I have not found hrt 'cured' my anxiety, but since I went from Femoston 1/20 to 2/10, I feel much less wired up and get papatations and aches in the upper abdomen far less often. I am much more able to deal with it.
I use yoga, breathing to stretch my diaphragm out helps a lot and regular relaxation sessions to remind me of how to do it. I remind myself that it is my body that is doing this to me, and that I don't actually have anything to worry about. (much
) So lots of distressing. (I also resort to gin and chocolate - it has got me out of difficult places before
- although I must add that I drink way, way below those government 'targets'. A stiff Gin and a bath full of lavender and chamomile
)
Best to stick to flushes - look up vasomotor symptoms - have also been told that my bladder issues are not menopause related, and also not sleeping at night (if you have ever lain in that state of not quite dropping off for an entire night, you know! and it is gone now
) Fortunately, my original doctor agreed that my intermittent joint pains were worth trying hrt for - she was around long before the scares of the early 2000s and had a strong interest in women's health but is now retired. I am very grateful to her, because my current small GP practice is not well up on a lot of things and one of the doctors 'doesn't do women's issues' at all.
