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[Baby]

Hello everyone. It just seems endless trying to sort my body out with HRT. I am 52 and just about menopause stage. Tried many things and am currently starting my 4th month of gel and utro. Using it to have a bleed every month. The first two months I had very little actual blood but the last one although not heavy had more red blood. I have worked up to 3 to 4 pumps a day. It has took away aches brain fog but some days the anxiety is really low other days it is terrible. For example on Sunday I felt jittery all day then at 8.30pm it just kind of lifted and I falsely well, but I keep a diary and there is no pattern to anything. One day I feel like I can cope another day I am on my knees. Am using a lorazepam to sleep at night. Even if I feel relaxed when I go to bed I cant sleep without taking anything. Tried melatonin but doesnt help.still have mood swings. It just seems never ending. Do you think testosterone might help with mood at all. Always had anxiety but I feel like I am not me. By the way cold showers seem to help.x

[Baby]

Oh sorry I've posted in the wrong place. Dont now how to move it.

[CLKD]

Stay put it's OK!  >wave<

The body doesn't get where it is suddenly unless one has had hysterectomy.  So it may take a while for the body to take up HRT - do you keep a mood/symptom/food diary to chart progress.  Lack of sustenance can cause the jitters.

Is your GP aware that you use lorazepam at night?  I have it as an emergency anti-anxiety drug, which works: either knocks me out so that I sleep for hours or enables me to cope.  I think it's 1 .......

Maybe put your medication into the search box and see what pops up?  Make notes ;-)

[sheila99]

Your symptoms could be because you're now on too much oestrogen. There does seem to be a time lag while the oestrogen levels build up which is why they suggest staying on any regime for 3 months before making changes. Testosterone helped my low mood, lethargy, libido and muscle tone but not mood swings. If you don't have low libido (mine was zero) they're unlikely to give you testosterone.

[Baby]

Absolutely no sex drive at all. Two years ago I couldn't get enough

[Baby]

I feel absolutely worthless. I now logically that I am not. I have a good family but i just feel so sad and cry all the time. I now i need to see a psychiatrist.  Dont want to feel like this.

[CLKD]

HORMONES!  Make a list every evening and tick off chores the next day so that you see what you do achieve.  Anything not done goes onto the next list.  It made a difference to me.

You are not worthless.  We are all at 6s and 7s due to various issues ...... share with your family, delegate chores and print off 'hints for husbands'? 

[sheila99]

 
I would ask for a referral to a menopause clinic. You'll need this anyway to get testosterone and they can advise you about your oestrogen dose. Are anxiety and insomnia meno symptoms or did you have them before? They were my worst symptoms and they both took 3 months to go so perhaps you need a little more time. Feeling worthless and getting upset are classic meno symptoms. If your psychological issues existed before meno then hrt may not help so much. Some women need ADs as well as hrt.

[CLKD]

 

[Bring me Sunshine]

Baby

You are not worthless it is just the hormone imbalance is making you feel that way.  I am in exactly the same boat, hopeless, worthless, better off without me friends and family it is truly a shitty time the menopause.  I currently am 3 weeks on testosterone to try and help lift the mood alongside that im on 100mg estradot(doubt I will be able to get any more so will move to oestrogel) (approx 2 months) after not absorbing on gel anymore. I also started sertraline 7 weeks ago so they have thrown the lot at me and I wait and hope for "me" to come back and I am so scared I wont.  So all I can say to you is that what you are feeling is normal you dont need a psychiatrist.  They sent me to one 3 years ago when I first started this journey me and him had nothing to say to each other it was all hormonal.  Once the hrt oestrogen levels kicked in i was well and stayed well for almost 2 years till this fluctuation that I never realised would happen but they do and its trial and error but WE WILL get there it just takes a bit of tweaking and waiting.  Good LUck!!

[Baby]

Had a telephone appointment today. He has given me quetiapine antidepressant to try and help.dont now what to do.

[Bring me Sunshine]

Hi Baby

i didnt want to ignore your question  but sadly I have no experience of quietiapine.  I nearly went on in though.  Back in 2017 when the pshychiatrist had tried me on every anti depressant known to man/woman he wanted me to go on a trial whereby I would either take quietiapine or lithium.  As it happened my 3mg elleste hrt kicked in before I got to that stage and I didnt need it.  The advice to go and see a menopause specialist is good advice.  I am hoping the addition of testostrone into my cocktail of drugs will help........its a waiting game.  Good Luck with your journey you are not alone.

[CLKD]

U seem to have several threads so some of our responses are getting lost  ....... maybe update on 1 thread ?  It's easy to confuse menopause ladies