a symptom of B-12

deficiency, diabetes, alterations in the flexibility of blood vessels,

or a depletion of potassium or calcium

 

Some of the 34 signs may also be symptoms of one of the following:

 

# hypothyroidism

# diabetes

# depression with another etiology

# Multiple Sclerosis

# other medical conditions

 

If you have reason to believe you may have one of these conditions,

please see your doctor for treatment.

 

If you'd like to use this list of symptoms, you may do so, in fact you

are encouraged to do so. But please do give credit to the women who

created it.

 

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