u/mamanh24

I know that a perimenopause mode has existed for a few months now. Do you know if it's possible to analyze past cycles with the perimenopause mode?

Do you see a difference in your symptoms? ... I try to understand. I've only been using it for a week, so just two patches, but the day before the changes I felt very irritable, incredibly angry, crying, and depressed. Maybe it's just a coincidence because I was already having some bad days before starting the treatment.

I'm not one of the lucky ones whose life literally changed in two days. I know it takes six to eight weeks to see if it works or not, but I'm losing hope...

Are there really people for whom it started badly but ended well?

Perimenopause makes us sensitive, overly sensitive... I was watching Game of Thrones for the umpteenth time and I don't know why, but I suddenly started crying as if I were watching The Bridges of Madison County!

And you? What films, series, or shows have brought you to tears when you would never normally cry?

How do you take your progesterone? I started taking 100mg continuously less than a week ago and I feel exhausted. I take it vaginally.

Is this a temporary effect of progesterone?

I'm a 44-year-old woman in perimenopause with very severe symptoms (anxiety, headaches, depression, poor sleep...), and I'm sick of hearing "just go for a walk, you'll feel better."

We go through all the hassle of seeing specialists, getting tests done, and taking medication when the solution was a simple walk! Stop with your stupid advice. When I'm foggy-headed, anxious, and have a headache, I have a hard time going for that miracle walk. I'm not saying it's wrong, but please stop saying that to women in perimenopause because that's all they dream of: being able to go for that little walk like they used to, and it's already frustrating enough not being able to do it so easily anymore!

And the worst part is that the last person to tell me that is a woman on thyroid hormone therapy! Damn it, I'm not going to tell her, "You don't need hormones, just go for a walk!"

Why doesn't anyone take us seriously? The last time I was able to go on those famous walks was last year. And guess what? I was on hormone therapy, which I stopped after six months due to poor monitoring. And three months later, back to hell! Coincidence?!

I found a new doctor and I'm starting a new hormone treatment.

I eat organic, I'm careful about my nutrition, I haven't taken the pill. I've tried to do everything "right," and yet I'm going through a hellish perimenopause.

When I read some comments and articles, I get the impression that we're guilty of not experiencing a peaceful, natural perimenopause/menopause.

No, we're not guilty. No, we don't take hormone treatments for fun or because we don't want to accept the "natural dimension" of aging. Personally, I don't care about getting older, about gray hair, about my face sagging... I just want to feel normal and not like an anxious, depressed, tired, exhausted person who doesn't know if tomorrow will be bad or very bad.

Courage to those who are suffering like me.