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suzieQ:
Hello ladies, I have not posted on here for a long ime, but i replied to a comment on the " poor sleeping" personal experiences page the other night, and one of the ladies suggested I should start a new thread here so that more ladies would see it. So here I am... I am really just wanting to encourage everyone who is still battling with all the many distressing meno symptoms and feeling that they will never be themselves again. I am now well over 60 and have been increasingly myself again for about 3 years - since I came off HRT my symptoms have gradually faded until now I am happy, balanced, weight-stable, active and - best of all for me- sleeping normally! I even have a pretty good  sex life with hubby again! I had the worst time with poor sleep - actually virtually no sleep - and I was in a bad way for a long time. I tried everything and though HRT was good for me in many ways, the sleep issue proved the hardest nut To crack. I tried the amitryptiline thing ( put me in hospital with atrial fibrilation- it is a well known trigger fir thst accirding to my cardiologist) so ended up using zopiclone on a regular basis in the end ( after I stopped HRT) but only ever took a sliver of a 5mg tablet. I am glad to say I was able to sleep more and more normally without and I have not had to take one for well over a year now. My sleep is now as good as it ever was and I have a new lease of life. I also now don't waste time regretting all the time and life that the nasty menopause robbed me of- as I used to think. Looking back I Can see that, even though I could barely function some days when the sleep problem and palpitations, brain- fog and jittery ness were at worst, I did still do my job, take care of hubby and family needs, love my beautiful kids and grand kids and do a whole range of voluntary things in my community.....somehow! So now I look back and think - I came though it ! Hurrah! There was light at the end of the tunnel and I wish some- one had told me that when I was suffering so much! So I am telling you all that to encourage you! I have recently retired and am enjoying my new life of freedom and choice so much, with no regrets or bitterness about my meno experiences. You do come out the other side, you do forget and you do feel like you again and it's great! Love to you all and I pray you will soon be through it too x

Margarett:
What a lovely post suziQ, thanks for posting it! I too feel that I am gradually becoming normal again(although there are those that would dispute that I was ever normal!!!) I'm now 56 and a bit, and have been posting regularly on here for nearly 4 years. Like you, I think it was the lack of sleep which affected me most, apart from the heavy bleeding which I put up with for far longer than I should have. I've not taken HRT, but at my worst times, when I had other health problems going on, I took temazepam and even that didn't give me a good night's sleep. I hope you continue to feel good.
Bless you,
Margaret x

Bette:
Thank you, Suzie!  :thankyou:
Bette x

suzieQ:
Bless you both Margaret and Bette- I did hesitate to say anything in case it sounded a bit " I'm alright Jill" smug ... Not my style at all. I just wish I'd known back then that a day would come when I would be better than normal again and not obsessed with my heartbeats, or sweats, or lack of sleep ... Or what ever! Love to you both xx

Bette:
I just wish I'd known back then that a day would come when I would be better than normal again
That's why your post is so inspiring, Suzie. I think that most ladies "move on" from here once they're feeling better and that's great for them but it can give the impression that things never improve, when all the posts are about the struggles we have.
I've sometimes hesitated to post about my good progress in case it sounded a bit " I'm alright Jill" smug but have been assured by others here that reading positive posts can help just as much as those which reassure us by confirming that others are having the same problems as us.
Bette x

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