Dizziness and menopause

Dizziness can be a worrying symptom of the menopause

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It is not uncommon for most women to experience a turn of light-headedness during the menopause. This is due to changing hormone levels affecting our circulation. Recurring episodes of dizziness can become a problem. Here, our menopause expert Eileen Durward approaches the issue and offers a range of herbal alternatives to ease the symptom.

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An introduction to dizziness and menopause

During the menopause, women may experience brief, unexpected moments of dizziness, which can make them feel unsettled for a time, even after the sensation has eased. There are three types of sensation that can be experienced with dizziness: the feeling that everything is spinning or whirling; a feeling of loss of balance; or a feeling as if you are going to faint.

Dizziness may occur as a result of another menopause symptom such as anxiety or panic attacks. If suffering from these symptoms, breathing and heart rate levels become rapid and unsteady. This change in breathing can disturb the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain, causing dizziness.

Why does menopause cause dizziness?

The exact causes of dizziness, like so many menopause symptoms, are unclear. However, during the menopause, your body goes through huge hormonal changes. These can result in a variety of symptoms including dizziness.

Oestrogen and progesterone are the female hormones that change the most during the menopause, and are the reason behind most of the symptoms. As the levels of these hormones change they can have an effect on circulation and blood vessels, resulting in bouts of dizziness as blood pressure fluctuates.

There are other symptoms of the menopause that can also make a woman feel dizzy, including anxiety, hot flushes, stress or panic attacks. The root of these problems can usually be assigned to hormone fluctuations as well.

In some cases, dizziness may not be related to the menopause, but be triggered by another medical condition or health problem such as low blood sugar, low blood pressure, low iron levels, dehydration, viral infections or ear infections. If this is the case then you will need to seek medical advice to clear the problem.

What home remedies are there for dizziness?

It is worth trying these simple home remedies to see if these ease your symptoms:

Make sure that you are properly hydrated - drink about a litre and a half of water a day. Many people do not realise the importance of keeping hydrated. During the menopause, hormone fluctuations may change your body’s ability to retain water, so you may find yourself having to drink more water
Don’t stand up too quickly – jumping up or moving your head suddenly can lead to a bout of dizziness. If you take things gently for a while, you may find your symptoms easing
If you are anaemic then a natural iron tonic will be helpful
Some people have found relief from adding ginger to their diet to stimulate circulation.

If you still feel dizzy after implementing these home remedies, then it is worth seeking medical advice. Dizziness can be a serious condition, particularly if it doesn’t go away after a few days. Your doctor will be able to confirm if your dizziness is a symptom of the menopause, and may prescribe treatments specifically for dizziness, or hormone treatments, such as HRT. Before taking any medication you should discuss the side effects with your doctor to establish if it is the best treatment for you.

Are there herbal remedies to help me?

It is important to rule out other causes of dizziness and you may need to speak to your doctor in order to achieve this. If it has been established that your dizziness is related to the menopause, the first thing you could do is to use a supplement containing soy isoflavones which can help to stabilise your hormones.

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Frequent and heavy periods can lead to excessive blood loss and dizziness. If this is the case with you, speak to your doctor.

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Sam — 20.09.2017 10:20
Hi Im on 1mg elleste duet was feeling great then slowly while Im on my 3rd packet which is reaching my 3 months. My dizziness and lightheadness is staring to creep back in. Should I up to 2mg ? Has my body got used to 1mg or should I try something else. Please can you help as its really upsetting me and I cant go back to that awful place when menopause was taking over my life. Thank you Sam
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- eileen — 21.09.2017 12:23
  Hi Sam You would need to go and see your doctor about this as only they can advise you on how to go from here, we are not allowed to advise on prescribed drug use, sorry.
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Sam — 13.08.2017 14:39
Hi Im on elleste duet for menopause symptoms. My worst symptom is dizziness. Had all my bloods done all ok. Dr thinks the dizziness is caused with the menopause. I also have high BP and I am on Ramapril. Is there anything I can take with the hrt to help me with the dizziness please. Many thanks Sam
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- eileen — 14.08.2017 10:49
  Hi Sam Hopefully the tips above will help with your dizziness but you could try the Menopause Support as well, this is fine with HRT, although it could take about 4 weeks to start showing benefit.
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- Sam — 14.08.2017 15:48
  Hi if the menopause will help with the dizziness then I would definately like to try them please
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- eileen — 15.08.2017 14:08
  Hi Sam You can apply for a free pack www.avogel.co.uk/join
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- Sam — 18.08.2017 05:33
  Hi I have applied for the free pack thank you so much. Has this tablet helped people with the dizziness before ? Thank you Sam
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- Eileen — 18.08.2017 07:33
  Hi Sam it does help some people. Every one is different!
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- Sam — 19.08.2017 18:09
  Hi Eileen I have received my menopause support and started taking the tablets as you said they were ok to take with HRT Elleste duet. I also read that you need to take B12 vitamins . Can I also take feroglobin capsules. I suffer with the lightheadness and dizziness mostly thank you sam
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- eileen — 22.08.2017 10:22
  HI Sam B12 is best taken as part of a vitamin B Complex unless you have been diagnosed with B12 deficiency by your doctor. If you have had a few heavy periods then a short course of Feroglobin should be fine
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June — 09.08.2017 12:52
I get hot and sweaty and dizziness, it's like my sugar levels have dropped as I want something sweet, this seems to help the symptoms subside. I am 48. Any ideas
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- eileen — 10.08.2017 08:48
  Hi June It is more than likely that this blood sugar yo-yo effect is actually triggering the sweating and dizziness and this is really common in the menopause. The falling hormones can affect your blood sugar control and this can become unbalanced very quickly. Unfortunately, sugar is the worst thing for helping this - having something sweet will make you feel better quickly as it raises up your blood sugar levels but afterwards there will be a swift 'crash' making you feel worse so you have more sugar foods and this can keep repeating. The best thing to do is eat little and often but have protein/fat foods as these will keep your blood sugars stable. Foods such as nuts, seeds, full fat plain yogurt (no sugar!), oatcakes and cheese etc make for good, healthy snacks that will not trigger this response.
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