I am 52 years young and going through Menopause and having so called MS (dx Feb 2011). The MS is not giving me too many problems (not on a DMD med).. but the Menopause is really ROUGH. Some days down right AWFUL.
No hot flashes but muscles tension, tightness and stiffness. Tight, HARD tension knots in my neck. I know this can be from MS as well but there are soooo many women going through peri-menopause and menopause with the same issues. I don't hear a lot of people with MS complain of muscle tension.
I am still having a cycle - which makes my symptoms 3x worst around cycle time. My cycles are very irregular.. skipped a cycle Dec 2011, Jan and Feb - had a cycle in March 2012 - no cycle in April and started cycle May 1st. My dr nurse told me I am smack dab in the middle of Menopause..and I do feel it.
I am trying to hold off and not go on hrt but I need something. I take a small dose ativan to help me cope but when my hormones are all over the place even the ativan do not help. My dr did order hrt I am suppose to take it starting Sunday.. but not sure if I can. Its a low dose HRT. I may give it a try. Not sure though if it will help with all my muscle tightness - may help with tension which I guess will help the tightness.. I dunno.
All this crap is just a bit much to deal with. I tried different meds for the tightness, stiffness but so far nothing has helped much. Neurontin seem to make me feel tighter, baclofen wasn't for me. Ativan does ok on some days. I may give Zanaflex a try.
I PRAY THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE OUT THERE THAT CAN RELATE...
Ms. Jay
No hot flashes but muscles tension, tightness and stiffness. Tight, HARD tension knots in my neck. I know this can be from MS as well but there are soooo many women going through peri-menopause and menopause with the same issues. I don't hear a lot of people with MS complain of muscle tension.
I am still having a cycle - which makes my symptoms 3x worst around cycle time. My cycles are very irregular.. skipped a cycle Dec 2011, Jan and Feb - had a cycle in March 2012 - no cycle in April and started cycle May 1st. My dr nurse told me I am smack dab in the middle of Menopause..and I do feel it.
I am trying to hold off and not go on hrt but I need something. I take a small dose ativan to help me cope but when my hormones are all over the place even the ativan do not help. My dr did order hrt I am suppose to take it starting Sunday.. but not sure if I can. Its a low dose HRT. I may give it a try. Not sure though if it will help with all my muscle tightness - may help with tension which I guess will help the tightness.. I dunno.
All this crap is just a bit much to deal with. I tried different meds for the tightness, stiffness but so far nothing has helped much. Neurontin seem to make me feel tighter, baclofen wasn't for me. Ativan does ok on some days. I may give Zanaflex a try.
I PRAY THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE OUT THERE THAT CAN RELATE...
Ms. Jay
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