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Menopause help - I feel like I'm going crazy
50 & Over Community / by helloNorth6450
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 February 5th, 2021
...See more Please help. I am having some awful menopause symptoms. I feel like I am on a roller coaster of ups and downs. I went to my nieces wedding last week and felt anxiety, lonliness, couldn't stop crying, sad, angry, and so many other things but I didn't know why. I was exhausted from traveling there and everything hit me at once. Then the next few days instead of spending it with my family, I was in bed. Exhausted and very sick as I get everytime I go through this. My sister became very angry with me and accused me of drinking too much and spending the next few days in withdrawl instead of being with her and our family. But, that wasn't what happened. I experienced one of my worst episodes (that I go through every month) than I have ever experienced. Then I started after three days to have extreme anxiety and it ended with a major panic attack. I was so afraid and just wanted to go home. I was 22 hours drive from home. I just wanted to go home and couldn't think. I had major brain fog and paranoia and just couldn't think straight. After I finally did get home she wrote me a scathing email accusing me of being a mess and going through detox and insisted I get help. She told me I embarressed her by crying at the wedding, not being social and not coming to her house after the wedding to see her family. I don't know why I couldn't stop crying - everything was making me cry. I didn't want to be social because I felt so horrible. I lay on my bed and just couldn't get up. I wasn't depressed, I just felt awful - like I was dying. She should understand this because I have told her how bad it is for me before. But she is so angry with me and just accusing me of being so awful. I don't know what to do. I am so upset over this. I did have a few drinks at the wedding but I wasn't drunk. They weren't strong drinks but she just assumed my behavior of being anti social and crying was from that. I just felt so unwell. Any advice I would really appreciate it.
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