Dorothy - how often are your periods and what is your cycle doing? Have you skipped many? Have you thought of HRT? This may well help with some of your symptoms of ME. Also have you had thyroid functuon etc checked? Just very quick answers are fine.
Re oestrogen levels - even with medium dose HRT ( I've been on it for over 15 years) my oestrogen levels have only been around the 200 pmol/l mark when tested and I feel absolutely fine. It's very individual!
Hurdity x
Thank you ALL for your input. I appreciate it 🙏
Cycle has been highly irregular for some years now. Either on time, early, late, a few months apart or 6 or 7 months apart.......
My last proper 'what I call period' (Miranda fans
).....was last December 2022. And this year only browny/pink discharge with one spot of blood in March which I don't know whether to class as a period?? Basically....nothing this year.
Yes all bloods done. Thyroid checked.
Perimenopause symptoms really took hold and got worse from May this year. The start of hot flushes, crippling anxiety, panic, no sleep, horrific joint pain, weakness, muscles hurt so bad, dryness, emotional issues....I could list many many more!
Have major Health/medication anxiety as I'm very ill with M.E and sensitive to meds...so been terrified to take HRT. I was prescribed sequi but I lasted a day before I ripped it off with panic over possible side effects.
But yeh, peri has been awful x