Bodies are weird and inconvenient
Minor but potentially gross personal stuff under the cut. Short version, the menopause process is confusing.
Peri-menopause has had its ups and downs but in the greater scheme of things has been manageable overall until late last year when insomnia became very severe, with all the associated side-effects of chronic insomnia.
Off I trot to my doctor, and after reviewing my health overall we decide that HRT is an option. Unfortunately, the progesterone pills that you use to protect against uterine cancer drive me literally crazy (discovered earlier trying to control heavy menstrual bleeding.) So, since I cannot carry on like this, we decide that a medicated IUD is the best option, even though I have long had a strong personal sense of leg-crossing 'ick, no! ' about IUDs.
The IUD is due to go in in less than a week, and guess what? The insomnia is notably improving, and I am all "what do?" Which is not to say that I don't have a plan which almost certainly involves delaying the IUD and HRT, just that I'm 'OMG, bodies!'. This entry was originally posted at https://mab-browne.dreamwidth.org/412162.html. Comments are welcome there too. :-)
Peri-menopause has had its ups and downs but in the greater scheme of things has been manageable overall until late last year when insomnia became very severe, with all the associated side-effects of chronic insomnia.
Off I trot to my doctor, and after reviewing my health overall we decide that HRT is an option. Unfortunately, the progesterone pills that you use to protect against uterine cancer drive me literally crazy (discovered earlier trying to control heavy menstrual bleeding.) So, since I cannot carry on like this, we decide that a medicated IUD is the best option, even though I have long had a strong personal sense of leg-crossing 'ick, no! ' about IUDs.
The IUD is due to go in in less than a week, and guess what? The insomnia is notably improving, and I am all "what do?" Which is not to say that I don't have a plan which almost certainly involves delaying the IUD and HRT, just that I'm 'OMG, bodies!'. This entry was originally posted at https://mab-browne.dreamwidth.org/412162.html. Comments are welcome there too. :-)