I woke Jan 25 this year with pins and needles in my feet and legs and felt like I also had the flu. Without us realising we are starting Peri in our early thirties with different hormonal symptoms which is the fact that our hormones are becoming out of balancing and with some depleting to fast that our nervous systems go into a spin. There is no rhyme or reason we go into Peri and for a Dr to state that there is no way because you are too young is a joke. If this could be blamed on menopause, I would be SO relieved and could deal with it!!! Thanks in advance for any help people might be able to offer. Maybe I'm grasping at straws, but it DOES seem an interesting coincidence that all these issues have come up right as I'm going through this different timing in my periods, obvious continued hormone changes, etc. I realize it's not typical, but is it possible? So far I have no hot flashes or night sweats, thank heavens, but maybe this is my own personal type of menopause hell?!Īny insight would be so very much appreciated. Anyway, I say all this as a way to say perhaps I've been a little bit of a unique case as far as my hormones.ĭoes anyone think these symptoms COULD actually be attributed to menopause? Or has anyone had something similar happen to them? I've asked my doctor a couple times and she immediately says no, menopause couldn't cause this. Also, my hormones could have been out of whack for a long time what with all my irregular periods, AND about 12 years ago I had my hormone levels checked and supposedly at that time I had the estrogen level of "a post-menopausal woman." At the time my doc said that was a little odd, but ok, no cause for concern. I've done some reading that suggests these weird tingling sensations CAN be caused by menopause - due to extreme hormone imbalance. So assuming (hopefully!) that's NOT what it is, then it's becoming a real mystery. However, doctors have told me - and my research confirms this - it would be most unusal for MS to present with paresthesia equally on BOTH sides, stay around consistently for so long without going away even briefly, etc. Now I need to get a brain MRI and of course I'm concerned this one could show MS. No MS lesions, no transverse myelitis lesions, no compression/stenosis, no disc problems, no tumors. I had an MRI of my spine (all 3 sections) yesterday and it showed nothing. I've had various other blood tests, all normal. I'm slightly low in B12 and hoped that was the cause - however, after 10 B12 shots over 5 weeks, I have no improvement. It's worse at some times than others, but always present to some degree (and usually very annoying and concerning). It has been with me every single day since then - 3 months now. Starting mid-May, all of a sudden I started having very consistent paresthesia in my feet and legs - a mixture of tingling, pins and needles, slight burning, static sensation outside skin, pricking. I tell you all this just as a little background - I already know I'm obvioulsy in peri menopause and nearing actual menopause.īut here's the reason I'm posting. My FSH level in a blood test two weeks ago was very high - 117. That was over 60 days ago and so far I haven't had another one since. Then, after one of these "normal" (for me!) periods in April, I didn't have one for 60 days - and when I did it again, for the first time in years I didn't have the heavy days. I know this weird period stuff is normal in peri menopause. For many years, my periods have been very close together, very long, and with 2-3 days of exceptionally heavy flow. I would love some input on my strange symptoms.
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