Hi both and thanks for your replies
CLKD - I know what you mean by learning to feel well again, I'm just waiting for it to be too good to be true, anxiety has been my worst symptom up until now and I feel like I,ve just crawled out of the deepest blackest hole possible, so I'm afraid to feel well incase it all crashes back down around me.
KatieLiz - Your GP must be more menopause savvy than mine as he insists that by the time I'm 55 I will be coming off HRT like it or not despite my informing him that from my research many women stay on it much longer. He assures me that was the case years ago but not now!! How do you assert yourself with someone who's supposed to have more knowledge. He also says that I should swap to conti HRT at 52 when the majority of women will reach menopause.
I'm not rushing to come off, I'll wait and see how things go over the next 6 months or so, dont want to upset the applecart, but if I have to come off at 55 I'm thinking maybe I should try coming off sooner rather than later before my body becomes more dependant.
I'll let you know how I get on.
Take Care Delilah. x