Just a couple of things from looking at all the posts. Its a bit late in the day but welcome Boombod! If you are peri then checking levels of hormones doesn't really work. GP's usually do it once to see if they are low and then say "menopause" cos it rules out other things but you still have your own hormones flitting in and out under your own cycle which means its very hard to measure them again at any given time. This also can cause a bit of erratic bleeding.
No one size fits everyone - just give it a go and keep trying till you find one that suits. Took me 2 years! and now I have been on the right thing for 8 months but it took nearly 5 for everything to settle. So patience can be the name of the game but you could be lucky and get it first off - I do hope so. The other ladies are right, we are all so different what works for one won't work for another!
See the blood pressure I have a bit of a theory about that. I have been on blood pressure medication for 10 years but when I think back it started when I was in peri and I had ridiculous anxiety, I mean, nearly psychotic at times! But since I have been on the right hrt, nearly all my meno symptoms have gone or are hardly any bother and there have been occasions when I have forgotten my blood pressure meds and been to the GP and they've taken my blood pressure and its normal! How does that work, well, I reckon my body spent so much time in a state of panic it was putting my blood pressure up. I now get a little lightheaded sometimes when I do remember to take my BP meds and that could be because they are lowering a bit too much. Anyway that's my theory - if you live 7 years in one great big panic attack you are bound to have high blood pressure!
