Diagnosed as peri 18 months ago, took 6 months to get any treatment. Been on HRT a year and have cycled through pills, patches/utrogestan, Oestrogel/Utrogestan and back to the patches recently.
Basically I still have most of the orginal symptoms along with the side effects. In particular I have been driven spare by poor sleep and lack of confidence, jittery anxiety and crashing depression.
I got a big promotion a few months ago in spite of this and am desperate to be succesful, but also to do something else with my life other than grinding through work.
I can't recall a single question the succession of GP's, nurses and HCAs have been able to answer. I have been told many things that are contrary to the little published evidence that there is, too many to go into here. Only once 'seen' the same person twice. Have asked to be referred to the specialists but tumbleweed. They are clueless, and worse, couldn't care less. Destroyed my faith in, and to some extent support of, the NHS. Its institutionally sexist.
To me, knowledge is power. I am desperate to understand, even if I can't be treated. I just need to KNOW whether I am one of the women who get no benefit from HRT. To make an informed decision about whether to give up.
AIBU to go private? Where do I go? I joined the waiting list for Louise Newsome's clinic, popular on here, but everyone seems to get the same presciption. I've had all the presciptions now AFAIK. I need expert input. There seem to be clinics in London. Can anyone recomend? I have a lifelong suspicion of private medicine and worry that I will also be fobbed off, but this time after handing over vast amounts of cash!