Hi, I'm 45 years old. I started with symptoms last year such as night sweats, heavy clotting periods, and occasional mood swings. But the past couple of months the crying, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, etc have become almost unbearable. I've lost quite a lot of weight because the anxiety makes me unable to feel hunger anymore. It seems like I cry almost every day, really deep crying like grieving. I know it's up to me to figure out if I'll go the route of AD or HRT. But what I guess I'm hoping to learn on this forum is if this is unusual for women going through perimenopause. I sometimes find it hard to believe that this can all be hormone related. Thanks for any thoughts or insight you can share.