Wanting to say hello and thank goodness for this site! I have been completely floored by my peri menopausal symptoms and it is sooo good to learn that is what they are and that I've not permanently transformed into a quivering, incompetent ogre!
I am 46 and over two years ago I first visited my GP with bleeding twice a month, this had been happening for about a year at that time, though initially one of the bleeds was very light, more like spotting and so I'd put it down to ovulation, I could always tell when I was ovulating due to ovulation pain. However as time went on the length and heaviness of the bleeds increased, hence this visit to my GP. Bloods were taken and I was told I was young to be experiencing peri menopause...Bloods came back as normal. 18 months later I return to my GP, moods are labile and bleeding is worse, again more bloods taken, again informed I was young, this time however I was armed with familial history, both my grandmother and mother had stopped menstruating by the age of 42. But bloods came back normal and CBT was suggested...
Two months ago I returned to my GP armed with NICE guidance and a tale of a woman falling apart, unable to function at work or at home (I work full time and I am a single mum to a 7 and 10 yr old) Again we had the "too young" discussion so I pulled out the NICE guidance and the GP decides that HRT might be worth a shot. Unfortunately ( and like a lot of GPs it seems) he prescribed me continuous HRT, I realised pretty quickly I was on the wrong thing and was prescribed (and had to pay again, twice! ) Femoston 1/10.
So I've been taking this for a month now, I've still had two bleeds this month, still waking up drenched in sweat, anxiety symptoms are still making life extremely difficult and sleep is shot.
So my question to you very knowledgeable lot is, how long to leave it before returning to my GP? Have any of you taken a antidepressant in conjunction with HRT and seen the benefit or otherwise. And have any of you had clinical symptoms of peri menopause but normal blood results? Interestingly talking to my younger sister last night it appears she has recently started to bleed twice a month too.
Thank you for any advice you may have