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[Herbies Mummy]

Hello!

I love this forum and over the years have found it so comforting. I wanted to flag something  - I was on HRT since I was about 48 and I recently stopped it completely and felt so much better. I have a history of PMDD and I think this is not discussed enough as so many people want us to be on HRT - it makes sense that if you have an extreme sensitivity to hormones then HRT would be challenging. I felt calmer and slept better since I stopped this June. My migraines however are just as bad and triggered by alcohol and the symptoms of the migraine are brutal - 4 or 5 days needing to sleep, feeling sick and feeling sick with anxiety. I have not had a period since June this year when I came off it and am now 54 so I think I am through 'it' however after the recent migraine a few days ago my PMDD symptoms rushed back and I felt out of control had burning hot feeling at night and just wanted to go away to. a scottish cottage somewhere for ages ON MY OWN!

Anyway, even though this is a horrible thing, I still feel better off the HRT because I think I am not properly cycling anymore but I still get that dire stressful, tensions in my ovaries if anyone knows what I mean - which feels a bit like constantly drowning and doesn't ease. It does go eventually though and I think it is slowly three steps forward one back sort of! I wondered if anyone had any experience of how their PMDD/PMS was after they had stopped having periods?

Love to you all having hormones out there,
Herbie's Mummy

xxxxx

[CLKD]

If our hormones become balanced with less dips then replacement may no longer be necessary.  But unless we stop using it, we can't know.

1 should be 12-14 months bleed free to consider that we have reached menopause = literally the last period.  Mother Nature may throw in more bleeds, my periods waxed and waned for a few years B4 disappearing.  I didn't stop carrying protection for 5 years  .  If your ovaries are pumping out oestrogen U may well have a return of flushes.

There is relatively new medication to treat migraines so discussing with your GP is important. 

How is your diet overall as I was advised to eat every 3 hours, 24/7 to ease any sudden dips that can cause anxiety etc..  I've had to alter mine in the last 5 years to cut out shop bought cakes etc..

[bombsh3ll]

Any condition that is aggravated by having a menstrual cycle has the potential to improve with stable hormone levels.

Whether a stable estrogen replete state or a stable hypoestrogenic state is preferred is down to the individual.

Unfortunately many women are prescribed cyclical HRT which in the words of the late professor Studd is a pharmacological model of PMDD.

Progesterone intolerance is also a major contributor to PMDD as sufferers typically feel great prior to ovulation and rubbish in their luteal phase.

This can usually be gotten around with either a progestin or tibolone.