Sorry it's me again having a bad time of it I feel so so stressed and exhausted - just started estradot and Utrogestan yesterday hoping it will help but I'm nervous of side effects - had a few fainty feelings this week both on and off previous patches just feeling odd - I hà ve to snack
Regularly to stop me feeling worst and it's getting me down I'm
Piling on weight as too nervous to exercise to work it off worried about heart problems sorry for venting again x
Hi Karenja
It's ok to vent, especially if you feel it helps.
You're only very early on in your new hrt, so I would give that time to work.
A bit like me, I only started my new dose on monday last, so it's early in the game for me as well.
I don't worry about heart problems, but I do worry about my flat falling apart or fearing future inability to afford my flat.
My anxietys make me phone plumbers etc, rather than doctors, lol.
It's good that you realise your anxiety is controlling you, and it really does help when we get gripped by a worry, and we can say to ourselvs, "It's just down to excess anxiety I am suffering at the moment, I really can let this worrysome thought go".
I don't know about the fainty feelings, are they something that has just come with trying hrt?
Have you mentioned these fainty spells to the doctor?
Complex carbohydrates with low GI indexes can be sustaining and keep you going for longer than simple carbs.
Bananas are good for a quick energy boost between meals etc.
I think that fears of a heart attack are probably more common than most realise, but all we can do is keep our hearts as healthy as possible, and not spend time torturing ourselves about heart attacks we may or may not have in future, because when we get old, we don't want to look back at our lives, regretting losing so much time because we devoted it to worrying about a heart attack.
Being a worrier, I know it is easier said than done to not worry.
Also, the phrase "Don't worry" isnt useful, because it seems like telling someone not to think of pink elephants, as they will think about pink elephants.
Maybe, therefore, what could be best, would be to acknowledge the presence of a worry if it comes in our heads, but to realise it is down to our excess anxiety, and let it flow through our minds, like clouds through a sky, observing it, feelling it and being aware of it's presence, but not attaching ourselves to it in any way, not judging it.
