hello! i turned 31 this year and today during lunch, something happened that had never happened. I was eating and then began feeling very strange. I felt dizzy and hot. So hot in fact that i started sweating profusely, my back and hair were wet!. Now i have been taking antobiotics because i had bronchitis, but i have been on them for five days, and have not had that type of reaction. Any chance that it could be menopause? I did begin menstruating when i was nine. Any thoughts? weird.......
No, I don't believe so. This has to do with what ails you. Bronchitis is a bear and antibiotics are hard on the body. I'd go back to the doctor if you have another bout of dizziness, if I were you.
Dawn
Sounds like the hot flashes I had when my thyroid was off kilter. It's prob. the antibiotics messing with your hormones. If it continues get you thyroid checked. Hot flashes suck!
I'm 48 and I've had some sweating at night, but never like what you've described. Actually other than a Swiss cheese brain--no symptoms yet for me.
I would tend to think it has more to do with your body fighting infection, but I'm not a doctor.
Even if it's been 5 days, antibiotics can have major effects on your hormones. This is why they always tell you to use a back up method of BC if you are on the pill. Contact your doctor to see if they want to do a hormone check, but I would just think it's the meds.
What you had is very likely Reactive Hypoglycemia. This can occur during a meal. The sweating and dizzyness are caused by high amounts of adrenaline being released- adrenaline is the backup mechanism your body uses to get sugars up when it feels like the blood sugar levels are off. The adrenaline also causes increased blood pressure and heart rate, this will make you feel warmer. Reactive hypoglycemia is a symptom of someone who has an underlying adrenal disorder. The adrenal hormone cortisol controls blood sugar just right under normal cercumstances, but if the the cortisol becomes high , diabetes/reactive hypoglycemai will occur. If the cortisol from the gland is low, hypoglycemia will occur. the fact that you started menses so early cleary shows that you have adrenal issues since those hormones are regulated by the HPA axis.
A saliva cortisol test will show low adrenal problems, a morning blood cortisol test can be used to detect high cortisol.
Asthma and bronchitis, and chronic or recurring lung issues, and air hunger, are also indicative of adrenal disease.
Antibiotics wreak havvoc on adrenals in general, but, they do cause yeast metabolites to grow- which is one cause of hypoglycemia.
You're 31. You're nowhere NEAR menopausal!
I'm 51 and have never had a "hotflash" that intense, never dizzy or sweating. There was no "sudden onset" of peri-menopause, at least in my case, just gradual changes. Other things can cause reactions like that - sickness, medication, low blood sugar, high blood pressure, stress, etc. If you are concerned, I would suggest talking with your doctor.
Sounds like a hotflash but 31 is pretty young. Hormones can play tricks on us once in awhile. Hopefully you are NOT starting already but that definitely is what a hotflash feels like. It starts from the inside out and are a pain in the neck to say the least :)
Some women do start perimenopause pretty early, I'm sure you'll hear of some other gals on here that have started that young. It's not the norm tho, so it might have been something else, just a glitch hopefully, gone as quickly as it came.
When I started mine I was about 50, and would have them off and on during the day, maybe one per hour and then more often at night the minute you lay down and get comfy in bed, it really puts a damper on your sleep pattern.
