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Top 3 menopause symptoms?

sweatymary
sweatymary Posts: 67
edited October 5 in Social Groups
In the interests of general research what are your top 3 menopause symptoms?

Mine are :-

1. Hot flushes/night sweats
2. Depression/anxiety
3. Weight gain

Isn't the menopause lovely ... not :-/

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  • jojopel
    jojopel Posts: 348 Member
    I only had two:

    1. Insomnia
    2. Hot flashes
  • BackwoodsMom
    BackwoodsMom Posts: 227 Member
    I only had two:

    1. Insomnia
    2. Hot flashes

    Same here. No weight gain but what I have is coming off SLOWLY. :grumble:
  • kmuellka
    kmuellka Posts: 7
    Pre-menopause:
    1. Anxiety/Irregular Heart Beat
    2. Hot Flashes
    3. Weight Gain

    Menopause and post-menopause
    1. Hot Flashes/Night Sweats
    2. Insomnia
    3. Weight Gain
  • firedragon064
    firedragon064 Posts: 1,082 Member
    Pre-menopause
    man, I have depression. I thought it's just me.
    Tried to lose weight, could not.
    irregular heart rate...sometimes.
    My period is getting shorter and have less flow..
  • randylevy
    randylevy Posts: 67 Member
    Pre-menopause
    man, I have depression. I thought it's just me.
    Tried to lose weight, could not.
    irregular heart rate...sometimes.
    My period is getting shorter and have less flow..

    I have the night sweats, the depression and anxiety have been on and off for years, but shorter periods? Not me, in fact, mine are longer and heavier.. GYN said this is also a symptom of peri-menopause. I keep telling my body that I'll be damned if I have to have night sweats and a longer period, pick one! LOL
  • annarouni
    annarouni Posts: 127 Member
    Wow, there's a thought! If we could pick the symptoms we'd prefer over others, which would we choose? I don't know--
    My current top three are pretty hideous to put up with:

    Change in body odor :grumble:
    Hot flashes :blushing:
    Anxiety/ mood swings :frown:


    But I don't see among the others any that I rather have....:noway:
  • kellyb63
    kellyb63 Posts: 108 Member
    Night sweats
    Mood swings (my family thinks Im nuts)
    "duh" moments
  • Aries03
    Aries03 Posts: 179 Member
    Bump
  • ninkdole
    ninkdole Posts: 243 Member
    peri-menopause here:
    1). No periods at all for months, and then spotting.
    2). Insomnia
    3). A "spacey" feeling. Lack of ability to concentrate.
  • AliV91
    AliV91 Posts: 16 Member
    I had the night sweats, irratability and spotting. The my doctor prescribed thyroid medication and the spotting and irratability went away. I added soy milk, tofu and edumama to my diet and the night sweats went away as well. Insomnia is now taking up the slack, but exercise seems to help. May be if I blame my inablity to focus on menopause, I can get out of trouble with my hubby. What do y'all think?
  • gg24
    gg24 Posts: 58
    Weight Gain (including weight moving from thighs/hips to upper stomach)
    Mood Swings (seeing red)
    loss of eyelashes (pouts)
  • jarrettd
    jarrettd Posts: 872 Member
    depression / anxiety / moody
    overheating easily (worse at night, but happens in daytime too)
    forgetfulness / inability to concentrate
  • bampitt
    bampitt Posts: 43 Member
    Hot flashes
    Irregular heartbeats
    Night sweats


    And it seems my appetite has increased a lot. I never used to eat this much!
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    Mine were

    hot flushes
    weight gain
    sudden bursts of temper

    I still have the hot flushes
    the weight gain I can remove if I am strict with eating and exercise
    the sudden bursts of temper - DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT THOSE!!!!!!

    :flowerforyou:
  • cdennis68
    cdennis68 Posts: 2
    Hot Flashes
    Cold Flashes (chilled to the bone for hours!)
    Decreased ability to concentrate and stay focus (probably because my thought kept getting interupted by hot/cold flashes)
  • Mamafred
    Mamafred Posts: 196 Member
    Hot Flashes
    Insomnia
    Weight Gain
    (in that order) and if I may add a 4th complaint, I now have a very feeble memory.:huh:
  • LegzyK
    LegzyK Posts: 172 Member
    1. Insomnia
    2. Depression
    3. Insomnia & depression! :ohwell:
  • Darlene4prayers
    Darlene4prayers Posts: 148 Member
    Weight gain due to feeling hungry all the time.
    Hot flashes
    Tired all the time.
  • winbox
    winbox Posts: 6 Member
    This time in our lives is so exciting, isn't it? I had no symptoms at all. June 2011 had totally hysterectomy and sent into warp speed menopause -

    1. depression
    2. weight gain
    3. major hot flashes
    4. insomnia

    I went on hrt winter after. Helped big time. No more depression except when RA is bad, lost 60 pounds (hoping for 15 more). Still have hot flashes but maybe not as many and sleep sucks. Losing weight really did help my state of mind. Hopefully this wont go on forever. :) Winnie
  • chrissaucier
    chrissaucier Posts: 252 Member
    I also have had:

    1. Hot flashes so bad that I thought I'd need a fireextinguisher to put myself out!
    2. Insomnia - what is it about 2 am??
    3. weight gain
    4. and mood swings that made me feel like an out of control teenager!

    thank goodness for HRT and excercise, now I feel like a human being again!
  • tyresank
    tyresank Posts: 174 Member
    1. Night Sweats / Hot flashes
    2. Insomina
    3. Weight Gain, and this especailly in the waist area, results a huge muffin top!
    4. Now suffer from CRS (Cannot remember *kitten*)
  • JoJoPi
    JoJoPi Posts: 4
    Well I did not know that change in body odor was due to menopause!! I am 40 years old, been in peri-menopause for 3 years. Recently I noticed that my deodorant 'stopped working' or so I thought. I have switched brands and nothing helps.
    Good to know!
  • JoJoPi
    JoJoPi Posts: 4
    I have:
    night sweats
    weight gain
    light but frequent period ( sometimes every 10-12 days. Yippee)
    fatigue
    memory loss
    change in body odor
    inability to focus
    short temper

    You name it, I have it!
  • grumpy2day
    grumpy2day Posts: 198 Member
    Night sweats (they seem to be stopped after a year) fortunately they were'nt severe.
    Insomnia (getting better with less caffeine and meditation). That 2am wake up really stank.
    I thought the memory thing was just me being stupid, good to know I'm not alone in this one!
  • glenner
    glenner Posts: 160 Member
    Hot flashes including the ones at night which wake me up (I used to sleep through anything)
    Weight gain/fat gut (when I was at the dr. I hadn't actually gone up on the scales but none of my pants would do up)
    I can't remember the third. Oh wait- memory loss!

    Actually the hot flashes and mood swings have been helped by soy protein (hot flashes) and Omega oil(mood swings) but weight is driving me crazy!
  • SandyMilton
    SandyMilton Posts: 130
    The awkward part for me is that the menopausal symptoms also seem to mirror hypothyroidism. Back in '10 I went to the doc having had enough - talked to her about these perimenopausal symptoms and found out I had hypothyroidism instead.... or is that, in addition to....

    Anyway -

    Achy joints (symptom of both)
    Memory loss is the part that drives me absolutely nuts (symptom of both)
    Hot flashes (I keep my handy dandy hand fan close by!)

    I would add the weight in there but I think it was more the hypothyroidism that made me go out of whack there. Meds adjusted and it's creeping back down.

    I will admit I did try the bioidentical HRT's and found it made me feel WONDERFUL! However, as lame as this makes me sound, these brought back my period to either a "regular" status, and on the "last straw" stage, started sooner than it should have. At that point I was like oh heck no. Let me handle the hot flashes and achy joints. I was enjoying the fact I was down to like 2-3 light periods a year - I've earned the right to skip months! LOL!
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