Have the symptoms of peri menopause affected your work

Hi Sarah,
That article has really hit home. I'm currently signed off from work and not sure if I want to go back. My mood is so low, I have no motivation and antidepressants don't seem to be helping. My GP has agreed to start HRT....just hoping it makes a difference.

I didn’t like the side effects of the antidepressants and pushed for hrt. It has helped but I still get the low mood and need to play about with the dose until I feel it’s right. I am convinced that testosterone would help so that’s my next battle. I hope the hrt helps you because there is nothing worse than that terrible low mood. Good luck to you and let me know how you get on xx

My work is really affected but I can’t afford to be signed off while I try to get HRT to work and my boss refuses to do anything that might be helpful. Sorry you’re going through a tough time too!!

that’s not so good to hear. Could you find out if your workplace has a menopause policy? It must be hard when you have a boss that doesn’t get it!

it doesn’t have a menopause policy. We don’t have much support for anything unfortunately

that’s really sad to hear. Is there no one you could approach at work about this?

unfortunately no