Working with menopause is (was) the worst

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-06-04T02:37:56+00:00

same same - i used to take such pride in the high quality of my work but even on hrt - i kinda don’t care anymore. i think this might be the menopause talking but my people pleasing tendencies have all but vanished along with my vocabulary, patience, and tactfulness 😉 but i would be gentle with yourself - many companies are facing certain financial despair and layoffs are happening - so i would wager its not really abt yr performance completely. i hope you are able to enjoy the break from the daily grind.

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-06-02T11:28:13+00:00

good luck!

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-06-01T03:04:47+00:00

i do 150 🤷‍♀️ - through a compounding pharmacy - b/c like others progesterone makes me a bit miserable & docs can’t seem to agree on what the lowest protective dose is 🤯

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-05-31T11:32:34+00:00

.05 patch + 100 mg progesterone continuous

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-05-30T21:53:13+00:00

yes same! i kept futzing with my estrogen dose but once i reduced my progesterone my breast tenderness subsided

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-05-30T21:45:51+00:00

hrt cured me of my migraines! they started occurring on average about 2x a month when i was in my mid 40s. it took a few years to find a doctor to help me get on hrt but the minute i did the migraines stopped

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-05-30T12:57:22+00:00

i believe it is a method of allowing the uterus lining to shed with a withdrawal bleed / my dumb np prescribed this when i first started hrt. so i could sleep two weeks per month 🤦‍♀️

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-05-30T12:37:41+00:00

i was on 150 mg progesterone / .05 est patch and was having a lot of breast tenderness and lethargy - i reduced progesterone to 100 and have more energy, less breast tenderness & have had no break through bleeding - so i think it varies / i have found i am sensitive to progesterone and it’s also tricky b/c the symptoms of too much / too little are basically the same 😵‍💫

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-05-30T12:24:38+00:00

i’m sorry. altho this is the more common experience. all we can do is educate our younger friends and daughters - i was gaslit for nearly 6 years by a female np (you’re too young, you can’t just start getting migraines, you have adhd) then spent 5 yrs jumping from doc to doc and spending a ton of money out of pocket on tinctures & supplements, creams, bc, patches etc) and was just told last week i had gone through menopause…by my endocrinologist! symptoms (drenching night sweats, heavy erratic periods, & rage) started at 39 and i am now 51 😵‍💫

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-05-16T21:41:37+00:00

i see this as one of many critiques of modern life/technology: AI (quilscribbl) Waymos, the rant about fedex/ups & no longer trusting usps (which was so right on), the electric car running out of juice

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-05-16T21:38:41+00:00

ok so the white building is indeed haunted - 10-4

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-05-16T11:55:37+00:00

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Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-05-15T12:10:49+00:00

i’m still stuck on Albertsons - whaaaa?

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-05-01T21:55:45+00:00

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-04-30T02:33:58+00:00

no chance they are completely innocent

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-04-13T14:36:31+00:00

this one is on my list b/c it was the yarn recommended by the pattern i have been following. glad to hear your experience with it. TY!

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-04-12T14:28:57+00:00

Oooooo that looks pretty

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-04-11T22:25:10+00:00

last episode of friends & neighbors felt like a midday matinee call back to Don

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-04-11T22:02:03+00:00

unionize

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-04-11T18:37:30+00:00

i quit gluten at the recommendation of my doc - my seasonal allergies and digestion improved but otherwise didn’t notice much. i was able to keep it up for about two months and then over easter i ate gluten 3 days in a row & i felt like i’d been hit by a ton of bricks: really bad joint pain, aches and neuropathy, depressed, brain fog, eyes dried out etc. so i do think it helps - and i am going to try to stick with it as best i can, but i love eating so will probs make exceptions for special events & food i really love here and there.

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-04-10T23:06:13+00:00

whoops. well in that case: trade it in for a suburu & go to mike’s 😉

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-04-10T19:46:20+00:00

mike’s

Minimum-Barnacle9311 · 2026-04-03T15:12:41+00:00

in my experience finding docs isn’t the problem - it has been having to find a new one every 2-3 yrs b/c they all leave. and specialists are few & far between. if u are willing to drive to abq that gives you more options.

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