Saturday December 16, 2023 | The very start of menopause

I am in the very start of menopause. Yesterday I had my very first hot flash twice on Friday December 15.  One at Old Navy store in the mall and one at home. In Old Navy I thought I was having a panic attack because I thought I was going to literally die! Ugh! Could it have been both?  Plus I am having FULL BODY PAIN from head all the way down to my toes. EVERY SQUARE INCH OF MY MUSCLES ARE HURTING! Plus I get to doing something and I forget to eat and I crave carbs when I should be cutting them out.  Should I be cutting out carbs?  Carbs turn into sugar in your body. Even my hands and my feet hurt. My thighs. My arms. My neck. You name it---it hurts there. I still think it is muscle tension from my selective mutism. I heard from anxietycentre.com that if you have an anxiety disorder and a woman in menopause, it will be 10 times worse. Is that really true? The muscles hurting is almost like I have been working out for about 2 weeks with out any rest days. Ugh 😩