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[sooper_cooper]

Hi, after having months of on and off nausea and varying levels of HRT, I finally decided to stop taking it all and see how I am.
My drs has just told me my hormone levels put me in the post menopause stage.
What does this mean? I am Getting hot flushes and Stil getting morning anxiety nausea.

[CLKD]

When was your last bleed?

Peri-menopause are the years leading up to the last period = menopause.  Periods may wax and wane for several years, we are advised to be 12 months without any bleeding however: Nature sometimes throws in a late period so we have to begin counting : all over again 

Remind me: which HRT regime have U been using and did U get any relief of symptoms at all?

Some find that keeping a mood/food/symptom diary of use - I may have said elsewhere  .

How do the flushes affect you and R U taking anything for the anxiety surges?  My GP prescribed Propranolol to ease early morning surges.

[bombsh3ll]

Postmenopause just means that you are no longer ovulating as your ovaries have run out of eggs, and consequently your estrogen levels will be very low, hence the hot flushes and mood symptoms.

It is usually a clinical diagnosis when someone has been 12 months without menstruation (and no other reason such as birth control) but can also be confirmed by blood FSH levels above that particular laboratory's threshold.

Some symptoms of menopause improve over time - untreated vasomotor symptoms are often cited as lasting around 7 years on average, however others such as genitourinary atrophy and loss of bone mineral density are progressive.

If the hormone therapy you have tried led to nausea, you could try a non oral route eg patches or gel if you haven't already.