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Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: zipster on January 29, 2020, 08:09:35 PM

Title: Anxiety and depression.
Post by: zipster on January 29, 2020, 08:09:35 PM

I've never been so down and anxious in my life. Started with cheek twitching, one side headache etc. Fatigue has been awful, struggling to get up, sweating at night, crying and anxious, irritable, shutting myself off from people. All bloods ok except hormones. I Feel like a different person.

Title: Re: Anxiety and depression.
Post by: zipster on January 29, 2020, 08:36:56 PM

I'm 50. No they offered me HRT but my blood pressure was high so I couldn't have it.

Title: Re: Anxiety and depression.
Post by: CLKD on January 29, 2020, 09:02:35 PM

BP shouldn't be a no to HRT as there are so many ways it can be delivered.

Do you have another thread  :-\ .........

Title: Re: Anxiety and depression.
Post by: Karen max on January 30, 2020, 12:34:49 AM

I suffer with high blood pressure and take meds for it but I'm on hrt , I think it only becomes a proble if they can't get blood pressure down while on tablets

I ask to see different doctor or if you have meno clinic near where you live ask to be referred there


Kaz x

Title: Re: Anxiety and depression.
Post by: Penelope on January 30, 2020, 02:11:07 AM

Hi Zipster get copies of the blood tests so you can learn to read them yourself.You May very well have normal blood tests but they may be high end or low end and can cause you a lot of symptoms.

I can't Stress enough how normal my blood tests were always coming back and I was terribly ill.
Until I discovered being in the normal ranges does not mean you are not symptomatic.xx

Title: Re: Anxiety and depression.
Post by: Redlocks on January 30, 2020, 03:12:18 PM

 :bighug:
zipster, all I can do is sympathise. I'm caught between anxiety and depression at the moment and not even my antidepressants are helping :( Are you on any medication for your mood at the moment (you don't have to answer that, obviously)?
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Title: Re: Anxiety and depression.
Post by: zipster on January 30, 2020, 04:54:19 PM

Fluoxetine and just started propranalol.

Title: Re: Anxiety and depression.
Post by: CLKD on January 30, 2020, 06:29:02 PM

I have 20mg Propranolol at night to ease any anxiety surges early in the morning.  Works for me ;-)

Title: Re: Anxiety and depression.
Post by: Redlocks on January 31, 2020, 01:43:21 PM

zipster, I'm on fluoxetine too. How long have you been on it if you don't mind me asking?
And has the propanolol been my help so far? I have lorazepam for when my anxiety is really severe but obv I cannot take it long term (nor would I want to).
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Title: Re: Anxiety and depression.
Post by: CLKD on January 31, 2020, 02:46:39 PM

I take 'lorazepam' as necessary: the last tablet was 19 months ago.  But it's to hand ;-).

Better to treat over-whelming anxiety and depression along with HRT is required.