Hello,
I was hoping you could give me some guidance for my visit to the GP tomorrow...
I am 52 and haven't had a period for two years. I'm doing OK - the hot flushes aren't terrible, although I've been having some recently- but I have very poor sleep as with menopause has come sleep apnea. Also terribly achy limbs, crashing fatigue, anxiety which keeps me awake for hours, and a general sense of being off. I am not myself in that I have no energy whatsoever. Sometimes I go to be bed at 6pm. I shuffle along like an old person. Generally heading towards husk.
So: I want to try out HRT. I went last year to my GP and she was quite offhand, didn't ask me anything at all other than risk of heart disease and just wrote a prescription for a load of pills. I didn't take them as it all felt a.bit rushed and I wanted to try without. A relative, who is a gynacologist, told me not to bother with the pills and that I needed a gel. She said it was safer and better.
My questions are this:
- are my symptoms the kind of symptoms that relieved by HRT?
- Is asking for a gel a good idea. What kid of reasons should I give?
- Do I need to have mostly withdrawal bleeding? And if not, what kind of progesterone should I ask for if I am to have a break every two months or three months.
Plus any other advice please would be SO gratefully received.
Thanks