I have an appointment with a new female GP in the practice on Wednesday and I have just printed off the menopause scoresheet from the green menu to give her an idea of what symptoms I am still having and what is bothering me. I scored high on the Psychological but lower on the physical (my flushes and sweats and insomnia are much milder than they were 5 years ago) but I didn't have so many psychological symptoms then.
Of course, at 58 it might not even be menopause related as I am having some personal problems and am looking into going back into therapy for a while but I am rather scared of anti depressants. I was also diagnosed with ME/CFS in 2004 and have Hashimoto's which was unstable at the beginning of the year so there are a lot of physical, hormonal and psychological issues swirling around and getting mixed up with each other.
I am hoping that a new youngish female doctor might help me look at things with fresh eyes as I have known my other lady GP almost all her life and she knows me probably a bit too well.
Are there any other ladies who considered HRT well into post menopause because they got to the point they had had enough? And are Anti Depressants as scary as they seem. Most of the ones I have looked at list suicidal thoughts in the side effects which seems rather like a backward step
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Also are there any ladies with underactive thyroid/Hashimotos who have changed from synthetic thyroxine to Natural Dessicated thyroid hormone?
Thanks for any input/opinions