Symptoms are back! So I'm back

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Hello all

I joined this forum in 2016 and had a terrible time with awful symptoms.  I had a great year last year, apart from a few niggling symptoms I felt quite normal, but since the start of this year  everything, and I mean everything I had in the first year of this is back.  Dizzy spells palpitations dryness headaches  and the dreaded anxiety, caused of course by all these dreadful symptoms.  I recognise some of you from the early days, just wondering how you are all doing.  I didnt take HRT  but seriously considering it now.  any replies welcome.  

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  • Posted

    Hi yes I had the dreaded anxiety Hot sweats bad .. I take HRT .. been back on them just going in 6th week .. so thankful for HRT.
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    Hi there Metamorphed - are you post menopausal? May I ask you how old you are? My reasoning is, I am 61 yrs old, 5 or 6 years post & this last year has been horrible for me..everyday something new - I have fought off taking anything, but this quality of life is not very fun - I don’t even know if I am too old to go on HRT - my GP just chuckles at me, doesn’t think these issues are hormone related at all - nobody gets it! 

    • Posted

      Hi debra I get it .. I am postmenopausal this has effected me more so than menopause ... Maybe see a different GP ? I feel so awful when not on HRT ... Best thing ever for me! quality of life so important I am 64.

       

    • Posted

      Oh thanks Mars for that input...yes, I think it may be time...I can’t cope with all these symptoms, I have become a shell of myself & have aged considerably - thank you! Appreciate your response - 

    • Posted

      Your very welcome ! I know how you feel .. I have been post memo for 7 years now .. you must tell your GP how it's effecting you ... good luck .. please let me know how you get on X

    • Posted

      Hi debra  i'm 50.  I am not post menopausal  but i wont be waiting any more to start hrt  I really dont believe now that it gets better.  I'm back to square 1 and I really look after myself so much so that I have given up a lot of stuff I enjoyed just to feel at my best.  Well it hasnt made a difference I feel awful.  So  you saying that you are 6 years post and are having symptoms   I have endured peri and now entering menopause and its been too long now  no end in sight..  

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      Hi Metamorphed - When I was in peri my symptoms were much different than they are now.  I was plagued with insomnia, hot flashes, weight gain, flooding to the point of not being able to leave the house.  After my period stopped, it also began a time of intense stress for me of taking care of my parents, getting kids off to school etc. I think my body & adrenals were on overdrive & I also developed high blood pressure during this 5 year period.  My parents have passed, kids are launched and in the last year I have suffered tremendously with high anxiety, constant flushing in my face & head that often leads to migraines, peculiar aches and pains, tingling extremities, dizziness, digestive issues and crippling fatigue.  I can’t explain why this is happening now to me, except that perhaps my body was just on “overdrive” for so long & it just collapsed, but unless this goes away soon, I will have to seek out HRT, because I can’t continue feeling this way, it’s really not fun!

    • Posted

      Hi metamorphed . I am 7 years post & on HRT,  like you I endured the symptoms way to long , I started on HRT just before the end of my  Menenopause. They have worked for me it's quality of life it gives you back, good luck.

    • Posted

      Hi Debra

      I have developed a blood pressure issue now too..  the anxiety is back too.  I agree, we can't continue feeling this way,  there is no knowing when it will end, if at all.  I want to start living life again because being like this, it is no fun  thanks for reply and let me know what you decide

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      Hi Mars

      Yes, that's what I'm worried about, that it will go on and on, so now that I know I am entering menopause, I'll be taking it.  Which one are you on Mars, did it take long to kick in and I assume you are taking it 7 years now?  thanks for replying

    • Posted

      Hi , yes I had symptoms in menopause , I just put up with them but started the hot sweats really bad so was put on Prempak-C ... 
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      Yes been taking it 7 years now .. I was on Prempak C for 3 years then the real bad sweats hit me with anxiety bad ! I went back to my GP who then put me on INDIVINA 1/2.5MG ... I am now taking INDIVINA2/5mg . I have had a hysteroscopy & scan of my womb as had spotting a year ago. I had a polyp removed all fine. Just had a mammogram all fine, as long as you get checked HRT is good. Gave me back my life as it was. I would say it takes a good 6 weeks to kick in but earlier with some ladies.

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