Hi everyone,
After a month of feeling almost completely well
...free from anxiety etc ( I am on oestradot patch only) I became ill with a virus caught from the grandchildren with nausea and fevers. Since coming down with the virus all of my anxiety has resurfaced and is much worse.
We spent what should have been a lovely few days relaxing by the sea and I was so anxious I spoiled it for my husband. The elderly lady who ran the B and B where we stayed told me she had the same thing when she was my age and the hospital gave her an "injection of hormones in the bottom" and she was cured for life! Ha ha. Comments anyone? Has age perhaps fuddled her memory or was there a wonderful cure back then?
The GP put me on escitalopram 2 days ago and I cannot tolerate it at all...agitated to the extreme,clenching my limbs (like restless leg syndrome but much worse) diarrhoea and vomiting and I feel so bad. Everyone says the AD's take a while to work and you may feel worse before you feel better but I can't go on feeling this bad! I was better off without the AD's.
I have always been very sensitive to medication (2 paracetamol put me to sleep) and the doses of AD's I have tried have been very small indeed. (Have tried seroquel and cymbalta with awful side effects too).
Has anyone else found that becoming ill with a virus exacerbates the anxiety of menopause? Could it really have sent me back to square one?
I really think I will have to just tough it out and get through this without medication. i will stay on the HRT but am now too afraid to try another AD. I have never been depressed in my life but GP says the anti depressant drugs work for anxiety too...does this seem weird?
All comment welcome. Best wishes to all you beautiful ladies who are so supportive of everyone!