Hi roseenglish......I had many symptoms and I was very ill both physically and mentally. My GP wanted to give me anti depressants but couldn't explain how they were going to help me. I couldn't face throwing another medication into the mix as I felt so bad. I tried a lot of different Hrts but a private consultant finally helped me by putting me on Oetsrogel, Utrogestan and Testosterone. My GP asked me to ask him what he suggested regarding anti depressants and he said that I should give the hrt 3 months to work before considering anti depressants as otherwise I wouldn't know what was working. Deep down I felt that once my oestrogen levels were right then the terrible depression, constant crying, anxiety would go.....and they did. But that's just me. I'm not saying it's the same for everyone. xx
Yes I agree Doctors are more anxious about prescribing HRT than they are about sleeping tablets or ADs.
General Practitioners have a tiny bit of knowledge about the most common ailments and they have a quick fix method of writing up a prescription to get you out of their office ASAP due to the queue of patients sat waiting
The nhs is on its ass.
My own prescripted Tibolone which should onky be given 12 months post meno no periods. It produces progesterone (which I already use) Oestrogen and androgen. One of my new symptoms is increased libido or something like that I'm not sure yet I only know it's very unsettling not something I'm comfortable with and is purely physical, so giving me anything with an androgen was totally the wrong thing to do.
I stopped after 3 days and when I saw her again and explained why I'd stopped it she said
Its Oestrogen! and got her book out to check as she was certain it was Oestrogen only, then she put her book away in silence and moved on with the conversation to another subject.
I'm seeing a private menopause doctor on Tuesday. I'm scared. We are all so different and trying to juggle hormones to resolve our own unique body chemistry and symptoms seems almost like rolling a dice...
I've been using Progesterone for years which has been wonderful for sleep but now I'm officially oestrogen deficient things aren't right and I need to get that back within range.
I will try to adhere to the three month rule as reading your early posts shows it took a long time and you had doubts and insecurities that it was working at all which is a common theme here and perhaps why I feel worried 😟
One things for sure, I can't go on as I am. I'm miserable