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I kind of feel like I'm dead

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MentholLoad · 22/08/2023 15:25

I really really hope you can tell me that this passes

I have no energy, everything hurts yadda yadda. but I don't enjoy ANYTHING. I don't want to do anything at all. I don't want to work, I don't want to clean the house. I don't even want to spend time with friends. I don't feel like I have anything to say about anything. I just want it to be quiet. I long for retirement but I don't know what I want to do. I don't know if I want to move house or if I am happy were I am. I have no interest in travelling or going on holidays or anything. I think I could become reclusive. but it frightens me

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AInightingale · 28/09/2023 08:51

You said in an earlier post that your GP had refused HRT on account of HBP/weight. You might wait a month and get the same response again. I'm very sorry @MentholLoad. It's an absolute catch 22 some women are in. All I can say is that I was four stone overweight when I started HRT, and that I'm a healthy weight now (though the symptoms are creeping back - think I need a review. Not much bloody chance of that atm). My BP was okay though.

Might an online consultation be better, has anyone any experience of private prescribing when the patient has the issues you've mentioned?

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MentholLoad · 28/09/2023 08:56

AInightingale · 28/09/2023 08:51

You said in an earlier post that your GP had refused HRT on account of HBP/weight. You might wait a month and get the same response again. I'm very sorry @MentholLoad. It's an absolute catch 22 some women are in. All I can say is that I was four stone overweight when I started HRT, and that I'm a healthy weight now (though the symptoms are creeping back - think I need a review. Not much bloody chance of that atm). My BP was okay though.

Might an online consultation be better, has anyone any experience of private prescribing when the patient has the issues you've mentioned?

it's shit isn't it

I feel that if I was on HRT and could get some relief, then I would be more able to do something about my weight/blood pressure. that said I have learnt that I CAN control my blood pressure and current it is around 130/80....and I am still drinking coffee. because I enjoy it. and there isn't much I enjoy at all any more

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AInightingale · 28/09/2023 09:00

I wouldn't have said that 130/80 is that bad! It might even just be 'white coat hypertension' or whatever they call it nowadays - shoots up because you know it's being tested and you know a lot rests on it. Your normal BP might be lower than that.

Doobydoo · 01/10/2023 21:09

Hello all. Whilst I am sorry to read that so many are going through all this I am also relieved that it's not just me! I am exhausted,low in mood,full of rage,want to cry,want to be quiet no interest in anything. It all seems pointless. Everything hurts.I have been on Evorel Sequi/Conti 50 for about a year. I think they have helped with hot flushes and that's it. Have not had a period for 3 months but do have period pains. I don't have the energy to research Menopause/ supplements etc. I feel very very sad. So hard to explain to OH..I sort of tried tonight. Just glad I have written it down now and that I am not alone.

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