Moody, Argumentative, Tired...

[Tinkh]

Mine is surgically induced. It is so horrible isn't it??? Ugh. I have up to 10 hot flashes a day. Feels like the burning starts from inside and comes out. *hugs. I know how you feel and just know you aren't crazy or alone.

 

[clutter]

Just got over a long bout of medically induced menopause . Hot flashes and lack of sleep suck!!!!! Ambien or Lunesta can be your best friend. I think my DH lost a few toes due to frost bite during the six months I was on Lupron.

Good times... ; )

I'd rather have had the hot flashes. When I was on Lupron, I was cranky. Ornery, mean, not nice. Then I became paranoid because I thought I had no friends. Then I realized why. I was cranky, etc.

I love estrogen.

 

[ilovejack02]

I'd rather have had the hot flashes. When I was on Lupron, I was cranky. Ornery, mean, not nice. Then I became paranoid because I thought I had no friends. Then I realized why. I was cranky, etc.

I love estrogen.

LOL !! Hubby thought that I was a really nice person on Lupron...even all the time, just hot and tired due to lack of sleep. No crazy ups and downs for me , even tempered. My friends say it was my "honest time" said what I thought all the time. Go figure lol, only real big issues were the 2 am temper tantrums because I couldn't sleep , then I found the happy sleep drug woo hoo.

Before Lupron I had wild swings where I didnt even like myself. So far BCP are helping. Lord, just get me to surgery day in Oct please!!

 

[clutter]

LOL !! Hubby thought that I was a really nice person on Lupron...even all the time, just hot and tired due to lack of sleep. No crazy ups and downs for me , even tempered. My friends say it was my "honest time" said what I thought all the time. Go figure lol, only real big issues were the 2 am temper tantrums because I couldn't sleep , then I found the happy sleep drug woo hoo.

Before Lupron I had wild swings where I didnt even like myself. So far BCP are helping. Lord, just get me to surgery day in Oct please!!

LOL. I guess my 'honest time' is that I'm just grumpy.

I had a friend who had hot flashes when she was on lupron. When the dr told her to take a short dose of it, her admin quit!!! (Well, the admin didn't tell DF that, she told DF's BFF that...)

BCPs are my salvation. I took them for 20 years (with a break to have my dd) with only the occasional week off. Now my dr wants me off. It's not going to be pretty, but she promises hrt.

 

[ilovejack02]

LOL. I guess my 'honest time' is that I'm just grumpy.

I had a friend who had hot flashes when she was on lupron. When the dr told her to take a short dose of it, her admin quit!!! (Well, the admin didn't tell DF that, she told DF's BFF that...)

BCPs are my salvation. I took them for 20 years (with a break to have my dd) with only the occasional week off. Now my dr wants me off. It's not going to be pretty, but she promises hrt.

I have been off BCP for 10 yrs but turned wakoo up and down crazy due to ovary issues. While I could control wakoo around friends, family got full front. Once I hit lupron , it wasn't up and down it was just an even honestly all the time. No crying or screaming, just even girl with a smile , but not a fake girl lol . Now I am on BCP after a rocky start i am starting to even out and getting back to happy girl .

Sleep is my friend, I kiss the makers of sleep aids.

 

[Hannathy]

It's been a great excuse to drink more.

Oh I like that excuse, mind if I borrow it!

I don't think I've been crankier than normal unless my DD asking me who shoved a whole hornet's nest in my bonnet yesterday means anything...............


Anybody else getting migraines like crazy?

 

[ilovejack02]

Oh I like that excuse, mind if I borrow it!

I don't think I've been crankier than normal unless my DD asking me who shoved a whole hornet's nest in my bonnet yesterday means anything...............


Anybody else getting migraines like crazy?

Oh yes, I got that too, but it evened off after a few weeks. The hot flashes and lack of sleep never left .

 

[DVCLiz]

No migraines, but I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with a sudden fondness for saying what's on my mind. My girls tell me I am a MUCH more aggressive driver and generally more assertive than I have ever been in my life.

I am MUCH more likely to get into it with someone over perceived unfairness, rudeness, etc. I have always been an even-tempered get along to go along kind of girl, so this new aggression is really unsettling for me. But DAMNIT Mr. Bed Bath and Beyond manager, you should have decided the price on that item before you made me stand in line ten minutes, then told me you couldn't find a price, asked me how much I was willing to pay, then told me I couldn't have it after all!!!!

Some non-menopausal woman probably would have just said, "OK, thank you" but I NEEDED that particualr size of basket and I was not happy. As my daughter nervously began to say, "Mom, it's OK, Mom, I have another one I can use" etc. I started to really heat up, but she steered me to the car. I said, "I know you don't like it when I say anything but honestly..." at which point she cut me off and said, "My new boss, the boss of the job I am starting in the morning , was standing in line behind us. You can either have the satisfaction of yelling at the manager or you can make a good impression on my new boss - which do you want?"
Oh, Lord, please help me to keep my mouth shut!!!!

 

[clutter]

No migraines, but I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with a sudden fondness for saying what's on my mind. My girls tell me I am a MUCH more aggressive driver and generally more assertive than I have ever been in my life.

That's my first clue that my estrogen levels are low. And I work in DC. Lots and lots of tourists. I find I'm especially assertive of jaywalkers. (Loved the rest of your story btw.)

I find that I don't have hot flashes, but instead tend to spend a lot of time on a slow roast, and I don't mean moods. My face and neck get warm (an ear thermometer will read over 100!), but I have no fever. I simply simmer for a few days until it passes. UGH!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Whoa! Long time, no see. On here, anyway .

Hey there! Yeah, I'm on facebook way more than the discussion boards.

No migraines, but I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with a sudden fondness for saying what's on my mind. My girls tell me I am a MUCH more aggressive driver and generally more assertive than I have ever been in my life.

Oh my.....I've always been this way to a certain degree, but in the last 10 years I've gotten much more assertive. And yeah, my driving shows it, but I'm trying to keep that under check.

My migraines got horrible starting 10 years ago, but have been decreasing in the last few months. I'm so grateful for that!

 

[ARLO1]

When I asked at dinner, "Is it hot in here or is it just me?" I was told, "It's just you!" but a glass of wine helped a lot and now I feel much better.

Of course, I might have a repeat of last night when I fell asleep in my chair watching TV about 9:45pm and woke at 11:00pm, then was up until 3:30am.

Are you living my life? fell asleep at 8:30 woke at 1:30 until 4:30. Can't stand it...

havent had my period for 6 months...guess what i'm getting again but its just not quite there...just have that miserable feeling with occasional spotting.I was so happy for the last 6 months.

 

[DVCLiz]

Are you living my life? fell asleep at 8:30 woke at 1:30 until 4:30. Can't stand it...

havent had my period for 6 months...guess what i'm getting again but its just not quite there...just have that miserable feeling with occasional spotting.I was so happy for the last 6 months.

Yes, I am! I went 7 months last year, then the same - not quite there but also the symptoms you describe, etc. Either get on with it or lets be done!!

 

[dicar123]

When my mother was 40, she went 11 months without a period and then had just a couple more.

Here is the problem with insomnia...I don't know I'm not going to sleep until it's way too late to take a sleeping pill. It happens infrequently enough that taking a dose every night, doesn't seem like a good idea either.

Any suggestions?

 

[SLM]

I am MUCH more likely to get into it with someone over perceived unfairness, rudeness, etc. I have always been an even-tempered get along to go along kind of girl, so this new aggression is really unsettling for me.

The upside of this is suddenly being given a gift card, discount, freebie, etc. from whatever business has the misfortune to %&*# me off-they just want the crazy lady to go away!

 

[minkydog]

Yes, I am! I went 7 months last year, then the same - not quite there but also the symptoms you describe, etc. Either get on with it or lets be done!!

I don't think I'm ever going to stop having periods. I'll be 54 next month and my cycles are like clockwork.

 

[DVCLiz]

I don't think I'm ever going to stop having periods. I'll be 54 next month and my cycles are like clockwork.

Those seven months were great - but then they started again and now I'm totally unpredictable. Nothing one month? OK. Twice in one month? Sure, why not? One that lasts two weeks? If you insist.

I started having night sweats (I've only had one or two warm flushes in the daytime in the last 6 years) about 6 years ago and irregular periods for 4 years now. Surely this will be over soon!

Oh, another favorite symptom of mine - the creepy crawlies. I'll look down to brush an ant off my arm because I feel one crawling - nothing there. (Although the one time I did tell myself "Don't be silly, there's nothing there" - there WAS an ant on my arm - go figure!) I looked that one up because it seemed so weird and Discovery Health Channelish - but it was listed as a symptom so I figured I wasn't crazy.

 

[Belle0101]

I don't know if I should laugh ... I'm normal.

Or cry, I'm normal ...


Migraines? Not sure. I get these horrible headaches wherein I have to go lay down for a couple hours but I don't see spots or anything like that.

Cycles? I went 2 years without one. Best 2 years of my life! My doctor thought I was done. Should have know better when she said I was too young (early 40's). Now they're back and they are messed up! It'd be TMI if I said much more on that.

Acne? I really thought that was a teen problem. Every so often, no pattern, I get this honking red zit. So big that it deserves it's own zip code.

Creepy crawlies? Every night I swear a spider is crawling up my right side. Even as I type I feel it.

 

[Mandy_in_NC]

I am almost 34 and I had a partial histo 3 years ago due to very heavy bleed and some endo. I kept my ovaries. My mother went thru menopause early and I am afraid that I am following in her foot steps. I have hot flashes. I am usually the cold one in any group and here lately I have been complaining about being hot. I cry at the drop of a hat. I watched the movie Termintor Salvation the other night and cried like a baby near the end. I am pretty sure I was not supposed to cry during that movie. I cry during commericals. I cry listening to the radio. Some days I am so ill and snappy that I don't want to be around myself. And my migraines are out of control. Some days I am happy and fine and the next day I am a migraine having ill butt cry baby!