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I am nearly 52 had a partial hysterectomy at 29. I get very hot all the time and my bones ache. I'm being treated for depression but I'm under huge stress. Is this menopause or depression?HRT. I am really struggling with both mood swings and depression. I have in the past two years' been diagnosed Bipolar II. I am 51 and on a low-dose combined HRT and have a monthly bleed. I have no children so it seemed that influenced the choice of HRT. When I can get an appointment to see my GP I am hoping to be gradually phased off HRT since I only went onto it because I wasn't sleeping well. I take Dormeasan with my doctors consent and that helps enormously. Any further advice/help would be appreciated.
When your ovaries are left you tend to have the menopause at roughly the same time you would have done had you not had the operation and the average age is 45-55 so it is possible.
However, menopause-like symptoms can also be caused stress, by low iron, low thyroid and low vitamin D so it is best to ask your doctor to test for these just to rule them out and they may also be able to test your hormone levels as well and that will give you a better idea of what is happening.
Eileen Durward
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