Hello
I'm starting the peri-menopause at 41 and have questions, so many questions... I don't have anyone to ask; so I hope you don't mind me asking you...
I started noticing things changing about 6 months ago. I'm sweaty and beetroot faced a lot of the time (is it normal to be flushed on the face and chest but not feel hot?); my memory is shot to peices, mood is all over the place, and I cry at everything, especially happy things. My attention span is stupidly small; I'm tired but can't sleep, suddenly spotty again, anxious about stupid things. I ache and feel like I'm fighting a cold all the time and my sex drive is just all over the place. My periods last barely a day and are completely erratic after being clockwork for years and I get cramps like I haven't had since being a teenager.
How do I calm it all down?!!
I have seen my doctor several times, and while my symptoms are those of peri-menopause, because the blood tests don't show the relevant hormone levels, he won't give me HRT (is this normal or just a doctors choice?). The tests for thyroid etc. came back negative.
Can you advise what I can do to help? There are so many supplements and I don't know where to start. I just want to feel normal again.
