What age did you start HRT?

[Rolloisthebestpony]

I’m 41 and going to ask for it

47

44

52

44

I'm onto my 2nd month and I'm 44. Feel much better for it.

44. Should've gone at 42.

46, should have started at least two years earlier

44 I'm on my fourth month.

44. Should've started at 42. If I forget it for a couple of days (I'm on the gel) I swear I can feel myself turning bonkers just in that short space of time.

Shit? That early? I thought I had years left. I'm 43 and clueless.

Me too 😬

52

37 - but I have a lot of autoimmune issues which means oestrogen deficiency starts early and I stopped producing oestrogen completely at 35. Now aged 42.

45. Should have had it from 42. Wasn’t for the want of trying. Now nearly 48.

43 but probably should have started it around age 40. I started skipping periods at 40. Went back and forth to my GP a few times and finally bloods showed I was peri menopausal so started HRT at 43.

47
The achey joints were not responding to anything herbal, then the achey boobs and then Instarted with hot legs at night 😅

44. But it was after an ovary removal. Could maybe have gone a bit longer if not for that.

For all those who've said they should have started sooner, why do you say this? What were your "symptoms" for want of a better word? How will I know when I need it???

I'm really surprised by the young ages here. I'm 43 and don't have a single symptom of perimenopause yet, and none of my similarly aged friends do either (well, the ones I've spoken to about it). Is this unusual?

Exactly this. Signs were there and I would have benefited but it got to the point of near constant hot flushes before the penny actually dropped. Symptoms started when I was about 38 with periods going from clockwork every month to whenever, however and whatever they wanted. Then tiredness, brain fog, loss of concentration, moodiness, snappiness increasingly over the next few years. None of these behavious are me at all.

HRT is a godsend! Just had my first return of symptoms but I noticed quickly (within months) and have had my first dose adjustment in 4 years.

34 or 35, I can’t remember exactly as it was so long ago

49 in the height of COVID so 2 years at least delayed. Was suffering from high anxiety, couldn’t drive on motorways, my 8 year relationship ended, I could go on. Most definitely needed it earlier, possibly 45 ish.

43 but should have been on HRT since 40 when I went to the GP saying I thought I was perminenopausal only to be fobbed off with antidepressants.

Do you need a blood test to get it?

What if you don't have hot sweats?