Who has done this using AD instead of hormones (HRT)?
I'd love to hear from you. What, apart from the obvious mood and anxiety, have they helped?
Thanks x
Hi CrispyChick,
I’m sorry you’re having such a challenging time. It can feel relentless.
If this helps at all, after my hormones tanked even further post hysterectomy (I was already just post meno so they weren’t in plentiful supply anyway) I hit a new level of pre-existing post meno symptoms ramping up, no sleep, sweating for hours on end at night, anxiety manifesting as physical symptoms mainly and a flatness which felt very particular to having no hormones plus the usual things.
I limped along and I hadn’t really considered taking an AD as although I believed they have their place, I didn’t think it was the right path for me. I was limited in what I could do in terms of HRT as I had a hysterectomy due to cancer.
In the end I knew I had to try something for sleep and to get around the supermarket without feeling I was going to pass out feeling dizzy and weird if nothing else, as I wouldn’t be able to function properly without basics in place. I started on a low dose of AD and increased only a little as it started to help considerably. Anxiety, sleep, sweating - reduced a huge amount from all night to maybe one short period of sweating a night and a lot of the other meno symptoms became more in the background.
It’s not perfect but also finding my way with HRT wasn’t perfect or any of the additional things I tried through my 40's. It’s hard to feel like your sense of self is going through the wringer or you get to a place where you hardly recognise yourself so yes I think it helped me enormously and its about building a toolkit that works for the individual and pushing to try any avenue that might help. x
