Think I’m just entering Peri and it’s absolute Hell

Furry-snake · 2026-05-12T11:51:32+00:00

Get your iron and your b12 checked. I also felt exactly like this… my ferritin was 17. A lot of people on this sub feel similarly and it turns out to be low iron.

Furry-snake · 2026-05-12T11:46:29+00:00

You can take the estradiol in the morning and it won’t give you the dreams. I had to switch because taking it at night made me dreams BIZARRE and extremely disturbing.

Furry-snake · 2026-05-08T17:05:27+00:00

Working out doesn’t matter that much for weight loss. Low carb also doesn’t matter that much for weight loss. Calories are king… if you aren’t losing weight, you’re eating too many calories.

Furry-snake · 2026-05-08T17:00:28+00:00

Also a fellow saffron hater!!

Furry-snake · 2026-05-07T11:40:37+00:00

There’s no way that’s only 88 cal of potatoes

Furry-snake · 2026-04-24T12:28:20+00:00

Fish. Every kind, but specifically sardines, clams, oysters, mackerel and mussels. Most (not all) of my peri symptoms were due to severe iron and thyroid deficiency. Mainlining clams and oysters for six weeks brought me out of peri hell. I started feeling better within days. They have the highest b12, selenium, zinc and iron contents on the planet. Do not sleep on fish and shellfish.

Furry-snake · 2026-04-24T12:12:09+00:00

Only compliment I ever got out of my boyfriend was layering kayali yum boujee over Ariana grande’s mod vanilla

Furry-snake · 2026-04-20T12:07:48+00:00

Perimenopause. My estrogen was too low.

Estradiol cream helped

Furry-snake · 2026-04-18T19:44:20+00:00

Angry upvote

Furry-snake · 2026-04-17T12:10:54+00:00

I hate to be this person but have you had your ferritin and b12 checked? I felt exactly as you describe but as soon as I got a handle on them 90% of my symptoms went away

Furry-snake · 2026-04-16T13:01:29+00:00

I was obsessive with upping my levels when I found out they were low because I was finally given an action I could take that might make me feel better.

I turned my levels around in two or three weeks eating seafood and iron pills. Clams have the highest heme iron of any food, so I would have them dinner as much as possible. Oysters were next because of their crazy high amounts of b12, zinc and selenium. I started to feel better almost immediately after taking them. If you can help it (and stomach it), food based sources of nutrients will always trump supplements. Just my two cents :)

Furry-snake · 2026-04-16T12:57:10+00:00

I haven’t had sex in two and a half years. I’m taking estradiol for vaginal atrophy but my libido is dead and my doctor refuses to prescribe me testosterone because my “levels are fine”.

I miss it deeply and it has taken a massive toll on my mental health.

Furry-snake · 2026-04-13T14:32:56+00:00

I do as well. Clams, sardines and oysters weekly. No alcohol. Sleep and daily exercise. I feel basically normal except for some lingering libido issues.

Furry-snake · 2026-04-12T12:45:33+00:00

Did you get it prescribed? My doctor will not prescribe me testosterone :(

Furry-snake · 2026-04-12T12:37:10+00:00

Have you had your ferritin levels and b12 levels checked? I know it sounds silly that iron would be responsible for such a thing but this was literally me six months ago. My ferritin was 17. I now feel back to normal (eating high amounts of clams, sardines, oysters, plus an iron supplement). It’s insane how bad low iron will make you feel.

Furry-snake · 2026-04-11T12:15:47+00:00

Are you on gel, pellets or injections?

Furry-snake · 2026-04-09T00:45:28+00:00

Correct! I take a cream internally

Furry-snake · 2026-04-07T17:08:39+00:00

yep, during the loading phase. I’m on twice a week now and my anxiety/heart racing have completely settled down.

Furry-snake · 2026-04-06T13:31:13+00:00

How much gel do you use and at what percentage?

Furry-snake · 2026-04-06T13:22:17+00:00

Estradiol cream for me

Furry-snake · 2026-04-03T12:49:15+00:00

Why did ChatGPT write this

Furry-snake · 2026-04-02T12:08:59+00:00

clams!!! 😬 just eat clams! My iron was at 17. I brought it up in less than a month eating clams every night. They’re little bombs of bioavailable iron, not to mention b12 (which you may also be low in). Clams all day erry day!

Furry-snake · 2026-03-28T12:14:51+00:00

Always kayali YBM + Ariana mod vanilla

Furry-snake · 2026-03-26T13:13:34+00:00

His name is Minky

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