Thank you for telling. I'm so glad you're feeling better
Back when I was 32 and post hysterectomy I quite suddenly felt very strange, terrible night sweats, dry skin, sadness, in fact before results of bloods doc gave me a menopause leaflet with 33 symptoms, and I had 32, only thing I didn't have was flushes. Elleste solo 1mg brought me back to normal within days, then a few weeks later I slumped again so she topped up to 2mg, bloods revealed very low oestrogen, anyhow from 32 to 45 I never gave hormones a second thought, bags of energy, more confidence than I'd ever had, and a real zest for life.
At 45 suddenly felt very poorly, light headed, palpitations, low esteem, withdrawn, loss of libido, body pains and aches, lots. Bloods revealed slight b12D and peri, was told nothing can be done as already on hrt and so the last 3 years have more or less been the same with a few good times in between.
Bloods continually show good oestrogen levels but prog continues to fall.
That's where my understanding comes from, initial loss of oestrogen but good levels of prog to now very low progesterone, hence my probable 2nd menopause ?
It's the only thing left to try, but I worry that if I introduce prog, it could increase my testosterone and I can't cope with any more hair loss, hospital gynae was no help and GPs at my surgery know even less
Annie xx