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Menopause and memory

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Newwardrobe · 28/12/2022 04:58

I'm late 50's and think I'm post menopause , I still have occasional night sweats but nowhere near as bad as they have been.
My problem is my memory, I can't recall words , they just completely elude me and I get embarrassed, especially at work when I'm half way through a sentence and just stop because I can't think of the word I need.
I was talking to my daughter today and couldn't think of the word 'stereo' and for some reason I got really upset, my daughter said it didn't matter and not to worry but I am worried, it makes me feel stupid .
Is there any way to make this better, is it worth bothering my GP ?

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dizzydizzydizzy · 28/12/2022 05:00

HRT. I had this and my GP me to up my dose and it stopped immediately.

KangarooKenny · 28/12/2022 06:55

Not everyone wants to take HRT, so I just laugh and say ‘ sorry, menopause brain’. The more you stress about it, the more you can’t recall the word.

Stopsnowing · 28/12/2022 07:06

Testosterone helps.

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Rollerbird · 07/06/2023 23:00

Did you go to the gp @Newwardrobe
Im feeling the same

Silkierabbit · 08/06/2023 02:41

I had this with chemo for breast cancer so obviously can't do hrt but mine got much better doing research which used brain a lot. Now its pretty much back to before - I'm in menopause now. Whether will work longer term I don't know. And also for the part of my memory that got erased looking over the diary of what happened helped fill gaps.

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