Hi Dandelion!
I completely sympathise with you.
I used to be a 'fairly' anxious person. (looking back on it, I spent most of my 20's and 30's feeling
anxious)But, as I approached menopause and my oestrogen levels started to drop, my anxiety levels seemed to dampen down -
a lot. Between the ages of 40 until recently, I have been in a fairly
calm state. The last 10 years of my life have been brilliant because of this.
It was almost as if the oestrogen levels
dropping made me calmer! (but I never made the connection, until now)
Trouble is - I started to suffer horrendous hot flushes at the age of 51 (am now 53) so am now on the HRT (beg. of 2nd month) and the hot flushes have gone - but my anxiety levels are
back up to what they were in my 30's!
I am now thinking that anxiety is
closely linked to High Oestrogen levels.
So I now have a bit of a problem:-
Do I stick with HRT, in which case I will no longer have hot flushes and will get a good night's sleep, but suffer anxiety again,
or do I go the Non-HRT route and suffer horrible hot flushes but otherwise, live my life in a calm, relaxed manner.
Decisions, decisions
(or maybe I need to be on a different type - am currently on Elleste Duet 1mg)