Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => New Members => Topic started by: Jonnysmum on November 12, 2015, 01:17:31 AM
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Hi all. New to this site but already after reading some posts I am starting to feel better. I started menopause about two and a half years ago...aged 47. What a fab time this was....flushes, forgetfulness, tired...can't sleep and now...Palpitations! Does it get any better than this.....yes...forgot to mention....newlywed and I have the sex drive of a slug!
Can I just say...thank you..reading your posts has made me feel that there are some people out there that do really understand. :)
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Hi Johnnysmum and welcome to the forum.
Yes it does suck! It also changes the goalposts when you're not looking. >:(
There's heaps of information in the green tabs above for you to read and lots of very helpful and knowledgeable ladies with great advice.
If it wasn't for this site and the lovely ladies, I'd have lost the plot a couple of years ago.
Galadriel x
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Couldn't agree more
:welcomemm:
Honeyb
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Hi Jonnysmum
:welcomemm:
I agree too! However it does get better - I am post-menopausal in my early 60's and have been on HRT since late peri-menopause. Altough I didn't get my old self back completely, I am on an even keel now my hormones aren't surging around and I have sufficient to enable me to have a good quality of life and do more than I did a few years ago :)
Some women find that HRT alone - especially transdermal - can help with sex drive, while others have found that testosterone therapy is also helpful (although not licensed on NHS).
Hurdity x
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:welcomemm:
:congrats: :cake:
Browse round!
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Hello Jonnysmum, It sure does! Why do women endure periods, childbirth and bloody menopause!! ;) Sorry I Sound like a feminist! :) I feel that the menopause is always joked about as though it's no big deal but is worse than puberty and depression! Thank God for wine! xx