I can only sympathise, it's awful, and what depressed me even more was the fact that no one knows how long it will last, it could continue for the rest of your life, yes it could......I've known women in their 70's and 80's still suffering, others are lucky and eventually symptoms begin to subside. I don't know why 60 is the magic age to stop HRT I just don't think that makes sense,it doesn't just go away because you've turned 60. I can only suggest getting the dose down to the lowest possible that alleviates the symptoms, the very lowest dose, and stick with it. At this time of our life we want/need to feel as best we can as realistically we've had two-thirds of our life anyway so I want to feel the best I can for the remainder!!