anxiety and early menopause?

i had posted on here a couple weeks ago about my new panic situation. to quickly recap, i was normal one day and the next I was overcame with panic and now I have a panic attack almost everyday. i've been to three different doctors and they've all said that i'm having anxiety. i've gotten an ekg to ease the fear that i'm having a heart attack and everything was working properly. my doctor gave me klonopin to take when the attack happens, and it works just fine, it just makes me tired. i'm also supposed to be taking celexa daily, but i haven't started it yet. I know that sounds silly, because it's what my doctor recommended, but i have anxiety about taking my anti-anxiety medication. the irony is not lost on me.

I finally got a chance to talk to my mother today about everything that has been happening lately. she's been out of the country for the past 6 months and it just didn't seem like the kind of thing I could explain in an email or text. she said that I might want to have my hormone levels checked. she told me that she started menopause at 36, and her mother started earlier than that. I'm 31.

Does anyone out there know anything about this or know anyone who has had similar symptoms that turned out to be early menopause?

thank you so much.

Hi I can't comment on the menopause thing cause I am a guy. Just wanted to let u know that having anxiety over taking anxiety meds happens to me too, up til now 2 and a half yrs after being put on meds. Am on SSRI and Xanax as needed, it is taking d xanax that sometimes makes me anxious probably because i dont take it regularly and taking it has an instant noticeable effect and you know us people predisposed to PAD, we always expect the worst. For the most part I've always felt better after taking it. Hope things get better for u.

Gizzy, I am proud of you!
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Definitely it can cause anxiety. I am also a candidate of early menopause (38 here) considering how my mom had it at 40 and her mom also.

It wouldn't hurt to listen to your mom and have your hormone levels checked :) Then at least you can take action with the guidance of your dr. There are many supplements one can use during menopause, so it's not much of a worry. Keep it calm, everything will be alright <3

Well, it hasn't been confirmed, but my problems really started about a year and a half ago when I was 37, a few months shy of 38. It was horrible. One day I was sitting at work and out of no where I had this feeling of dread and panic come over me. I couldn't think. People were talking to me and I had to get up and walk outside. I was so scared. I thought I was having a heart attack. Then it went away. After that, I continued to have panic attacks off and on, had severe anxiety, sensitivity to any kind of stress, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, brain fog. I thought for sure something had to be wrong with me. After all sorts of tests, ekgs, ER, holter monitor, cardiac echo. Nothing was wrong. I eventually went to a naturopath. I was desperate. As someone who is studying to be a doctor, this was way outside of my comfort zone. I ended up with a supplement that, that I later found out from an MD that specializes in alternative medicine, balances out hormones. Interestingly, it has helped a lot.

I've always had anxiety and some health anxiety, but nothing like it has been the last few years. It's never been all consuming and debilitating to the degree it has been.

Long story short, I think there is something to this being connected to peri-menopause. SC, it is interesting that you said that is the worst time.

I'd get your hormone levels checked. Please let us know what you find out. Wishing you the best. I know how hard this is.