I’m so late to this party, but like you, my anxiety came from nowhere. It kicked in 3 or 4 months after coming off HRT that I’d been on for 6 years. However it also coincided with the emerging virus threat back in 2020, and as we went into lockdown I was a wreck. I used to give myself a good talking to and tell myself that everyone was in the same boat, that people had lost loved ones without being able to say goodbye etc, and almost felt vindicated in my anxiety due to the global situation at that time.
Fast forward to summer 2022 and life is pretty much back to normal, but I’m not. I had the dawning realisation that all the other symptoms I was experiencing weren’t just me getting old, but it was meno rearing its ugly head again. I was a mess, both physically and emotionally, when previously my mental health had never been an issue.
I came across this video on YouTube. It’s an interview by James Smith with Louise Newson, and it really was a lightbulb moment for me. Now been back on HRT since last August and feel brilliant.
I hope the Evorel Conti works for you. I started on that, and was on it 4 month but it caused me to have bleeds, so I’m now on Evorel 50 with 100mg oral Utrogestan nightly. Still getting some bleeding but is now much less frequent and much lighter, so hoping it’ll peter out in time. But it’s common, apparently. HRT is different for everyone, and it’s not a ‘one size fits all’’. Mine’s still being tweaked 9 months on, but the benefits are so worth it for me.
Good luck and keep us posted. I’ve added a link to the YouTube video.
https://youtu.be/NOTZZxhQw9Y