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[suzieQ]

Hi Julie Just wanted to ask how your visit to the  doctors went?
Love Sue

[Cazikins]

Wolflady I too have put off going on HRT, why I do not know, (oh I remember - my doc wont give it to me) I am living through hell with the meno but trying to hold down a job that was a doddle last year but now is like a mountain to climb. Should we or shouldn't we go on HRT? -  thay say that quality of life is more important... & I am begining to believe them.

[juju]

Hi Sue and everyone else!Sorry didnt post til today,havent been on for a few days.Yep got the HRT fine.The gp asked how she could help and I said I needed HRT script and she paled and said"I was looking at your notes and really hoping you wouldnt ask for that"It was because I had to try the other types before I found one that suited and she said if this one had not worked out for me she wouldnt have wanted to try another one as my own gp has been dealing with it all.However this one is fine for me.She did remember how bad I was early part of last year. ???The one I am on is a very low dose and this gp i saw is a younger woman.She said its probably best to be on a low dose..oh yeah...I do wonder if they think we dont read all the stuff about hrt.I am sticking with it for now as I really cant bear to think about how awful I was without it.So thanks for asking.Thing is for me,I have smoked 30/40 a day for 38 years..not now as stopped nearly 15 months ago, and most of that time I never thought about any harm it was doing me.Also..dont tell!....I messed with cannabis and lsd and speed in my youth..and never thought that might harm me.I have binged the alcohol.Ate junk.Partied all night.So life now as a almost middleaged laydee is pretty damn healthy.and the hrt makes a massive difference!Sorry for going on but no one can butt in on here can they? ;DJulie x

[suzieQ]

Absolutely not Julie - its your forum! Don't apologis e- we all need to offload! Glad you got another script - long may it help! I also dread to think of life without it - although the sleep has been very slow to respond I think now it is slightly better alraedy and seems to be moving in the right direction! Oh Pleeeeze I hope so!
Glad to hear from you hon! Just had  alovely weekend with gorgeous little grandaughters ---so sweet! Love Sue

[suzieQ]

Hi lovely ladies - Just wanted to give a quick update....Yay!!! I think the new HRT IS working - I slept 8 hours last night - went to sleep easily and quickly and got back to sleep  quickly after a 2.30am wake up to pee! I could not believe it this morning when I woke up. It was easily as good as the night I have when I take a sleeping med and better than some. Normality is returning - I hope it continues - I will have to be careful to keep up the routines and not get complacent. I do feel so much better now - no symptoms, no anxiety - more energy and my old drive is returning. (I've been  on Climesse 2 mg for 2 weeks by the way) Its exactly 4 months to the day since this nightmare sleep problem started! I never thought I'd see this day dawn! Love Sue

[cathannabel]

Yay, good news!! 
V. Pleased for you
love
Cath
xx

[Libby Babe]

Hi Suzie
It's great news to hear that you had a good nights' sleep last night - it makes such a difference to the way you feel, doesn't it.  I feel very much like I am sleeping just like I used to and I put all this down to the HRT - it's amazing to think that a little tablet can make such a difference.  I still wake up and go to the loo but like you said, go straight back to sleep without even having to think about it.
Hope it continues for you,
Love Libby
x

[juju]

Hi Sue thats brilliant!Amazing eh!Hope it keeps up..sure it will.And Libby,great for you too!This thread has so many replies I think it must be the most awful symptom or one of the most awful.I know you have had a dreadful time Sue!Hopefully DR Currie will get a lot of info from this that will help other women. :ola:Julie x

[suzieQ]

Thanks girls - Libby, Cath and Julie - lovely menosisters! I can;t thank you enough for the support and care - its been amazing and such a life saver. Yes hopefully our experiences and solutions will help other desperate ladies. You are so right Julie - sleep deprivation is the worst! Its been 4 months of sheer hell and I feel lucky to have improvement so relatively soon - some women go years with this! I laughed out loud when talking to the private healthcare company we get through my husbands job - when I was negotiating to see the meno specialist ( who seems to have come up trumps I must say with this HRT!) They said I was not covered to see her just for menopause symptoms like insomnia because the menopause is not considered a medical problem!!! I wish they could read some of the heartbreaking posts on this site - the gruelling desperate things so many women are suffering, with their lives , jobs, relationships so horribly affected - then say they do not recognise it as serious - or a medical problem. |Thank you all who have offered loving support, advice and empathy - aren't women wonderful!? Off to try another night of good sleep hopefully! Love Sue

[suzieQ]

Just to say its been 3 nights in a row now and each had been better and better - I am sleeping well, deeper, not waking up hardly at all and getting off to sleep more easily and quite soon after I lie down - its a miracle! I amm off to an evening wedding now and i feel great having slept well last night and am not worrying about how I'll cope with a late night. I can see me going off on holiday at the end of this month now! I was so worried about it and was sure I'd have to take sleeping tablets - not now! Love Sue

[suzieQ]

HI lovely ladies - its been a week now and still going strong on the good sleep. I am now daring to hope its a fix and I'm OK again! I told my lovely lady GP today on my check up visit and she was so delighted - she was grinning from ear to ear! She knows what I've been through and has tried so hard to help me ...bless her. Off to bed now -a moment which I  now enjoy again! Love sue

[Taz2]

Hi SuzieQ  - just wondered how the sleep was going and, if you don't mind me asking, did you stop taking the amitrip when you started HRT or are you taking both? 

Love Taz x 

[suzieQ]

HI Taz - see the post above yours - the sleep is still good and getting better each night, I think. I would say I'm back to normal except it still takes a bit longer to get to sleep than it did , but its a million times better then its been this past 4 months. Yes I still take the amitrip - GP saidto keep on with that for a while as it is helps the anxiety so much but with no side effects. I take 20mg.
Love Sue

[juju]

Sue just wanted to say I'm over the moon for you!Brilliant eh?I think you were beginning to despair of ever getting sorted.Great!Julie xxx

[suzieQ]

Hello Julie - Thank you honey - its good to hear from you again. Yes I am thrilled with the progress on my sleep...I think it has to be the HRT that has made all the difference. Its just funny that the patches didn't work for me when they did before...still this Climesse has really done the trick. Last few nights we were away staying in our flat in Chichester( we bought it at Christmas to be near our granchildren and our 2 kids) and its the best time I've has there- I was falling asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow! Now I'm sleeping for England! But yes - I was despairing of ever getting over it as they were the longest 4 months of hell. Hope you are still doing well and things going smoothly for you and yours. Thank sfor your encouragement Love Sue x