Just wanted to say hello and what a big relief it is to find this website and realise I am not alone....what a lovely, kind, empathetic lot of ladies you are!
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Have been dealing with a lot over the last 3 years, mostly anxiety, depression, my OH leaving me for someone else and being told I m peri menopausal with low Oestrogen levels. Am 44 and have Mirena coil and recently started using Estrogel. I just wish I knew how much this menopause lark has affected everything. Since having my 2 children I had terrible PMT, heavy painful periods which thankfully is one thing I don't suffer anymore due to coil.
However, I'm fed up of feeling like I'm on a roller coaster and I'm def not enjoying the ride!! I'll feel ok for a while, then become anxious, tearful and so tired for a few days without any real explanation or understanding of why? Is it my hormones, is it the depression?? Is the depression because of the hormones? Just so fed up of it....is the Estrogel going to help balance things out? I was prescribed Elleste Solo and then Climaval but had a reaction to both - horrible itching feeling all over my body, hence am now trying the gel.
Anyway, thanks for reading ladies and the relief of knowing I am -probably- not going mad is immense! X