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[Nik2502]

Afternoon ladies

I’ve been pretty good for a year or now but I’ve crashed. I can’t stop crying, am anxious, intrusive thoughts, feel sick all the time.
Saw GP who didn’t really say or do anything apart from mention changing antidepressants (I’ve been on mine for 18 years but I actually needed HRT).
I feel like I’m going insane.
I’m currently on 150 patch (I’m not a great absorber) and Provera. Oestrogen level 357 last week.
Not sure if it’s too much oestrogen or not enough?
I really don’t know where to turn or what to do. Was previously under Newson but I just can’t afford it now due to change of jobs.

Thanks for listening.
Nik x

[Dawn3129]

Afternoon ladies

I’ve been pretty good for a year or now but I’ve crashed. I can’t stop crying, am anxious, intrusive thoughts, feel sick all the time.
Saw GP who didn’t really say or do anything apart from mention changing antidepressants (I’ve been on mine for 18 years but I actually needed HRT).
I feel like I’m going insane.
I’m currently on 150 patch (I’m not a great absorber) and Provera. Oestrogen level 357 last week.
Not sure if it’s too much oestrogen or not enough?
I really don’t know where to turn or what to do. Was previously under Newson but I just can’t afford it now due to change of jobs.

Thanks for listening.
Nik x

It's horrible. I'm on fluoxetine and previously duloxetine and my anxiety and intrusive thoughts are still bad. What anxiety med are you on? I have never felt so weird until peri x

[RebJT]

Hey

Bless you, how old are you?  Are you post meno? 

You are not losing your mind, I promise!

x

[Nik2502]

Afternoon ladies

I’ve been pretty good for a year or now but I’ve crashed. I can’t stop crying, am anxious, intrusive thoughts, feel sick all the time.
Saw GP who didn’t really say or do anything apart from mention changing antidepressants (I’ve been on mine for 18 years but I actually needed HRT).
I feel like I’m going insane.
I’m currently on 150 patch (I’m not a great absorber) and Provera. Oestrogen level 357 last week.
Not sure if it’s too much oestrogen or not enough?
I really don’t know where to turn or what to do. Was previously under Newson but I just can’t afford it now due to change of jobs.

Thanks for listening.
Nik x

It's horrible. I'm on fluoxetine and previously duloxetine and my anxiety and intrusive thoughts are still bad. What anxiety med are you on? I have never felt so weird until peri x

Hi dawn
I’m on venlafaxine. The intrusive thoughts really frighten me. Sometimes I can rationalise them but sometimes, like today, I just can’t.
I feel like a different person.

X

[Nik2502]

Hey

Bless you, how old are you?  Are you post meno? 

You are not losing your mind, I promise!

x

Hi

I’m 54 - probably post meno but been on HRT for 14 years now so not sure!

I just feel like im really losing the plot. I just can’t think straight. Or rationally.

Thank you for the reassurance x

[CLKD]

Your GP can refer you to a dedicated menopause clinic - I suggest that U read the websites of your local hospitals to C if there is one close by.  Ask how long the waiting list might be.

[Christine79]

I can totally sympathise with you. I was on HRT for a nearly a year with a couple of tweaks and increases of dosage but my anxiety and mood got worse. I have ended up taking an ssri as well as my HRT which has taken the edge of the anxiety but still not able to function to level I did so slowly increasing my dose.

[Nik2502]

Your GP can refer you to a dedicated menopause clinic - I suggest that U read the websites of your local hospitals to C if there is one close by.  Ask how long the waiting list might be.

Hi

I’ve been seen by them twice. Basically told to go away and lose weight. No better than my GP x

[CLKD]

Does extra weight impact on hormones at 'our age'?

Anxiety can be eased by appropriate anti-anxiety treatment, ADs aren't always the correct meds.. 

[Nik2502]

Weight isn’t a reason to not prescribe HRT. However the consultant who runs the clinic won’t prescribe to overweight women.
I do have propranolol which is great for taking the physical anxiety away but not the mental distress.

I’m on venlafaxine and I can’t get off it. The withdrawal is horrific.

[CLKD]

Why do U want to discontinue it?   It took me 9 weeks to get off that, with graduated withdrawal. Once I realised that the kick-back anxiety didn't last more than 36 hours I was more relaxed.  It wasn't easy, my brain kept asking 'what if I can't tolerate the withdrawal feelings ...... '.  Because it was physical.  But I did get off with GP support.

Does the Consultant offer a dietician [sorry if I've asked previously  ].  Although it does seem that medics no longer have joined up thinking. 

[Nik2502]

I’m not clinically depressed. My mental health issues are hormonal. Had an ectopic pregnancy and early menopause at 34 but was told I was too young.
Antidepressants didn’t help because my body needed hormones.
The withdrawal symptoms for me are horrific. Brain zaps, seizures, intensive body pain and vomiting.

I don’t want to see a dietician. I’m quite  capable of taking care of my own body. I’m not diabetic, don’t have high BP, cholesterol or any other weight related issues. I work in a physical job six days a week.

They dish out other drugs like antidepressants without taking weight into consideration!  Why should I be left to suffer because I’m fat?

[CLKD]

I get brain zaps too, difficult to explain to any1.  Fortunately I've never gained weight on ADs or anti-anxiety medications. 

[Nik2502]

I’ve always been big. It’s not since menopause. It’s just me.

[CLKD]

Morning.  My husband's family are 'big boned', plus all being on the large side 

Do U have a Plan?