Dorastar, I sympathise with you, as dancinggirl says it can be difficult to get GP's to acknowledge what is going on as being menopause related. I'm 41yr, had 3 years of horrendous symptoms & ended up being investigated for all sorts of unusual things (I initially went to GP thinking it was menopause symptoms). Read up about the blood tests as my original GP went down that route, bloods were normal (common as they fairly day to day in ones cycle) so they decided not menopause. Anyway to cut a long story short I was started on Fluoxetine (AD) by different GP for sweats primarily but it definately lifted my mood (my OH described me as 'flat' which summed it up) at the end of that week I was started on HRT for peri (GP had emailed menopause specialist about me and her advice was HRT, which I had gone to the GP asking for after reading up on the info from the lovely ladies on here). So approx 5 months on HRT and I feel amazing, still taking Fluoxetine but will wean myself off shortly. I also overhauled my lifestyle, been doing FAST 5:2 diet (not for everyone, find one that suits you, if it applies) lost over 2 stone so far, motivated to keep going. I don't think there is one answer but a number of factors that can help with symptoms, I also take some supplements, again these will be personal to you and dependent on other health conditions, medications etc. Let us know how you get on. x