Thread 25 - Covid Cohort - Christmas Trees, No Omicron Please!

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I agree about anxiety/menopause too. I think I'm through the worst now at 54 but a few years ago I was all over the place with anxiety, irritation, feelings of doom, lack of confidence. I hadn't had a period for 10 years due to the mirena coil so had no idea where I was in that respect. Didn't have hot flushes either so just didn't make the connection. I am still looking into HRT as there are a lot of long term benefits but there never seems to be a good time to make that appointment and speak to the GP.

DS's UCAS did go in yesterday, he has started getting acknowledgement emails.

Congrats on Sussex @icanbewhatiwant, s that's where he definitely wants to go that's great news.

Good news about L offer too @Zebracat

Just here to add my voice to 'anxiety is a perimenopause symptom' choir. I had absolutely atrocious health anxiety, right out of nowhere - didn't link it to peri as I didn't have any other symptoms other than the irregular periods. It was mumsnet - as so often - that saved my sanity by pointing it out in a menopause thread.

It's gone now, and was so much easier to deal with once I knew what was going on.

Dd2's carol service was beautiful last night but she was in tears afterwards - I think a combination of post-performance comedown and the thought that it might be the last hurrah for a while . I feel for you as well NCTDN, I don't want either of us to see our dc like that again.

I'll cheer up now and say yay for the new offers coming in. What great Christmas presents!

offer today from the place beginning with L.

Ahhh the L which was rather denigrated! Good news @Zebracat!

Zebra Well done to you and her.

My Hotmail account is now posting an advert for 'L' at the top of my emails!

@Monkey2001

offer today from the place beginning with L.

Yay! Brava!

I am somewhat the opposite with the peri thing in that when I was really really really ill with Covid at first HCPs kept trying to tell me it was anxiety!

Now that I have had Covid, high BP, hot flushes , palpitations, night sweats, low iron : who knows why!?Either/ both...

My GP confidently opines that upset stomachs, nausea and hangovers after one glass of low alcohol wine is not a menopause thing.

@Piggyinblankets it wasn't our offer from L, but Zebra's

.... Sorry to hear you were so hard hit by Covid.

My GP confidently opines that upset stomachs, nausea and hangovers after one glass of low alcohol wine is not a menopause thing.. It is definitely a menopause thing! Soooo many people I know (including me) with the same symptoms. I now get a hangover while still drinking my first glass of wine! 😩

I knew that monkey....it was delayed excited reaction....

Shall we play Menopause Bingo :-)

Rather than saying what I've got it wil be quicker to state what I haven't got!

3, 28, 35, 37 (not that I know), 38, 39

Anyone on for a full house?

Oh my. Possibly...

Ooh, I don’t have 4. But, have learned that burning roof of mouth is one, I have this and never knew it was due to MP!

@Heifer I have at least 26 on that list. My tinnitus has gone mad. I didn't link think to menopause.

Ds2 has just announced almost all his friends have tested positive for covid. I think he had several in his car day before yesterday as they all went to the cinema 😟

D'you know what I'd totally forgotten that I learnt that tinnitus was linked the menopause. I guess I can add 17 to my list as well then ;-)

Oh gosh, never saw how many on the list. 36/40 then 😱

Oh no @icanbewhatiwant, you must now be wishing DH had not managed to fix car! It is ridiculously contagious, all the group from DH's office who went to the pub on Thursday not have it. My brother and SIL tested positive today, waiting for our Christmas day group (3 households) to be hit.

I think I have 3-4 symptoms on the list @Heifer. So this is the impending doom I have to look forward to 😂😂😂

@Monkey2001 no I was wrong. I asked if the covid cases were in ds's car. He grunted. I assumed yes. But he just confirmed no. But he can LFT each day anyway.

Heifer I have every single one of those 40 symptoms.

I've got most of them too. I never realised about the tinnitus either. My hair and nails are still OK though. Bit worried about no 18 with the amount of coughing I've got going on ATM