Emotional regulation of toddler - except it’s me!

[FridayNightSinner]

I feel like I’ve been propelled into an emotional rollercoaster. I’ve been on HRT (evorei 50 and conti) for only five weeks. I’m crying over ridiculous things and getting irrationally angry at things that are irritating, but not rage inducing. Logically, I know I shouldn’t be getting this emotional, but am struggling to contain it or “feel” it.

It says to give HRT 3-6 months to adapt to changes, but all I’m noticing are huge emotional changes and not a tiny bit of difference to the cognitive decline, fatigue or nausea - so I still have these really debilitating symptoms, but now I also feel like I’m going mad as have no control over my emotions. If anyone has been in a similar boat and pushed through the side effects, how long before you also had the positive impact on the symptoms you’d originally hoped to alleviate? Also my knees have got bone achingly painful and my hands are really weak (I had this with my hands in pregnancy so maybe a weird hormonal thing with me?

So, upshot is - side effects and nothing positive so far. Should I have seen some improvement by now given I’m feeling the other effects, or do I need to keep persevering? Yes, I could discuss with doctor, but also, hahahaha at being able to discuss with doctor in a reasonable timeframe.

I hear you, it’s awful isn’t it.
I took me about week 9 when one day I was , like god I feel normal !
I had been very emotional,ratty, explosive temper and very intrusive thoughts for 2/3 years prior to going on HRT.
as I say about week 9 I realised I wasn’t so emotional and felt more normal ‘me’ .
after 18 months I notice some of my old symptoms starting to creep back.
I then went back to my GP and increased my patch my another 25mg.
Also I really recommend the Balance App by De Louise Newson it’s free and it really is very useful regarding all if not all aspects of Menopause. For me the App was a life line and you can do an online diary to track symptoms and print off, which I found helpful when I did visit my GP .
do stick with it for also understand everybody is different and we all absorb different degrees of HRT.
Hopefully you will start to feel the benefits soon. Just hang in there.

On MN, HRT is the cure-it-all for anything a woman over the age of 40 posts.
You are tired, get HRT,
You have brain fog, HRT,
You are struggling with life, get HRT
and so on and on.

HRT is great for some, not for all. Dosage also matters.

Unless you have menopause-specific symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, the cause of your symptoms might not benefit from HRT.
Low B12 or low Omega 3 index (ideal is minimum of 8, problematic below 4) or low iron might be to blame for fatigue and cognitive decline. Test those since you haven't improved and are actually worse.