Thank you for letting join this web site.
I'll admit to being overwhelmed by the great range of the information and I'm clearly not as knowledgeable as some of you!
So apologies in advance if I am intellectually challenged on the subject
I've made an appointment to see John Studd in a couple of weeks and saw there seemed to be differing views on his regime.
I'm 55 years old and been on Femoston 1/10 for 5/6 years.
Originally went on Femoston as I had no physical symptoms but psychological problems (generalised anxiety, depression, feeling de-personalised, etc)
It was effective but I've noticed an increase in the past 18 months of generalised anxiety, depressive episodes etc, along with noticeable thinning head hair, increased facial hair, very dry skin, etc. I thought that indicated I needed more oestrogen?
I went recently to my GP who was about 12 years of age and less than helpful.
She said I should be "weaned off" HRT due to my age (!) that the menopause was "natural" (it might be, but depression and anxiety isn't) and prescribed me liquid fluoxetine (AD) which paradoxically made me feel more anxious, so I stopped that.
Still taking Femoston.
I asked and finally got my blood tests back today and I have:
serum FSH level of 49 iul
LH level of 40.6 iul
and testosterone of 0.65 nmol/L.
All of these I was told were in the "normal" range.
Am I right in thinking these are "normal" for a post menopausal woman who is NOT on HRT?
Also am I right in thinking my oestrogen levels have dipped?
I know everyone is different but there seems to be varying opinions of Studd and wondered if any one else had similar symptoms to myself and found him helpful?
Any advice appreciated and apologies for not being as aware of some of you re HRT issues!
Thanks!