Hi, I was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice please.
I have a telephone appt with my GP Thurs this week and I'm hoping to get HRT patches from her but I've no idea what might be good and what might not. I know everyone is different but any guidance would be most appreciated. Thank you.
Current symptons - which I know are being hormone driven
Anxiety
Severe tiredness
Night sweats
Hair still thinning and shedding
Feeling tearful and emotional
Vaginal atrophy getting worse - currently use vagina moisturiser
I take tablets every day to treat silent migraines so I wouldn't want any HRT to make this worse.
History
I am 54yrs old.
For 8 yrs peri menopusal with severe flooding, anxiety and vagina atrophy 42yrs -49yrs - 2008 - 2016
Paid privatley and gynacologist confirmed I was peri, in 2016 put me into chemical menopause using the zoladex injection and put me on hrt Tibolone. Which initially I felt ok on. Tried vagifem for the atrophy but didn't get on with it.
Then as time went on anxiety got much worse and hair started breaking, hair line receeding and shedding. In 2017 for the first time ever I started getting uti's.
Had the injections and Tibolone till 2018. Then gynacologist wanted me to come off them to see if my periods would return.
Periods did not return and due to the anxiety getting so bad I had to give up work in 2019, though it had been getting worse since 2017 when I went into the chemical menopause.
As I was no longer working I could not afford to pay privatley any more so didn't see anyone about the menopause symptoms.
I can't take anti depressants for anxiety as I react badly to them have tried x3 different types. I'm hoping hrt might dampen this and make it easier to cope with.
I have only had one show for a few days in 2020.
At 32yrs of age I was diagnosed with endrometrerios but it's never caused me any problems.