FEELING ALONE...
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Hello All. I am 50 yrs old (young) and am having a bad time with peri-menopause. We moved from South Africa to the UK last year and being new to the country have not made any real friends yet. My whole family is back home. I am finding it very difficult getting medication from my GP and realise that the UK is much stricter than SA. About twice a year a get a very, very heavy period for about 3 weeks, with clotting. Back in SA I was prescribed Tranexamic and it worked. Last week my GP gave me my first prescription in the UK for 18 tablets. The meds worked, but the bleed has come back. My GP now says I cannot have more??? I went to my local Boots and the pharmacist said he can only give it over the counter for people aged 18 to 40!!! I am at my wits end. Can anyone recommend other over the counter meds? My GP is also wanting to stop my meds for anxiety, which I've been on for 15 years. I am battling to understand the system here as surely quality of life is best. Help :-)
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Susan Jen01
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I haven't any further help but just wanted to say that I hope you get sorted soon and that you find some local friends very soon.
Jen01 Susan
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jayneejay Jen01
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Oh sorry you feeling fed up , i can relate to you, i live in Spain and find it hard for health and good friends, partner works away too 😢 i am originally from uk .. I would go see another Doc and see what they say.. Hang in there Jen ... Jay xxx
Jen01 jayneejay
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Pattiecakes Jen01
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Its tough starting over and making new friends. We moved to a new town after
Living in one area for 25 years. Its not as easy as we age to
Start over and make new acquaintances. Best of luck to you.
Pattie
Jen01 Pattiecakes
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lisa65434 Jen01
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Jen01 lisa65434
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HotDot7 Jen01
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Because our bodies are changing we have to change too to help our bodies cope. We will get through it somehow. You will find the help you need. New friends will create new ideas to cope. Good luck to you!!
NonnieDD Jen01
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Hang in there, there are lots of ladies on here that will help you through this. Like so many of them said, take vit b6, b12 and iron.
You are not alone.
Nonnie
Jen01 NonnieDD
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liz53953 Jen01
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madcow1964 Jen01
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No wonder you are feeling so alone - but now you have discovered this forum you will find many friends, ladies going through all sorts of menopausal symptoms. I work at home, alone, and, since becoming self employed a few years ago after 15 years in the close-knit community of a small factory, I have lost touch with so many people, having just a couple of really close friends whom I rarely see but with whom I keep in regular touch via texting - phew...long sentence.........this forum has been a real life-line!
Having spent years without the need to consult a doctor I have had to see mine a lot more frequently in the last couple of years. That's when you realise no doctor can be an expert in every field and they all have different areas of interest - I have been suffering with several odd issues with a foot, and that's when I discovered mine is probably more interested in heart conditions....not a bad thing in itself, but it blood pressure pills and vast quantities of water pills did nothing to make my swollen foot better! I had to seek my own podiatrist after several xrays showed nothing wrong when I knew nothing was broken - and the situation is still ongoing, 20 months after first consulting my doctor. The podiatrist says I must insist on an MRI scan to find out why I am suffering burning pains in the side of my foot - but that's easier said than done!
I digress....
As the othere ladies are saying, you need to seek another doctor. Our village practice only had one doctor so I was stymied, but many practises will have 2 or 3 and you are entitled to see any doctor in your practise, not just the one to whom you are asigned. I have not even mentioned my odd symptoms to my doctor yet, other than the terrible crying episodes I was getting during periods late last year (for which I was prescribed Fluoxetine - which I have not taken since December!).
Hang in there, Jen, don't give up - there are sympathetic experts in womens' health and hormonal problems out there and I hope you find one soon.
Big hugs x
Jen01 madcow1964
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