Anyone get random bouts of shot term anxiety?

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I am generally a very chilled person and known for it.

I have a job that requires me to take on many colleagues stresses and manage this well.

For the past year or so every couple of months I get a few days of awful anxiety.

My resting HR goes up from 64/65 to 84/5 for days on end. I obsess over things I've said and done (even thought they aren't wrong and no one's been offended!) and generally cannot clear my head of negative thoughts.

I'm 43. Had a hysterectomy last year (ovaries still there). Test for FSH normal back in May. Have had lots to deal with the past 8 years but I've not experienced this before. I've had periods of worry before but this is another level iyswim?

I felt like this for a few weeks after my mum died last year but that made sense!

Any advice? Any OTC things worth considering either daily or just during these periods that will help?

Anyone?

This has crippled me the past few days and I've not eaten for over 24 hours as just can't. I have managed to sleep a few hours today though as I think it's exhausted me.

This is how I knew I was in perimenopause. My mental health was the first to be affected.

Night sweats, palpitations, brain fog and all the rest came later.

Me! It's odd. I think it's our hormones. I'm thinking about HRT

Yes I'd wondered if hormonal. Obviously without periods it's hard to tell.

But if my FSH was normal does that mean I can't be in peri either?

It's like someone switches on and off a switch and it cripples me and then just disappears. Nothing triggers it in the way of life events iyswim?

I've got some kalms tablets. Going to try taking them for a couple of months and see if it makes a difference.

Spoke to a friend today who said she used rescue remedy spray like it was water before her menopause hit and the anxiety was crippling but hers became everyday in the end.

When you reach a certain age, the GP will go off symptoms. Bloods can come back normal as our hormones fluctuate so much. Their usual advice is to take anti depressants when all we really need is hormone replacement.

This is EXACTLY me!!!! Currently going through it now. Seems to tie in with my ovulation week. Went insane last cycle and went to a private menopause clinic and got out on HRT. It's helping I think but only a few weeks in. I am only 41 and it is debilitating

I think mine is ovulation related. I always got a pain in lower r side when ovulating when I had periods. Now I get the twinge for a few days followed by days of crippling anxiety.

Sadly we can no longer do e consult which would have been great in this circumstance. I'll try and get a routine apt with a GP but I'll probably be through the menopause before that happens 🤣

Some of you have mentioned menopause clinics. How would I find out about these locally? Are they private or nhs?

Just google private menopause clinic near me. My bloods came back normal too but they fluctuate so are unreliable.

I had a hysterectomy but kept my ovaries so no idea how I'll know when I head into menopause. I've been given very little knowledge about the menopause really, other than my Mum telling me she 'sailed through it'. I really wish there was more education around this.
My mental health has felt off for the last couple of years.

The ovaries detached have an average shelf life (so to speak!) of 5 years.

I was told this as anyone under 47 should have HRT when they go through menopause so I was on the cusp (had my hysterectomy just before I turned 42).

Thanks for suggestions of googling private menopause clinics. I don't have much money but would find it for a consult. Does anyone know if I can then get the HRT under the new rules via the nhs?

I've heard some GPs can be reluctant. Have a look at the Docs at your surgery. Try there first. Is this your only symptom or do you have others? Have a look at the meno symptom checker.

A few months back I had awful muscle and joint pain and problems sleeping.

I'm still having some nights where I wake every 1.5 hours but others where I sleep for 4-5 hours before waking.

Thing is it hard to tell because this started a year after we were told mum didn't have long (cancer) and continued for a number of months on and off and past the first year anniversary of her death. My blood test came back FSH normal around that time hence the correlation being built.

I'm struggling because this anxiety is not me. It's the entire opposite of me and my usual day to day feelings. Both my sibling suffer with their MH so I know how debilitating it can be daily rather than this bus that hits me and the subsequent recovery.

I think the dark thoughts are getting worse each month through which is what's bothering me most rather than the fact it happens. It's becoming all consuming for a few days. And I also think for someone like me who is publicly hailed and respected for being Miss cool head it's harder because I feel like I have to hide it. It's a really stupid thought but I feel like I'd be Kettering people down if I gave into it because it's so the opposite of my usual personality where I'm always accused of finding too much silver lining and being too fair 🤣

If HRT is the answer I'd start it an hour ago!

This is exactly me. Struggled to get to sleep with anxiety last night. Woke up a few hours later in a puddle of sweat feeling just as anxious as when I went to sleep. Stayed awake on probably about 3 hours sleep.

I've then absolutely exploded in front of my boss today which I'm totally mortified about but she was lovely and been very supportive.

I'm only 37 but I think there's some family history of early menopause. I have the mirena coil so would have no idea if I was going through it or not.