Thanks ladies,
Lovely to hear from you both and good to know I haven't suddenly developed health anxiety and imagining everything.
I'm 44 and did have periods when I started so on the sequential / cyclical Elleste. Don't have my last period date to hand but it was around 3 weeks ago ish. I had been having symptoms for about 18 months but the worst was the terrible dark moods and rages. I wasn't quite so worried about the physical side of things. However, I didn't fancy a mild anti depressant as I have a bad history of mental health medication and because of my age the doctor recommended that HRT could do more to protect my heart, bones and womb from womb cancer by having bleeds for a few more years if I felt suited to it.
Nanny x