Hi,
I am 50 years old and peri and started having the whole range of symptoms about 11 months ago. A blood test was inconclusive but as my periods were erratic my doctor prescribed Elleste Duet 2mg.
I have been on them for 3-4 months and apart from the second lot of tablets (the white ones) which tend to exacerbate my insomnia, my symptoms have died down.
BUT, I have just gone through a VERY stressful period over the last 4 weeks, a severe illness in my elderly mother, a friend's 16 year old son committing suicide and a young teenage daughter struggling to cope with both of the above. I feel I am actually at breaking point. I am sobbing uncontrollably, my insomnia is off the scale and I am having the odd panic attack. Not to mention all the indigestion feelings, joint aches and muscle pains...
To cap it all, for some bizarre reason I forgot I had two remaining tablets in the pack and started a new pack two days early.
So my question is this...could the return of symptoms be due to the tablets or would that have had no impact?
I really really don't want to go onto antidepressants. I've been on them before and for my own reasons, don't want to go on to them again. If I could pinpoint these symptoms down to my own stupidity that would help me to ride them out but if they are unlikely to be related, then I need to re-think things.
All these symptoms could be down to peri or/and stress so I'm just looking to understand specifically whether my missing the last two tablets could have thrown my hormones into disarray again
If someone could answer, I'd be so grateful