I am so pleased you got in touch. Thank you so much. It is rare and therefore extra helpful to find someone with marked adrenal fatigue (as an aspect of M.E.) which I'm feeling more and more influences the whole hormonal cascade quite seriously, the DHEA thing. This is why I was so interested in the Intrarosa. Were you prescribed these approaches which have proved successful by a menopause specialist? With such sensitive systems, I'm very reluctant to trigger anything from otherwise random approaches and, like you, prefer to avoid chemical intervention if I can. However, I feel systemic is the only option if, at 68, I can get it as spending a small fortune on acupuncture and herbal remedies has clearly not worked for me and why would it with these extreme complexities?! I think my best starting point now is to get my DHEA tested whilst I wait for a referral (if I get one, local clinic has now limited to complex cases where at least three approaches have failed) and I'm approaching the gp about that today. Of course, in the current climate, it needs far more than a telephone call with someone who is not the most receptive even face-to-face. Are you okay with PM'ing? Many, many thanks. Hard though all this is for us, you've made my day! 😀