#HealthShit

I have a theory that my latest symptoms are "too much #thyroid hormones" (I mean: here we go again) and I'm now fiddling with my dosage again.

(Background: I have no working thyroid tissue and take it all as pills. I had to adjust the dosage myself because the dosage doctors determine from the blood screening isn't fine-tuned but more a "yeah whatever, that'll do, what do I care".)

The other possibility is that it's "just #perimenopause".

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Being a peri-menopausal woman is the same as climate change.

Like the seasons your hormones are completely fucked up and all over the place and every year you just keep getting hotter and hotter.

#PeriMenopausalWomanToot

#PeriMenopause #Menopause

Just realized why I can't do #yoga even though I want & need to -

because I found the right 1 & it worked

#FML

Between #Burnout #alexithymia #Perimenopause and being pretty much disconnected from my body all the time, yoga is almost like a guided #meltdown

I know it's good & I crave those releases but damn its asking a lot of my #AutisticInertia to get it to voluntarily take a stroll through the ruins of Trauma Town.

Holy crap:

"Researchers have followed a group of more than 3,000 women in perimenopause and menopause for decades and have found a few key differences: Black and Hispanic women reach menopause earlier than white, Chinese and Japanese women. They also experience certain menopausal symptoms for 10 or more years — almost twice as long as do white, Chinese and Japanese women."

This is why we're all cranky, y'all.

Also, #perimenopause is some bullshit. I've been going through this since my mid 40s. Gotdamn.

I'm at that stage in #perimenopause where just about every week brings something new, weird and wacky to consider. No hot flushes, though, so that's a bonus.

Is tinnitus really a #perimenopause symptom? This just keeps getting worse.

Made appointments to get my teeth cleaned (for the first time since beginning of pandemic, eek) and for a physical/first talk with doc about wtf is going on with this #perimenopause shit. Two minutes of adulting is enough for the day.

I don’t know if my increased anxiety lately is a #perimenopause thing, but ugh, do not want.

I cannot fucking wait to be done with #perimenopause. Periods currently less frequent, but a lot loss predictable, a lot longer, and with more pms. This sucks.

Thank you to everyone (except for the token mansplainer) who gave me information on #perimenopause ! Much appreciated. I know it’s gonna be tough being autistic 😢

Anyone got tips and tricks (and/or wisdom) for #Perimenopause ? So far all I’m doing is taking ashwagandha.

You know that feeling when you're stoned and you lose a thought? You try to reach it and it gets further and further away? That's exactly what middle age is like. #Perimenopause

perimenopause
brain on a skeleton crew
Living dead body!

*I just run with whatever the prompt brings to mind....LOL

#MastoPrompt - skeleton

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mandala-skull-art-third-eye-chakra-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #haiku #smallpoems #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writers #artist #artists #artistsofmastodon #poet #poem #AYearForArt #skull #perimenopause #menopause #women #brain #brainfog #skeleton #mandala #mandalas #dayofthedead #horror #horrorart #biology #people

Public service announcement: If you’re in your 40s and start having a whole list of strange symptoms, but are still having periods, it might be #perimenopause. I went through SO many tests thinking I had cancer or something weird, turned out plain old birth control pills ended ALL my symptoms.

Also, hi Masto, I'm home early today because the heat and my hormones are trying to do me in. #perimenopause #whattheheckmybody

Heatwave + migraine + hot flashes = fun times. 😬

#perimenopause

Unexpected ally Rod Stewart #menopause #perimenopause
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/menopause-lessons-marriage-rod-stewart-b1972409.html

When you're an endocrinologist and you go ... THAT was a hot flash 😅. #Perimenopause

#perimenopause is fun. 😖

Your period gets short. Flow heavy and pms period longer. And your back hurt and there are waves of heat. Plus some bad headaches and lack of sleep. 🥳

Just get this shit over so I can be a functional person again. 🙏

I having a very weird few days.
Altering meds and my house being upended has me outwardly snappy and inwardly sensitive.
Add to that, some #perimenopause and Irish humidity and we have quite the unique set of circumstances.
Do not approach. I'm equally likely to cry or lash out. This is weird.