Will I ever get my emotions back on track?

[Wonderbug81]

I've been feeling so much better since I got my HRT at the right level - anxiety gone, low mood gone, vaginal atrophy better.

In many ways I feel like my pre-peri self but I can't seem to stop myself crying at the smallest things. I watch a generic crime drama and cry. A conversation with my partner gets the tiniest bit heated and I cry.

I'm supposed to be interviewing for senior roles and I'm terrified of getting the job and crying at the first sign of stress or conflict.

Is this normal or does it mean my hormones are still out of whack?

I'm 47, two years peri, take 2.5 pumps oestrogel, 100mcg Utrogestan nightly for 25 days a month (although it's generic brand name version) and Vagifem x4 a week.

This is so similar to how I am feeling.

I'm 46 and have been on HRT over a year. All the original symptoms have gone, and I'd been feeling great. But now I am so emotional suddenly. Very quick to cry, but then also I feel completely fine a lot of the time as well. So I'm very up and down.

I have got a new, more senior job and am finding leaving the current one to be a massive trigger for more tears! Every time I tell someone I'm leaving, I cry! I've been at Pride all weekend and have been crying a lot there too.

I wonder if this is major hormonal fluctuations that the HRT just can't smooth out?

So my assumption is that it's temporary.... but no idea how long it will last!

It's how I remember grief - tears just appear out of nowhere!

That's exactly how I feel. Mine is usually triggered by something (albeit trivial) rather than spontaneous. Just makes it so hard to deal with day to day life, doesn't it?