Is anxiety a real symptom of the menopause? If so, what kind of anxiety? Some literature I have read seems to think it isn't.
For me, I am at the beginning of my peri-menopausal stage. At a medical 2 years ago I wasn't, but now my blood tests say I am. I am having symptoms on and off with the off days hitting me like a bus.
The anxiety is causing me to feel really low and scared though. One minute I can be as brave as a lion (which is my usual self) and then on occasion I can have anxiety over the smallest thing.
If you were to hook me up to a monitor for a day you would probably see that my stress goes up naturally when in traffic jams, when I am late and going to the Doc etc. Say from a 1 to a 3 or 4 stress level. However, I feel that in these situations my stress level is going to a 7/8. Yesterday I got really anxious having a simple blood test and recently I was terrible on a flight when I have flown millions of times and usually love the thrill of it.
Can anyone else describe, if possible, what kind of anxiety they attribute to the menopause. I want to stop my mind from constantly asking itself "why".
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Anxiety and menopause
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pistachioandhoney · 11/05/2017 08:39
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