Is anxiety really a 'thing'?

[resipsa]

I'm 48. I've researched symptoms and seem to be ticking over nicely (ie pretty symptom free) save my perception of hugely increased anxiety/mood swings. After a week off work over Easter, I couldn't sleep the night before returning to work; potential issues were churning over and over in my mind. In reality, as I found out the next day, there were none. I've been in this work for 25 years and never before felt this anxious. Ditto money concerns. Ditto tidy house. One day I'm fine, the next I'm yelling at the kids who look at me like I've lost it. Is this anxiety, in fact, the symptom I need to concentrate on managing? What can I do?

Just read the thread underneath and now understand that the anxiety and mood swings are indeed the things...

Menopace plus has worked wonders for my anxiety that I never had before becoming menopausal

Yes. Terrible anxiety for me having never had it before.

I am generally very level in mood, but meno had me off work with stress. To be fair work is pretty stressful, but HRT solved it, so I do think hormones affected my normal mood and coping.

I didn’t have anxiety either until the peri menopause hit me like a hammer!

fikel did menopace take long to take affect? Are you on anything else? I did look at the on the shelf the other day and wondered if it was any good...

Thank you. Was getting anxious that no one would reply 😉. Now tearful that it's probably unavoidable 🙄.

Have Googled Menopace Plus. To buy tomorrow. When we were away en famille over Easter, my period arrived on time with no drama and I was free-n-easy. I thought if the anxiety was hormonal, it'd hit whatever the circumstances but maybe not...

44 and forgetful - may be a new user name. I’m feeling way worse than I have in recent months though prone to anxiety anyway

I have never had anxiety. I’m an accountant (yeah, shoot me now) with a rep for being able to remember lots of numbers, percentages etc...

Well, I was

Peri menopausal - finding myself anxious over the stupidest things and can barely remember my bloody name some days. Moods getting very low then the next day fine.

It’s hideous. Not what I was expecting when the time came that’s for sure.

I've had terrible anxiety too. Like OP, I had difficulty sleeping as I was so worried about work. I started HRT a couple of months ago and things have improved enormously for me.

HRT? In my head, I'm too 'young' for it. I have a 3 year old FFS 😆. Perhaps I need a GP visit - will be 50 by the time I can get an appointment to fit around work and kids anyway.

I don't think you are describing anxiety @resipsa. More forgetfulness and being short-tempered.

Anxiety to me means being anxious, worried out of all proportion to the risk or event. It means being frightened to do stuff you used to do without thinking - might be catching a train, speaking in a meeting, meeting new people.....in other words a lack of confidence.

fikel did menopace take long to take affect? Are you on anything else? I did look at the on the shelf the other day and wondered if it was any good...
It worked within the month for me, good luck

My mother had anxiety in menopause, not before, nor since.

Manifested in not eating, or being sick a lot of the time. Lots of holidays spoilt where she just couldn't face food. Not even being able to sit at a table with Dad eating

Dr gave her very low dose diazepam to take if she needed it. Made things a lot better for her

I had terrible anxiety, the feeling of not being able to cope. Emotions all over the place. It was awful. HRT has taken the edge off, but still struggle at times

I suffer with anxiety, CBD oil helps.