Hi fe68 and welcome,don't worry about making mistakes,trial and error and all that.
When I started getting symptoms, I thought,hey,this meno is a dawdle but like you,things started to get worse as the months rolled on but now things are easing,although I'm still stuck with the sweats and flushes,some days worse than others but I can live with that,hope you find the site informative and that we can help,ask away about anything,there will always be one of us able to help x