Hello
I assume you're not on any type of HRT at present. Is that right?
If that's the case, I was wondering if you might ask your GP to prescribe the oestrogel/utrogestan combo before seeing the consultant?
After reading all the posts in this forum and from personal experience, it would seem that this combo is the gold standard for treating difficult meno symptoms. Not ideal for everyone I know, but a great place to start especially as you are feeling very low. The longer we feel ill, the more anxious and panicky we become, wondering if we'll ever get our old selves back.
I get all my treatment under the NHS, and that includes Testogel.
If anxiety is playing any part in your symptoms, I would wholeheartedly recommend propranolol, a beta blocker which is great for making you feel more relaxed. I take 40 mg every morning, and have done for months. For me, the hormonal surges of peri bring on symptoms of anxiety and the BB's go a long way to easing that. I don't think I'll be on them forever, but symptom control meantime is essential.
I wish I had taken BB's and the O/U combo right from the outset instead of struggling with SSRI anti-depressants, which did me no good at all. I am back to work full time now which is great.
I know what you mean about having good days and crashes. The above regime gives me infinitely more good days, and I'd hate to go back to where you are now. It gets better!!! Xx