Feet - is this normal? (Not gross!)

[CrazedWithThis]

I’m 53 and thought I had been quite fortunate with my menopause symptoms. Until this week.

To answer you need to know:
• I am disabled following an head injury 3 years ago and I spend my days mainly horizontal.
• My body functions but it doesn’t necessarily do what I want, I do exercises on the bed to keep my circulation going.
• I put the exercises together myself, which is mad because I have no previous knowledge and my pre frontal cortex has been damaged.

• We live rurally and love it here.
• Unfortunately we do not have much coverage from the NHS and other services e.g. GP, care, physio, SaLT.
• No-one is monitoring my health except me.
• Getting me out of the door to any appointments is much like wrangling toddlers again for DH.

• I have HRT patches but often forget to put them on!
• My sleep is often disrupted (pain, lack of exercise or stimulation, menopause, stress, other small things).

Below are the new symptoms, are they normal for menopause?

Yesterday I woke up and I felt irrationally angry, I have been the same since. This is completely out of character for me. I feel unhinged.
I did not sleep last night.
I am in considerable pain.

As if all of that wasn’t shit enough, also since yesterday, the soles of my feet feel like they are on fire. Just the soles.

Anyone have any idea what fresh hell is going on with my feet?

Forgot to write: I have frequent, sudden, ‘drop’ seizures.

Mood and feet symptoms are both common. Tweaking the HRT dose might help.

For the exercises, would it be possible to get to a pilates teacher or get one to come to you? It's an exercise system that was actually designed for rehab and the majority of moves can be done in bed/lying down. You'd need a one-to-one session with a teacher with specific training in rehab or physio, not a general group class, and unfortunately it wouldn't be cheap - but just 1 or 2 sessions would give you a set of exercises that you could then do independently.

a google of burning feet suggests this could be something serious, particularly when it comes on suddenly. I would make a Dr's appointment (do they not offer phone consultations?).
The mood / sleep thing sounds like classic menopause, use your patches as prescribed and it should help, or you might need a dosage review.

@ProfessorBinturong thank you.
Feet symptoms are normal?
FFS. My body can miss me with this shite, honestly.

DH works full time so getting to a GP to sort my HRT will be difficult. I will get there, usually it takes a month.

I did Pilates before I became disabled and loved it.
As I experience drop seizures I cannot pay a professional to exercise with me because they simply won’t be able to insure themselves to work with me.

@MiddleAgedDread thank you too.
I’m sorry I didn’t Google it myself.
<Imagine me, beached on our bed and screaming silently at the thought of trying to get a GP appointment> I will do it though.

I get burning feet syndrome (soles feel on fire) when my Vit B12 is low. Ask for a blood test to check all your vitamins and iron levels, especially Vit D if you are bed or housebound.

EDIT Just saw your last post. Get some extra strength Vit B12, I use the Better You mouth spray as my digestive system is never happy. Any excess will be excreted in your urine and make it look dark as though you are dehydrated so don't panic if that happens.

True, it can be other things so definitely worth getting checked, but I know several people who've had burning/itching feet purely as a menopause symptom.