Dangermouse, when you say physical anxiety what do you mean? Anxiety is basically another word for fear and it's both mental and phhsical, i.e. the classic butterflies in the stonach because one might think of an unpleasant situarion. But sometimes, I find that the physical sensation comes first and wiith or without the troubling thoughts. Very strange.
So do you feel that things have improved for you? I think you might have mentioned it before but are you on HRT? For me I sort of get phases. I tend to get more affected during spring/summer. Things started to go wrong for me in the spring/summer of 2018, when I started experiencing moderate to severe dizziness on a frequent basis. I think I was in late perimenopause back then. I was so worried about my health that I had all the test under the sun to rule out any medical conditions but evrything was fine. I still get dizzy occasionally but it's not as bad as before. Occasionally, I have periods where I feel completely fine and and not worry about a single thing but it doesn't last and it reverts back to anxious moments. I really do hope that the further I am in postmeno, the more I will improve psychologically. As for HRT, I've never been on it. Even if I was I would never get back the same levels of oestrogen I once had when I was still in my reproductive years. High levels of oestrogen can never be regained after the menopause, even with HRT. Would it be too dangerous to replace all the oestrogen via HRT? What is the maximum level one can have?