There is no substitute for a good GP

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My Name and Age

Anonymous 61

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My MenoJourney Story

I wish I could turn the clock back 20 years.  I had all sorts of symptoms really but I didn't realise it back then.  I think the emotional issues were the worst and I actually split up with my partner in the end and I know there are 2 sides to a story but I was pretty horrible to be around for ages.  It's only recently that I've thought about it because I've just been diagnosed with a heart condition and osteoporosis.  If I had gone on HRT a few years ago who knows if I would have those problems.  I didn't go to the doctor because my mum told me that even if I went on HRT I'd still go through the menopause when I came off it so what was the point?  Best to tough it out so I did and I feel a right mug now.  (My mum died of congestive heart failure just before Covid.) I tried every supplement under the sun,  Red Clover to Evening Primrose and everything in between.  I spent a fortune and nothing helped.   I know now that if I had gone on HRT it would probably have helped with most of my symptoms and I wouldn't have had to go through it anyway once I stopped taking it.  That was just rubbish and I don't know why I listened to my Mum.  I never did when I was young!

There is no substitute for a good GP.

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My Symptoms

Hot flushes, mood swings, vaginal dryness, weight gain

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What Worked

Products or Advice That Worked

Good diet and walking the dogs.

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What Didn't Work - Beware

Products or Advice that DIDN'T work

Herbal supplements - nothing worked.  Literally nothing.

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I wish I'd known....

Take proper up to date medical advice and don't listen to old wives tales