Menopause and running

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early bird Jun 2019 6:27am, 13 Jun 2019 12,475 posts	0 early bird I use an app called period tracker through playstore. You can symptoms for everyday and it's helped me keep a record of everything. For example last month I had 5 days of spotting with two of those including bloating and cramps (you can even put the intensity down) followed by a 3 day period and another 3 days after that of spotting. You can add a lot more symptoms different symptoms from acne to joint pain as well as the usual. There's a notes section for each day to free write anything and there's a mood section too. (which you can also add to) If you feel the need to add weight, water steps etc you can. Obviously some of the things are behind a paywall but I'm just using the free version as it does enough for what I want. It predicts period lengths 🤣 for you too.
DocMoye Jun 2019 7:05am, 13 Jun 2019 28,622 posts	0 DocMoye I don't worry about libido, as that it is hubby who is the rate limiting step
KatieB Jun 2019 7:09am, 13 Jun 2019 7,550 posts	0 KatieB You can add loads of symptoms on the app I have and you change the cycle length for each individual month as you go along.
PaulaMc Jun 2019 7:59am, 13 Jun 2019 8,250 posts	0 PaulaMc My garmin app has quite a few categories as well, I can log plenty of symptoms
Wine Legs Jun 2019 8:15am, 13 Jun 2019 4,811 posts	0 Wine Legs By turning on the menopause/perimenopause setting on Garmin, it's added in a bunch more symptoms, one of which I wanted to add to the list. I can't figure out how to add my own extras though.
Silvershadow Jun 2019 11:58am, 13 Jun 2019 1,304 posts	0 Silvershadow Beyond this thread now but I used to add symptoms and dates in Fetch’s user defined fields.
The Scribbler Jun 2019 4:24pm, 14 Jun 2019 4,396 posts	0 The Scribbler I could probably do with tracking how I get on with the change in pattern taking the combi pill Rigivedon as HRT. I'll be taking my first back to back pack next week. I've had some weird energy troughs this week, but was putting it down to poor food choices (grab and go on the run and too much sugar). I haven't run or done any training since Sunday's race, and was feeling really stir crazy, so I did early yoga this morning and felt so much better. But since then I've had stomach cramps and an upset tummy, so I reckon I've been harbouring a bit of a bug.
beebop Jun 2019 10:30pm, 14 Jun 2019 1,405 posts	0 beebop I had a few unpleasant night sweats a couple of years ago, but the main symptoms now are very poor memory and general irritability. No idea where I am in the process, and not sure what I should be doing. The memory is getting really irritating, which is symptoms squared, perhaps. 🤔
Lip Gloss Jun 2019 10:39pm, 14 Jun 2019 34,474 posts	0 Lip Gloss I could have written that last post...my memory and especially for names is shockingly embarrassing
northernslowcoach Jun 2019 10:40pm, 14 Jun 2019 15,466 posts	0 northernslowcoach Me too I have to write list upon list upon list