Menopausal and depressed
| I get so tired
and exhausted at times its hard for me to keep myself at work. |
Thank you for this site. From time to time I come back in and read the
35 symptoms of menopause to remind myself that all is well and I am going
to be OK and get through this.
I have been having symptoms for a few years now. It started off with heavy
periods and severe migraines.
Now things have escalated in the past few months. I menstruated for more
than one month non-stop. My body changed. I got fat around the waist and
stomach. My breasts hurt so much I felt like I was breast feeding. I was
out of breath and cried non-stop, not to mention I felt so alone and really
believed I was going mad.
I went to the doctor and was put on some tablets to stop the bleeding.
It stopped for a few days then started again, but thank goodness in the
past week it has stopped.
I get so tired and exhausted at times its hard for me to keep myself at
work. I have cut back my hours to 4 days per week but most week I can
barely make it to Wednesday when my body crashes. I feel like someone
is squeezing the life out of me. I meditate, sleep early, eat good food,
do yoga and have some good days, but on the bad days I feel like a spell
has taken over my body then it goes away.
I am seeing a female therapist once a week for support. Other than that
I am trying to get by and keep on coming back to this site to remind myself
that I am going to be OK.
Today I went to see my doctor. He told me that I am fine but put me on
Zoloft, an antidepressant, for a while. I don’t want to do this
because I want to go through this naturally. I don’t handle medication
too well.
At times I feel so alone with this. But when I come on this site and read
the other stories I feel much better. Thank you so much for providing
this support.
Susan
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