Sudden debilitating fatigue - hormonal?

[thefirstmrsdewinter]

Is anyone else having episodes of debilitating fatigue? In addition to feeling tired there is also some dizziness and feeling sort of overwhelmed. Even having had a restful, full night's sleep, I feel as if I've been awakened in the middle of the night and forced to get up for the day. This started Sun evening.

I'm 50, pretty active and fit, not always bursting with energy but generally I feel pretty well. I seem to have somehow stumbled into a permanent hangover.

It's hardly expensive and cheaper than patches. menopausematters.co.uk/perimeno.php
I pay for my own (privately) and it works out at around £10 for a pump that lasts me 5 weeks. Obviously there is Utrogestan on top of that.

I thought the argument was drs are supposed to prescribe the safest products (which are transdermal) and not fret over cost?

The signs and symptoms are quite honestly like fibromyalgia or RA and I am shitting myself about this as a diagnosis

Don't let them diagnose you with these conditions - especially as they cmae back/on after stopping HRT. I know nothing about RA but fibro/ME/CFS are catch all diagnoses for syndromes which consist of a range of symptoms for which the docs can't be bothered to investigate further and once you have a diagnosis won't need to as you will be sent away with a "there there" for the rest of your life haven't found a cause. Many fibro/CFS symptoms can be caused by underactive thyroid, low oestrogen and/or low testosterone including joint/muscular pain.

You haven't said how old you are but I agree 3 years is nothing and in any case you can carry on for the rest of your life if no medical reason why not. Did I miss you are at risk of BC due to family history/BRCA gene?