Have the symptoms of peri menopause affected your work

Just interested to know how other people have coped at work with symptoms of peri menopause. For me I didn’t realise the hard time I was having were symptoms of peri and put it all down to work related stress. Unfortunately it forced me to give up a career I loved
My story was published in the daily mail magazine

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-10687451/The-menopause-nearly-destroyed-me.html#l6501maznwus24vdppn

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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

in our community

What do we think?

My period is due tomorrow 🤭🥹❤️

Spiralling - hormonal imbalance

Hiya,

I was feeling v rundown & tired for some time & had bloods taken back in January & was diagnosed with anaemia & given tablets. I don’t feel like they helped at all & they were just for 3 months & feel as tired/run down as ever.

At the time, it came up in conversation with my Mum that I was having irregular periods (I have a tracker app & consistently for well over a year). What once lasted 5 days max & came every 28 days was now 10 days max & every 19 days…..The Doctor did ask about periods but seemed more concerned if if they were heavy or sore.

Flash forward 3 months & I call up re medication to stop periods on holiday & just mentioned the irregularity again & the (male this time) Doctor books me in for hormonal imbalance blood tests. I’ve been Googling & they can be for thyroid issues (which the bloods in Jan also covered), infertility (👶🏼👶🏼), PCOS (no) or pre/peri menopause (Doc already counted it out as too young).

I’m just curious if anyone else has had these kinds of tests & what came of it?

Thoughts?

Period due two days ago…

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It feels like something everyone should be taught at school but no women I directly spoke to knows anything about it...

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