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Struggling with menopause symptoms, mental health: looking to connect
Hello my name is Jenny I am going through menopause and it's is excruciating, all I think of is all my failures, what I should have done in life, I'm depressed with high anxiety, any thing sets me off, I have insomnia that keeps me up, hot flashes and restlessness, I think terrible thoughts, I get manic and at times I think Suicidal, not as bad as in the beginning, every day I go to work and inside I feel alone and sad. I am on hrt and progesterone it worked in the beginning but now its like a roller coaster...If someone can relate and would like to be friends talk on the phone let me know..
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Thank you so kindly for your support. It helps to know that so many women understand how I feel. I definitely understand many of their situations too.
I have typically noticed worsening of my perimenopause symptoms about a week before my period. I thought that the HRT would "even out" those worse times but so far it has not. The HRT definitely has alleviated many of my symptoms otherwise, and I am grateful to have found a doctor who listens - it wasn't easy.
I sent an online message to my doctor with the above concerns and he encouraged me to stay on the current doses of HRT. He said - hopefully this course of treatment will lead to ending my periods altogether. I am not well versed in how that works, however his comment gave me hope that some part of the HRT path ends in menopause *finally*!
Hi Jenny, the women on this page have given you some great advice, specifically about the dose of HRT you are currently getting. For me, I have found exercising and meditating help me greatly by calming the mind and reducing those negative thoughts. Join a group in your area that can help you get started.