Hi Melism, Welcome to the forum, sorry to hear your going through all this especially after having a new baba (congratulations!). I'm 41yr have had 3+ years of symptoms insomina, hot flushes/sweats, I could go on and on. Anyway after lots of investigations for rare/unusual things (meno discounted by professionals due to my age!!!
and normal blood results) this year diagnosed as peri menopausal. I have read up alot about it on this forum/website and others, rockmymenopause is also a good one (it has a symptom diary you can print off) helpful for yourself but also professionals. As of January I decided to reevaluate my lifestyle (overweight+), I had read that 75% of symptoms could be reduced by weight loss so I'm 2.5+ stone lighter (feeling much better but I couldn't say one individual thing made the difference, although HRT has made the biggest improvement for me & as CLKD says its a 'no brainer' or it was for me anyway re protecting your long term health when you are younger bone health & heart health). You could also look into any supplements you may feel would be beneficial but bare in mind whether you have any other medical conditions, take any medications or if you are breast feeding baby research it thoroughly. Lots of great advice on here from experienced/supportive ladies, make use of it, you can put a word in the search box & threads will come up in relation to specific topics. Have a look on your GP website if there is a GP who has a special interest in menopause or womens health, not guaranteed but more likely to get sense out of them. Also locally there may be a menopause group/clinic you could be referred to or self refer. I had one locally which was an amazing help. All the best & keep us up to date with how you are getting on. x
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