Hello everyone
I wanted to give any passing demented, hormonal, menopausal woman an overview of my experience on HRT.
I'm 49, career girl, married, slim, fit and generally a happy bunny. Looking back I have been peri for a number of years, periods regular but the odd flush, brain fog and a few aches. My periods stopped suddenly and I was having a random hot flush but nothing too severe. I read this forum and decided most of you were deluded and needed to get a grip, as this menopause thing was a doddle (you will have your revenge shortly)!!!
6 months on...I swear I woke up on a Monday morning and I was hit hard by the menopause train! I had; acid reflux which I had never had before, so bad I could not eat or drink (alcohol made me vomit), I have violent sinusitis, constant headache, I ached like an old woman and was gaining weight. However the worst was; insomnia (12 weeks of 3 hours sleep per night) anxiety/anger...I turned into a real charmer! And hot flushes were just every 10 minutes...they are just so bloody intense.
My mum and friends all said, you will get through it, we did!!! I gave it a go...12 weeks and then I went to the doctors (young amazing female GP). I ended up with Novofem and I love it...and it loves me!
Wow...3 days in and things started to improve, hot flushes were the first thing to ease...1 month I started to feel so much better, 6 weeks I had my first full night sleep in months! I've now been on HRT for 5 months and it was the best thing for me.
Ironically I was prescribed HRT by an idiot 5 years previously and I had such a bad experience with it, which put me off taking it again. However,
at that time it turned out I was not menopausal, but my thyroid had left the building...so girls remember to have a look at your thyroid before you jump on the HRT. I think the menopause changes us and I would rather it didn't happen, however I'm 49 and I'm not going down without a bloody fight. xxxxxxxxx