Hello all
Is there anyone here with ME/CFS, and also in peri? I was diagnosed with ME last year and am really struggling. I’ve been in and out of work, really struggling to keep going and struggling with symptoms all the time. Generally feeling severe fatigue, generalised sick/poisoned feeling, muscle aches, tinnitus, nausea etc. I also suffer a lot with insomnia.
I am also in peri-menopause and my symptoms tend to get worse around the end of my cycle (albeit at this point I haven’t had a period for months) and so my doctors have suggested HRT, but I’m incredibly sensitive to medications and have had bad reactions to contraceptive pill in the past so I’m really nervous about it. I started HRT a few months ago but then stopped (long story, but I felt my ME got much worse, but this could have been due to some other medication I had started at the same time) but then when I stopped I had a really severe ME crash, which took me back to bed for weeks. I am torn about trying again, I do think it could help as I did feel much better for a short time when I started last time, but I’m so scared that it affect my ME again.
I’d love to hear from anyone else also dealing with ME/CFS at the same time as Peri-menopause, it’s such a confusing picture and I’m never really sure whether my symptoms are caused by one or the other or both. I’d be grateful for any thoughts, or experiences, or just to hear from others in the same boat.