Hi all
Does anybody ever wonder if everything that is wrong with us at this stage of life should automatically be put down to 'the change' or whether we should actually be worried about something? I've been on HRT since around May this year and pretty much all of my original symptoms have been dealt with. My anxiety, hot flushes, night sweats, rage, depression have all gone. However, there's a few things going on which I'm uncertain about. My hair has started to fall out. I've lost quite a bit of weight and I'm slim at the best of times, around a stone in the last 2 months (although did give up alcohol a month ago) and also I have this dull ache (sometimes sharp when breathing in) in my middle to lower back which doesn't seem to go despite painkillers and a change of mattress. Other than that I feel fine. I guess I'm just looking for someone to say 'yes I had those symptoms during menopause' because I can't seem to shake the feeling that it may be something else. I don't want to come across as a hypochondriac either here or at the gp's because each of those things can be explained away but it seems every symptom us ladies deal with is put down to menopause when in fact it could be something else. Am I worrying for nothing do you think? Or would you get checked out? Sorry for the long post xx