When my menopausal imbalance occurred, I also had a nervous breakdown (at the end of March) - which I know has happened to a few folks. I then spent a month on the wrong HRT for me and during that period I experienced crushing fatigue alternating with feeling very 'wired.'
I've been on my new much better HRT regime for 7 weeks from tomorrow. So altogether it's been about 10 - 11 weeks since my breakdown.
While I'm a lot better than I was, I still experience days where I just am really fatigued.
When I mentioned this to my Dr last week she said it's common for people to be tired and that it can take people months to recover from a breakdown - that it's a whole body thing. At the time, I was asking her when I would be well enough to make a trip to Canada - I was hoping to do that in July.
Since then, I've done two 30 minute drives to see a therapist and a nutritionist. On each occasion, I came back and I was knackered! I had to go to bed and rest. In fact, I often have to do that for part of the day - even though I generally interact with people well when I'm with them. I'm also often very tired in the mornings.
After those 2 trips, I thought, who am I kidding thinking that I can get on a plane, do an 8 hour flight and spend a week in another country?! - when I was well I used to find international travel stressful so goodness knows how my body would find it now.
So now I'm wondering whether anyone on the board who's had a breakdown can give me an idea of when the fatigue/tiredness lifts?
I know every case is individual but if anyone has any information on this, I'd really appreciate it.
I'm now thinking that I was being over optimistic in how quickly I could get back to 'normal' and that I may have to stay in the UK long term and just figure out a way of trying to make things work financially - maybe by renting a room again when I'm well enough to move from my flat - so that I could at least cover my basic living expenses with a job without dipping further into my savings.
My Dr said I had made very good progress in the 6 weeks since she put me on the new HRT - and I am doing everything I can to get better - daily vigorous exercise, good diet, keeping busy alternating with resting, seeing a therapist, seeing a nutritionist ... but I don't think its going to be enough to get me well quickly and I'm also realising that I'm not sure that I have the energy to do an international move.
Having said all that, I also don't know how much the hormones I am taking are impacting my current mood - a while back I was quite optimistic and hopeful ... its so hard to figure things out.