Hi Lesley49
Many women only begin to suffer anxiety and low mood during peri-menopause and post-menopause and maybe your father's illness triggered it, combined with low hormones.
I agree with Taz that it could well be the norethisterone in the Kliovance causing the anxiety - or making you feel worse than you would expect to feel due to your circumstances.
If it is the side effects of the HRT - then you should not have been prescribed anti-depressants to take away problems caused by the HRT!!!! Low-grade "progestogenic side effects" are very common amongst women who take continuous combined HRT in post-menopause. As you (presumably) had not taken HRT before then getting used to the oestrogen and the synthetic progestogen is more difficult.
Many of us on here prefer to take HRT on a cycle well into post-menopause ( including me at 63!) because we don;t want to have these side effects all the time. The downside of course is having a bleed which is a pain - but for those of us who have oited to do this is the lesser of two evils.
I agree with Taz (I think she said this - on the other page - can't see it now!), that Femoston is better tolerated and ideally Femoston 1/10 to start with - but you will get a withdrawal bleed. You could just try Femoston conti (1/5 low dose - not ultra-low) and see how you feel. Ideally if it is due to your hormones and side effects from the HRT - you want to try to wean off the ADs if you can. Of course it may well be due to your life circumstances that you describe but do try to settle onto the right HRT first. Some women get anxiety at this point in life despite HRT so could be an age thing?
Hope this helps
Hurdity x
