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I'm trying to gradually wean myself off of them. I'm suppose to take them everyday, but I'm now taking the lowest dose every other day. Hopefully I can get off of them completely. I didn't really have the mood swings or anything like that....it was so awful hot flashes...day and night. Too rough for me to handle, but I'm doing great so far as I've been taking them.
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I turned 49 this past July. I haven't had any sort of period at all for nearly three years now. I do have hot flashes every once in a while. I was told by a woman where I used to work that is about ten years older than I that smoking will bring on menopause earlier. I don't know but I do smoke. So far I haven't seemed to have mood swings like I did before with the PMS thing. I know each of us is different but we do pay our dues, don't we!!!!
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I'm 46 and I looked up the symptoms to see how many I had...I had no idea all these could happen to me!!! Thank God I only have a few...
![]() 1. Hot flashes, flushes, night sweats and/or cold flashes, clammy feeling 2. Bouts of rapid heart beat 3. Irritability, Mood swings 4. Sudden tears 5. Trouble sleeping through the night (with or without night sweats) 6. Irregular periods; shorter, lighter periods; heavier periods, flooding; phantom periods, shorter cycles, longer cycles 7. Loss of libido 8. Dry vagina 9. Crashing fatigue MORE INFO 10. Anxiety, feeling ill at ease 11. Feelings of dread, apprehension, doom 12.Difficulty concentrating, disorientation, mental confusion 13. Disturbing memory lapses 14.Incontinence, especially upon sneezing, laughing; urge incontinence 15. Itchy, crawly skin 16. Aching, sore joints, muscles and tendons 17. Increased tension in muscles 18. Breast tenderness 19. Headache change: increase or decrease 20. Gastrointestinal distress, indigestion, flatulence, gas pain, nausea 21. Sudden bouts of bloat 22. Depression 23. Exacerbation of existing conditions 24. Increase in allergies 25. Weight gain 26.Hair loss or thinning, head, pubic, or whole body; increase in facial hair 27. Dizziness, light-headedness, episodes of loss of balance 28. Changes in body odor 29. Electric shock sensation under the skin and in the head 30. Tingling in the extremities 31. Gum problems, increased bleeding 32. Burning tongue, burning roof of mouth, bad taste in mouth, change in breath odor 33. Osteoporosis -- MORE INFO 34. Changes in fingernails: softer, crack or break easier 35. Tinnitus: ringing in ears, bells, 'whooshing' buzzing etc.
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OMG!!!! I have 23 of those symptoms!!!!!! Well, maybe this means I am that much closer to stopping!
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Don't worry Brenda....heck my husband has more symptoms than that....LMAO.....!!!!!!!!
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I saw a few things ont hat list that I wasn';t aware of, so thanks for posting it!
I have a few of the symptoms, and just feel lucky to not have more. I do have night sweats, wake up several times during the night, get confused at the oddest times, get weepy over things much easier than ever before, my legs ache and I absolutely HAVE to have my 8 hrs of sleep each night now. I went for my flu shot today so I hopefully won't have to deal with that this year on top of this.
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I don't get the night sweats but I do get the hot flashes...like I'm sticking my head in a hot oven....I LOVE IT!!!!
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LOL! I only wish MEN went through this!
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It would be easier to count the symptoms that I DON'T have than to count the ones that I DO have!!! I can't wait until this is over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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