Hi all
I'm also new, and new to the menopause. I had a hysterectomy in 2011 (TAHBSO), and was taking Elleste until we discovered it was the wrong type of HRT and had caused my endometriosis to return
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Until then I had no problems on Elleste, life was great.
My GP told me he was happy for me not to take the HRT because my endometriosis calmed down when I came off it. Even though when I had the surgery I was told I'd have to take it because of the risk of osteoporsis because I was only 41. When the hot flushes got really bad I tried my GP again, he gave me Dixarit which is a blood pressure drug supposed to help hot flushes. I had a bad experience with the side affects, light headed, dry mouth, and once time so dizzy I fell over! So I stopped taking them but my GP couldn't offer me anything else.
So now I have all the menopause symptoms, the worst being the VA and the lack of sleep & headaches.
I'm currently trying accupuncture out of desperation, but i keep reading that it's efficacy is not proven, has anyone else tried it?
After reading about all the help you ladies are getting from your GPs/nurses I've tried my surgery again and asked if they have any kind of menopause service so I can get some more advice, but they don't, and apparently they don't even have anyone that can advise specifically on the menopause, so tonight I am seeing a young female GP (my GP is a middle aged man). I'm taking a list of all my issues in the hope that she'll actually try to do something to help, as my own GP doesn't really seem to be interested :-(
Kim