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Please help. Mental health issue or meno?

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cosmosforall · 22/12/2021 11:11

Is anyone here with previous experience of mental health problems going through meno?

If so how did you tell the difference? And how did you manage - HRT / drugs / both?

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feettothestars · 03/01/2022 21:39

@cosmosforall are you using topical estrogen? Mine keeps giving me thrush so that's a nice paradoxical bonus.

cosmosforall · 03/01/2022 22:28

@feettothestars I use the internal one vagifem twice a week and then top up with topical when for me the itching (nice!) starts. So far that seems to work. And a tea tree Australian product sometime seems to help as well. All the Yes products made it worse for me.

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Periperinotchicken · 03/01/2022 22:31

Sorry to hear what you are all going through

I recommend these 2 books, if anyone wants peri reading material.

On the vitamin front, also taking Vit D but in capsule form, you need a minimum of 2000 iu

  • Magnesium Glyinate
  • B complex
  • fish oils
Please help. Mental health issue or meno?
Please help. Mental health issue or meno?
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