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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.

[Betsy123]

I have been on everol conti for the past year with other regimes prior to this. I am 56 and just recently had severe bouts of anxiety and panic again. Never been great with progesterone but beginning to wonder if I now need it as also started waking again at night. Any ideas anyone on why this is happening again. Mental health has been tough for the past few years, tests us all I think.