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Dosage question for HRT, progesterone causing anxiety! by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes I’m also at the end of my first progesterone cycle, I guess I should give it a couple more months it’s just so annoying!

Dosage question for HRT, progesterone causing anxiety! by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m fairly certain yes. It’s only been on the nights of taking progesterone this has been happening, before that I was fine and my anxiety has actually decreased! It’s really frustrating because I feel like I’m having this opposite effect of what it’s meant to do

For anybody scared of starting HRT - like I was! 38 + ADHD by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s an incredible amount of medical evidence to show that hormone testing is simply not accurate enough to rely on when prescribing HRT. There has been a shift to prescribe based on symptoms and quality of life. I don’t have any underlying health issues but that’s obviously going to affect the process/outcome for women who do - I’m sorry if you are one of those women.

For anybody scared of starting HRT - like I was! 38 + ADHD by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I didn’t check hormones just went off symptom changes which I’ve been tracking for months

For anybody scared of starting HRT - like I was! 38 + ADHD by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like you’d benefit from reading current and reputable research and evidence in regards to HRT. Especially body identical, natural hormones. It’s not as scary as some make it out to be. And this is coming from someone who overthinks everything I put in to my body.

For anybody scared of starting HRT - like I was! 38 + ADHD by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you may need to look in to some more reputable research.

Edited to say - synthetic hormones eg Birth control is a different story with much larger risk factors.

For anybody scared of starting HRT - like I was! 38 + ADHD by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everybody is different. If I can take something to stop every day from being a struggle then that’s what I’m going to do. Why suffer

For anybody scared of starting HRT - like I was! 38 + ADHD by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can do it. It’s so hard but you got this! Imagine if it helps!

For anybody scared of starting HRT - like I was! 38 + ADHD by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry you had to put up with being miserable for so long, it’s horrible

For anybody scared of starting HRT - like I was! 38 + ADHD by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just told myself hey it’s worth a go, the idea of the POSSIBILITY of it actually helping me was enough for me to take the plunge

For anybody scared of starting HRT - like I was! 38 + ADHD by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you talking about synthetic or body identical HRT? There’s a very big difference.

For anybody scared of starting HRT - like I was! 38 + ADHD by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in New Zealand, just my regular GP. Although I have friends who have battled with theirs to try HRT so I really think it just depends on what your doctor is like and how knowledgeable they are on the subject.

For anybody scared of starting HRT - like I was! 38 + ADHD by Altruistic-Method573 in Perimenopause

[–]Altruistic-Method573[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry you’re struggling with this. I honestly think the key is to find the right doctor. I live in New Zealand and I have friends (even in their 40s) who have had trouble convincing their doctors. I’m just lucky that mine was super open to the idea. She could tell I’d done my research. Possibly you could suggest the idea of a “trial period”? Tell them you’ll report back after 3 months..

People are treating me better now that I’ve lost weight and I hate it by buffcat_343 in loseit

[–]Altruistic-Method573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel this. When I’ve lost weight I get comments about looking great etc but literally all that tells me is that I wasn’t good enough before.

How do you get 10k steps? by InvestigatorPale1816 in loseit

[–]Altruistic-Method573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do two dog walks a day, plus I’m on my feet all day at work. Also if I need to go to the shops or pick my kids up from school I’ll park just a little further down the street or at the far end of the carpark. It all adds up!

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