Hello jancis - so sorry to hear about losing your two brothers and especially in the same year, how terribly sad for you.
Re the menopause - you haven't said how old you are and where in menopause? I presume because you have been offered continuous combined HRT you are post-menopausal? If you are sensitive to progestogens ( especially the synthetic ones) - Femoston may well help. The other thing is that many women such as myself do not feel at their best on progesterone and so opt to revert to having a cycle - this means taking oestrgoen only for most of the time, and then 12 days or so of progestogen every few weeks to induce a bleed. This is another possibility. While it is a real pain having a bleed when you're older ( several of us are over 60) this is the alternative that enables us to feel and function better than continuous progestogens!
Personally if you are able to I would try the hormonal solution for several months before considering ADs but I can understand in your personal situation why you might want to take them earlier. All I would say is that it may be more difficult to tweak the dose and type of HRT if you are taking other medication at the same time.
Hope this helps.
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Hurdity x