Hi
I'm 57 and about 5 years post-menopausal, I suffered all sorts of symptoms for 5 years before the menopause and most of them have continued since - hot flushes, itchy skin, irritable, anxiety, low mood, tiredness, insomnia, VA, urgent need to pee*. I was prescribed HRT a few years ago, but was too anxious about the risks to take it. I am now desperate - I haven't slept through the night for 10 years (literally, not once) and I now wake every 2-3 hours. In addition to that, about twice a week, when I wake at 3 or 4am, I will not be able to get back to sleep at all. As well as dealing with my symptoms, I now have to deal with what I think are the cumulative effects of my decade-long insomnia - my short-term memory has deterioriated, I am constantly tired and irritable, have low mood and continuous brain fog.
Does anyone have experience of starting HRT post-menopause and it helping insomnia and anxiety and low mood?
Thank you, in advance!
*I did, and still do use Ovestin, which helped a bit with the VA, though have today seen on MM that you can use more frequently to help with VA and urgent need to pee, so will try that.
