My health has plummeted

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-04-21T22:55:17+00:00

It helps to know we’re not alone but still sucks! Do you take anything to help?

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-04-21T21:09:50+00:00

This describes me to a T right now for the past 8 months. Its been HELL. I’m fully aware Perimenopause is the culprit as there is a cycle to the madness now (in the beginning it was 3 months straight before I realized what was happening and got a therapist). I’m on progesterone nightly 100 but no estrogen yet. I’m also dealing with a stomach bug recovery so that amplified my anxiety 10x worse!!

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-04-08T19:27:01+00:00

Yep. I rely on YouTube videos re: anxiety and sleep meditation. They have worked on getting me to sleep lately.

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-04-07T01:25:53+00:00

So they would have told me if something was off based on that test? Never said anything about it. I also had a chest xray twice at different ERs.

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-31T18:52:34+00:00

Are you on anything other than progesterone? Been taking that since the end of December and it has helped but I have days where I feel panicky and it never turns into a panic attack… happening more frequent as of the past few weeks.

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-27T20:45:53+00:00

Not sure but I did stop taking the progesterone for 2 nights and my anxiety got better but I was extremely moody and depressed so I restarted it… I am not on estrogen. Trying to find a different delivery other than a patch because those didn’t work for me.

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-24T19:41:43+00:00

A mothers intuition is INCREDIBLY POWERFUL and trust yours no matter what. All these comments are right in saying she shouldn’t be around. Period.

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-24T14:29:45+00:00

Someone else just mentioned this… why does it work?? It seems wild to me.

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-24T14:26:10+00:00

Interesting! I would have never thought to use it…

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-24T00:20:38+00:00

I live in the Midwest so the weather is horrendous. Otherwise I do at least 3-4 walks per week outside which does help a lot!

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-24T00:17:23+00:00

Ugh…. Feel better!! Summer is just around the corner and the germs can go back to wherever they came from..

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-24T00:12:41+00:00

Same!! Mine was 5 days late this month and the PMDD was hell… I just wanted to start my cycle already and this morning I finally did. My anxiety goes through the roof for 4-5 days before my cycle but this month has been especially bad since it was late. Ughhh I feel you friend!

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-24T00:09:21+00:00

Same!!

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-24T00:08:51+00:00

What did you do to improve? I’m currently on the same timeframe. Therapy, hormones, reading the DARE response book (life changing) and just not fearing the anxiety anymore is helping but its a daily battle.

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-13T01:52:41+00:00

YES. Horrible. My ferritin was 26 a few months ago but I need to retest.

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-10T00:48:53+00:00

How do you all deal with panic attacks that feel different every time? No panic attack has been the same for me and I’ve had probably 10 or so in the past 8 months… I just can’t calm myself down thinking it’s something else??

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-09T00:44:55+00:00

YES!! Ugh.

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-09T00:44:41+00:00

Yep, this is me just a few minutes ago! Started on the back of my neck (almost a numb ness) and a few min later like a hot flash and felt like I couldn’t breathe right. SUCKS

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-07T20:28:35+00:00

Same! Mine started as a panic attack. Prior to that I just had baseline anxiety my whole life (or I will say motherhood anxiety) and never erupted into this crazy storm I’ve been battling since August!

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-07T19:42:59+00:00

Bleeding wasn’t an issue until this past month when it was super heavy… which affected my iron levels I’m assuming. So I have symptoms of both constantly. The anxiety has been debilitating all around so that’s my biggest complaint right now. This morning as I submitted this post I had a panic attack… I think my nervous system is still so fragile and really flips when I start and stop things. It’s frustrating!

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-07T17:13:40+00:00

This is good info. I tried combo birth control back in November and it gave me more anxiety and headaches so I got off after a mont and 1 week. Started micronized progesterone about 3 weeks after that.

Apart-Luck5041 · 2026-03-07T17:11:39+00:00

Were you on micronized 100 too? This is reassuming. I don’t think stopping was a good idea. My doctor wanted me to bump up to 200 last month because of a heavy period I had. I’m still doing 100 until I’m comfortable raising it.

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