I started oestrogen gel a few months back just on certain days over my period to stop crazy PMS I was having. I was also taking St. Johns Wort which seemed to help me a lot with the anxiety and low mood I was experiencing. I stopped it, started to feel anxious again and am now day 3 on it again. I took up running to exercise my way through the menopause and surprised myself when after 1 month I was able to do a 10K in an hour.
My consultant told me that I will have good days and bad days. I've been having lots of good days but the bad ones are sneaking in too. Yesterday I felt amazing then early last night I went out and had 1 drink and now feel like the black dog has descended on me with a vengeance. I've already cried twice and feel really awful like I have a massive hangover. I went to bed last night at 8pm as I was so whacked out. Having loads of bad thoughts and feel like I need to get in a car and drive a few thousand miles in the opposite direction. I'm doing that thing when I feel down and anxious that I hate which is questioning whether it is the peri-menopause or am I just developing a mental illness.
Does alcohol have this much effect on peri-menopausal women?
When you are having a really bad day what do you do to help yourself or make yourself feel better? I wish I could just tell myself that it is the peri-M, take a duvet day and watch a sad movie, bu a massive bar of Dairy Milk and have the day off but my mind wants to hit the self destruction button it seems.
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