Afternoon
I'm new here, hi everyone.
I'm 49 and have not had a period for over 3 years, I've been suffering symptoms such as brain fog, flushes and periodic depression throughout this time, about 6 years. Generally I can cope with it all.
However I'm in a particularly bad way at the moment and so am thinking about HRT, but don't know where to begin. In my early 20s I took Microgynon for a couple of years and it caused me enormous weight gain and depression, as well as stomach cramps. I stopped taking it and have never taken any contraception since.
I spoke with my Doctor yesterday who told me to go away and do my own research (!) but sort of explained that HRT has to be taken alongside either the coil or a contraceptive pill which has set off massive alarm bells for me.
So, does anyone have any advice for me? I absolutely don't know what to do, this is very overwhelming. I'm scared to go on the pill again in any form as it clearly didn't agree with me, but right now I'm so down and sad it's taking over my head too much.
Thanks for reading.