Sorry for non reply, been a bit unwell again, I am 51 started with peri at about the age of 45, always had problems with monthlys ever since I can remember, every two weeks I would get nervous and frightend of going out could never explain why, I had nothing to be frightend of I was only a little girl when it all began, hundreds of antidepressants later and therapy stillno better, found it difficult to conceive, just carried on best I could no one seemed to be able to help me, my 3 children were all born with problems hate lip and cleft palate, blindness in one eye, one kidney, then I was diagnosed with thyroid problems the same time as menopause, so hrt started and thyroxine still no better changed hrt one doctor wanted to have me sectioned I was a mess didn't know what the matter was, slept on and off back in 2009 lost my voice for 16 weeks had to stop working as could not function, I have been on climagest, climesse, oestrogen patches would not stay on, now on oestrogel and again don't think its for me I have been on it 3 days I am sweating more my extremities are so cold but I am flushed, shaking anxious, headache, but my head seems reved up, I have heard and read so much that eastrogen can cancel out thyroxine or I could be eastrogen sensitive, think I might call it a day with hrt, I have Merina coil fitted as well for the progesterone, and testogel for libido, not working so far, very disheartend with my gp who I have only been with for a year, won't listen to what I try and tell her I have such an extensive list of problems.
Ostioporosis arthritus I have had pernicious anaemia, bursitis, chicken pox lots of times, warts courtesy of x husband, just had laser treatment on eye for a tear in the back, don't know what's going to happen next, and unfortunately my daughter has all the same symptoms as I did, she also has a terrible gp.
Sorry for the moan and negativity.