Coming on here for a bit of support with peri-menopause symptoms as I just feel desperate to feel normal again. Never had anxiety before but started to get it badly over the last 10 months - waking up in a panic etc sweating, worrying all day long and fixating on a single worry in a loop. I've still got my periods but they are lighter and I was getting severe migraines every period. GP suggested 50 mg of an AD called Sertraline and I only managed a week on that as my anxiety went off the scale, I could also barely keep my eyes open and had to have time off work. Felt a bit better once I'd come off the AD. Saw a menopause specialist who was lovely and said classical perimenopause symptoms and prescribed oestrogel and utrogestan. I've taken two pumps of oestrogel for 8 days and my anxiety is still terrible (if not worse but not sure). I'm sitting here with a fizzing head and waves of anxiety/cold sweats. Got to pull myself together to take my younger daughter out soon. The specialist said she thought i would probably need three pumps of oestrogel. Not sure I should go up yet? I've read on here some women's anxiety increases with bigger doses of oestrogel. Any advice much appreciated. Thank you. Does this ever get better? Huge sympathy to anyone going though this or similar.