Fatigue? Is it perimenopause?

[Flowerfairy13]

Hi all, I'm just after your experience of fatigue as part of perimenopause. I'm 42 and been experiencing severe fatigue for 3 years.
Background: diagnosed with hypothyroidism after many, many trips to GP. On Levothyroxene 2 years...it's been a very up and down journey. Went private to trial some HRT (GP refused) but it didn't help. Did 3 months on patches and Utrogestan and it was awful, wrecked my sleep, anxiety worse, suicidal etc. Came off HRT and felt 'better' mentally within a few days.
I've been really focusing on my mental health and figured that the level of anxiety I had daily was really affecting me physically and must be in some part a reason for the fatigue. In some ways ot has really helped and my anxiety is much better. However, I've noticed a pattern with the severity of fatigue which is always much worse in my luteal phase. This month, I've been sofa bound for a week just before and during my period. It's driving me crazy and I don't know how to go on living life this, it impacts everything! On my worst days I can't drive my kids to school.
So I don't know if this is all linked to perimenopause, thyroid issues or God knows what. After 3 years I'm starting to loose hope of ever getting back to where I was :(

(All vitamins have been checked and my levels are good. I do a medichecks test regularly to monitor my hypothyroidism and take supplements where needed. Seen a private ate thyroid clinic...trialled some other things etc etc.)

Have you checked your iron and B12 lately?
If the fatigue is menstrual cycle related I’d try knocking your periods off, so looking towards peri menopause age I’d be trying a Mirena coil.
And have you tried taking magnesium glycinate?

Responding on here not because I have an answer but because I have similar symptoms so jumping on to bring this post back to life in case anyone else has been through this too!

OP I get very tired in peri, but not so much that I can't get off the sofa.

Be careful with Mag Glyc, it makes me sleep so heavily it might not help you. I skip taking it at bedtime if I know I need to be on the ball the following day.

Agree worth checking ferritin. I had a lot more energy once my ferritin was over 100 and mirena coil helped this.

This is me too.
Except I’m 40 and blood tests are suggesting perimenopause which surprises me as everything was fine prior to having my second child at 37. My body has aged 100 years in 3! Have been on levothyroxine for a year. But I’m still knackered and losing hair. I get little bald spots every so often.

I had my child at 36 and everything went downhill after😅 ended up with overactive thyroid and all my levels were through the floor. I take so many supplements now I'm surprised I don't rattle when I walk, 😂

Also following as struggling with similar. Have hashimotos and should probably go gluten free again but 😭

I know, I went GF for about 6 months. I did feel better but it did suck a lot of joy out of my life…. And having to explain it’s an intolerance rather than an allergy over and over again

Can I ask- what do you take? I do worry I don’t take enough!

I think it's age. There are symptoms listed as peri menopause that I think are more age related such as fatigue, anxiety, brain fog.
I say this as I went through menopause in my early 30s and these did not hit till my 50s.

Vitamins C,D,E Iron, cod liver oil, calcium magnesium and zinc. I have noticed a difference so it must be doing something 😅