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[Ayesha]

Yes, mainly hot flushes but not as severe as before, they lasted a lot less than previously and were not as exhausting.
As time went on I became to realise that this was just another phase I was going through and it eventually passed, the only symptom that was never going to pass was GSM but that's now sorted with treatment.

[debbyx]

Hi Sue

I am the same as you and the same age  my symptoms are worse now than they have ever been , I could have written your post. I wake up each morning and cry because I don’t know how I am going to get through another day. All my energy has gone my legs feel like they won’t hold me up, but I do somehow get through each day but I want to be me again not this crying wreck that I have turned into to . I feel i am ten times worse in the hot weather .  No one seems to understand and that’s why I come on to the forum , more and more just recently so we can all support each other.   

[Sue1]

Hi so sorry you are feeling like this too.it feels never ending Though hot weather makes it even worse .I’m not on HRT.Are you?

[CLKD]

Or ice packs .......... it's the surprising reaction to menopause reasserting itself when we believe 'it's all over'  . HORMONES 

Sue1 - would U consider HRT?   U R no longer alone!

[Sue1]

So good to have found this site.I have felt completely alone with all this. I would consider HRT but I have some atypical breast hyperplasia which will prohibit I think. Knowing* that other people have experienced this too is reassuring. I have a severe health anxiety and my mind has been going all over the place thanks to google

[Sue1]

Just ordered a neck fan too

[CLKD]

Why would breast dysplasia be a 'no' for replacement?  Surely Quality of Life is important?

[Sue1]

Think the risk of breast cancer would be higher

[Sue1]

I think it would make chances of breast cancer higher

[CLKD]

Who suggested that scenario?  I had treatment in the 1990s and it was never suggested that VA shouldn't be used, though my oncologist did mutter "No HRT for you in future my Girl " ........ but thoughts have changed a lot about what might be a risk and what should be treated. 

It may take years with/without treatment for recurrence to show itself.  Why suffer?

[CLKD]

Did U have breast disease treated?

[Sue1]

I hadn’t thought of that. No it wasn’t treated. I just have to have yearly mammograms. Last one was end of last momt( and all ok

[Sue1]

Just bought the fan.It’s great!

[CLKD]

I would be asking for a referral to a dedicated menopause clinic.  There are recent ideas that even when women have been treated for breast disease, if menopause symptoms are unbearable that using HRT is worth the risk.  After all, if HRT is so dangerous we should all be offered mastectomy ! 

[debbyx]

Hi Sue

No I am not on HRT and never have been , my GP doesn’t seem interested
Just offered anti depressants,  I don’t want to take them either but I can not go on like this any more. 
I have struggled through again today and am worn out. I am self employed and work from home but finding it difficult to even work.  Today I felt like I was going to faint all day then I get anxious then I panic then I cry I just go round in circles,  the only time I feel okay is at night in bed and I find I go to bed earlier and earlier just to feel safe.  I feel scared in the house on my own because I always feel something bad will happen to me some nights I can’t even have a bath or wash my hair , as soon as my husband comes home the anxiety goes slightly he is no help and not supportive at all but I know he is in the house  if something Ford happen to me. Sorry to go on but your posts just feel like it is me.  I know it’s not nice for all of us but it does make me feel just a little bit better seeing it in black and white from someone else.

Glad you got a fan I have one too and it does help.