Rumination - symptom?

[DominoDaancing]

Hi All,

I'm currently waiting to see if I can start HRT. I've had my first call with a nurse over the phone, submitted my blood pressure reading etc.

I do suffer from overthinking and excessive rumination. Like a thought gets stuck in my head. So not necessarily anxious about something, but questioning things if that makes sense and it feels the same as anxiety.

Could this be a peri symptom? I'm hoping so and that HRT might help as it's making me miserable.

A friend of mine definitely says this is one of the things she has noticed about peri menopause. Hopefully the HRT will help. I'm considering it myself.

I am sorry you are experiencing this. Do you have any other symptoms? And how old are you?

I would guess that on its own wouldn't be enough for HRT to be prescribed.

Yes I think it is. Research shows that ADHD symptoms get worse with low oestrogen so why not the brain whizzing for women even without diagnosed ADHD? Anxiety symptoms increase too. I think it’s the body thinking something is wrong and the brain trying to work out what

Thank you. I'm 48 and have itchy skin, this rumination and also general low mood. The nurse I spoke to seemed happy to prescribe but needs to get it signed off by my GP I think.

I'm quite scared by this rumination to be honest. It's making it hard to function (that's a bit dramatic, but hard to function without more effort) and I'm overly emotional too.

I'm worried in case it's more of a mental health type thing I guess.

Hopefully I can give HRT a try. Any thoughts on how long it takes to have an effect?

Classic symptoms. I felt better within 2 months. Better sleep also helped with my brain function

Thank you @Newgirls both your replies make sense. It's like my brain is spinning - at the moment it's trying to make sense of something that's happened, that isn't even that important but it won't stop. Not sure that makes a lot of sense!

Even when I feel more peaceful, for example reading a book yesterday, I feel my brain almost wandering back to the issue, thinking that I'd better think about it some more as it's not resolved.

Dear me - this sounds so silly but it's really tiring and making me feel distracted all the time.

Journaling every day also helps. Just write everything your mind is thinking even if it comes out in a jumble - it helps to calm it down

@Newgirls I will definitely give this a try - it might help to empty my busy head a little. Thank you for the suggestion 😊