What Peri symptoms have you experienced?

[MaiAamWaliHun]

I'm peri and am definitely not happy about all the stuff going on with my body. I spend a lot of time Googling 'is xxx a peri symptom" but googling health stuff is never a good idea. Thought it was better to ask actual people-- so, fellow peri women, what wonderful symptoms are you experiencing/what other marvels do I potentially have to look forward to?

So far I have:

• Irregular periods
• Spotting
• Itching and crawling sensation in muscles rather than skin
• Anxiety/Doom feeling
• Acid reflux
• Random knee-twist feeling
• Rage and hopelessness intermittently

How about everyone else?

I can't drink red wine on any day of the month. I have not yet ascertained the days I CAN drink it. Sometimes it gives ne a migraine, sometimes it doesn't. Same for eating chocolate.

Migraines.

I find losing weight harder, but I am a size 10 so not too worried about this. I can't just skip a few meals over a week to lose any weight gain.

Sometimes I wake throughout the night.

But I don't even know if I'm peri-menopausal. I'm nearly 47 and periods are every 26 days? Used to be every 30 days.

Your list seems very random!

In hindsight I had:

Flooding, short cycles and irregular periods
Severe anxiety and paranoia
Suicidal ideation
Migraines

This went on for around 10 years and was at its worst a month or 2 before my final period.

Nothing on OP;'s list & nothing my exH (biological male) didn't experience at about the same ages.

How did you cope with suicide ideation, if you don't mind me asking.

I got help and went on medication.

Awful rage over lots of things.
Anxiety/ flat low mood
Stressed
Aching muscles
Weight gain