I am one month past my 45th birthday. I have very irregular periods, they started going kooky when I was 41/2, but I didn't pay much attention.
Apart from night sweats that I got for about 4 months at around 41/42, I haven't had them since. Which is odd.
I have no other symptoms that I have noticed other than some things that could easily be nothing related to hormones at all. No night sweats, no flushes, no aches and pains.
I have now skipped 3 periods, so I thought it was time I should go to Dr as I am worried about osteoporosis and heart problems and getting some protection from them.
I was told that they treat only the symptoms, so no to HRT, and I am over 45 (one month) so it is not early menopause. He would not prescribe me HRT until after 12 months of no periods.
I feel like if I had just got my arse in gear and made the appointment a couple of months ago, I would have heard a different story. But also, I really DON'T want to be a drain on the system and should maybe count myself lucky that I don't need it yet.
In the appointment I was really pissed off, but have just come on here and read the NICE guidelines and my position seems to be really opaque and I am wondering if he was actually right.
I just worry about heart protection quite a lot as my father had a heart attack early, and his mother before him.
Or am I being a hypochondriac?
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Am I being a hypochondriac, drain to NHS?
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Iamthinking · 06/06/2016 11:25
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