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[Becr]

Hello Ladies. I have recently started HRT again and I am starting to believe it is helping me. I'm aged 53, 5 years since my last period. I tried HRT back in 2018 but struggled with progesterone and eventually gave up. The last two years have been especially challenging post meno. Terrible joint pain (genuinely thought I needed a hip replacement), awful insomnia with 3am wake ups being the norm, but the one that I am really thinking about now is how messed up my mental health got. I don't think I realised at the time how bad it was. I never had hot flushes so I think because of this maybe I just thought I should crack on without HRT. The biggest thing for me is what I believe is called emotional dysregulation. My husband could say something triggering and I would spiral. I would get darkly depressed for days. I also found my jealousy got really bad. Has anyone else been through this. Since 8 weeks of HRT my moods are so much more stable and when I do get 'triggered' I can find a way out pretty quickly, actually stop the awful spiral pulling me down.I am interested to hear anyone else's experience of their difficulties mentally, post meno. Thanks. 

[CLKD]

Morning.  Many have problems with progesterone but I believe that there are several ways of delivering this as part of a replacement regime.

Oestrogen: as it lowers naturally joints may become lax = aches and pains.  It's the bodies elasticity.  Over the Counter pain relief may help, 20 mins B4 activities such as lawn mowing, window cleaning .........

Some find that keeping a mood/food/symptom diary of use to chart progress.

I had terrible rages B4 a period arrived: an issue that wasn't a problem leading up to it would sudden become the worse problem in the World and I would 'let go', quite nastily at times 

[Becr]

Hi CLKD,

Yes previously I struggled with progesterone but now using it vaginally has been a game changer. I am so amazed at the difference and I feel like it is helping with sleep too. Thanks for sharing your experience.

I would have this spirals in a 3 week window, even though my periods were stopped 5 years it was almost like PMT. I only wish I had restarted HRT earlier as I feel I have been through the mill emotionally these last few years.