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[Losingtheplot]

I am hopeful things will get better as for whatever reason I do feel alot calmer this afternoon.
I have actually enjoyed the food I have eaten today too, which I haven't done for weeks and weeks and have just been eating to give my body energy and not to feel worse than I already was.
I do think the appointment with Gp this morning as well as telling hubby how I am feeling has helped me.

I appreciate all the ladies on here that have taken the time to reply and offer words of support and shared their struggles too as this had also helped me, although I am sorry that other ladies are suffering too and wouldn't wish this on anyone.

I have set myself a goal to go to the gym tomorrow even if its for 30 mins - if I feel panicky I will try and work thru it but will see how I feel tomorrow.

I will then have my 2 dogs to walk later in afternoon so I have to go out then as I won't deprive them of a walk thats why I know this is not depression. When I have suffered depression in the past even walking to the toilet from my bed has been a huge effort! It really does totally and utterly rob you of any kind of joy and is just a v v dark black cloud looming over.
I may have started to overlap and get some depression symptoms mixed in with the anxiety as I know due to lack of hormones it is possible to suffer both.

The light at the end of tunnel is shining a little brighter so I do feel things are improving although slowly but that is the joy of how HRT and Ad's work just have to ride it out unfortunately.

[Losingtheplot]

I did ask my GP if my hormone levels could be checkd to see how low I was in Estrogen but she refused saying that as I was 50 years old my levels would.be low.
So its a guessing game to how much sandrena gel I use. There is so little support it infuriates me.
So I wait 3 months and see if things settle. If my anxiety is hormonal related and I am not getting sufficient Estrodial I need to rely on Ad's to help me. That makes perfect sense!.
I know many other ladies are in the same situation as me.
I am to keep the contraceptive implant in for 3 years and then for the last 2 years been advised I can go on the pill

As my sex life is non existent I may as well get the implant out, however I don't bleed when I have it and its a risk.

So confused 😕

[CLKD]

Sorry not to have been around today, the Forum has been so slow!

Hormone blood tests can be reliably un-reliable, specially for those on HRT.  How low is low though ?

I think that you need a referral to a dedicated menopause clinic to get correct advice, they can send a letter to your GP to explain what you might require.

How have U felt today?  Keep the implant for now!!!!  ;-)

[CrispyChick]

If you can afford it, both randox and medichecks do hormonal bloods.

If you use gel, you can use randox's tasso device to avoid finger contamination.