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[babyjane]

I am not interested in whether I would/would not have done better if I had persevered with HRT in the beginning.  I know that my low dose SSRI (also escitalopram, Nell, as it is gentler and better tolerated than Citalopram) has not removed my anxiety but has made it manageable and I am in a better place than I was before it.  I am 60 years old and in the past week I have been found to have an age related eye condition and pre diabetes.  None of us know how long or how short our remaining time will be and it is about quality of life in the here and now for that time, not what we should or should not be taking.

If it works/helps then go for it.

[Clare11]

Hi,
Have to say i think AD's are a good thing, with or without HRT. I was definitely on the fence with HRT or AD's and​ chose AD's. I am very happy with the choice i have made. And as CLKD has said there has been a big improvement with AD's over the years. I think you have to make your own choice but i can say they do seem to be working for me, the only thing they have not done is stop my hot flushes at night but they aren't that bad.
x

[lollipop]

Hi Clare glad they are working for you,I said it would take time  :)it's like a new lease of life when you ain't worrying about heart attacks,brain tumours etc etc we are still only young n got loads left in us lol sit back n enjoy xx

[Clare11]

Hi Lollipop,
How right you are. Within 2 months there has been a big improvement, the OH has noticed too. I can now seem to breath and i don't seem to blow things out of proportion.
Hope all is well with you too.
x

[dazned]

glad  you are more settled now 

[CLKD]

What has been suggested in order to maintain the density?  Is she able to exercise for example? 

[CLKD]

I didn't read the question ......... did she present with depression as well?  Perhaps she could ring to ask why as we don't always take in what is suggested 

[CLKD]

How is she coping with the AD?  It's surprising what other conditions medications can help with, that they haven't been designed for 

[lollipop]

Hi Clare all good here thanks,glad you are keeping your other half happy cuz it helps if they ain't moaning lol,you might find in time you can wean off them but now the sun is shing we all feel a lot better,still looking at holidays victor meldrew ain't having non of it lolxx

[Clare11]

Hello, in reply to Stellajane, i discussed HRT with the doctor. I have also been on a CBT course. Sweats are reducing. The reason for going down the AD route even though very in the Menopause is over the last 2 years, mum passed away and then had a serious diving bend. So became very anxious and afraid of diving and connected it with death. Maybe because​ Mum had died and had slightly elevated blood pressure. It all got too much and when it was thought i may i had another Diving bend it got all too much.
The doctor and i discussed this very lengthy and i decided on AD with her support as it would help me quickly and due to not suffering that much with other symptoms.
We are all different. I now can do nearly everything like before and still doing CBT. It sort of helps.
Lollipop, keep working on him for a holiday 😎 . As you say the sun helps so very much.
xx

[CLKD]

What's a diving bend? 

[Clare11]

It's when you get a nitrogen bubble in your blood. I had one in the ear which makes you very very dizzy and sick. I had to book into o recompression chamber for 7 hours and then had another treatment the next day for 2 hours. In the chamber they take you down to a certain depth, say 18 meters for so long and then bring you back up slowly. I had a nurse with me all the time, a nurse who understands recompression treatment. Second time similar treatment due to ringing in the ears after diving, due to last bend being in the ears they wanted make sure. I have now been advised to only do warm water diving. Thing is still have ringing in the ears 😁😁 now think that is due to this wonderful thing we go through, the Menopause 😋
Sorry gone on a bit.

[CLKD]

Aaah, you 'dive'  ..... as in deep water rather than scuba?  Certainly if a person has more than 2 'issues' when coming up to the surface it is advised to avoid deep diving in future.  Another thread ? - what did you see 

[Clare11]

I have been very lucky. I have seen turtles, mantas, dolphins, sharks, whaleshark, seahorses, eagle rays, rays, tarpons, octypus, stone fish and so many many other fish along with some magnificent corals.
And i intend to carry on seeing all this but at far shallower depths.
It's a beautiful world there.

[CLKD]

How brave!  I can't abide octopus, they send me scurrying away - like spiders do for many.  I have to make myself stand in aquariums to watch them as I know that they are intelligent.  There's a photo of a man with one clutched to his shoulders as he emerges from water    .....

We have a holiday thread - do let us know when you are off diving again ;-)