10-19-2012, 09:42 AM
No nicotine replacement for me! And I agree that hormones may help me tremendously. When I think back to the last time I stopped smoking, it at 8 months that anxiety hit hard. I immediately thought it was a symptom of not smoking (which it may have been), because I had slight issues with it up until that time. But it may have in fact been from depletion of hormones. I started taking anxiety meds (lexapro) which did help with the anxiety which is a symptom of being perimenopausal. So it did help with the symptom but didn’t take care of the issue which HRT hopefully will. It all makes sense. I’ve tried many all natural remedies with no effect, so needless to say, I hope this takes care of many of my issues.
As far as other things, basically what I meant was the stressors that really wreak havoc on my mind and body. Things like worry which is huge, fear of change and letting go of control. I’m not sure if the program will be dealing with these types of things or not but maybe just going on an hrt plan will help deal with it all better. I used to be so balanced and even keeled. Right now I cry every single day about nothing, wake up with stomach pain and other types or these things. It’s all ridiculous. Some may still be from stopping smoking but who knows.
As far as other things, basically what I meant was the stressors that really wreak havoc on my mind and body. Things like worry which is huge, fear of change and letting go of control. I’m not sure if the program will be dealing with these types of things or not but maybe just going on an hrt plan will help deal with it all better. I used to be so balanced and even keeled. Right now I cry every single day about nothing, wake up with stomach pain and other types or these things. It’s all ridiculous. Some may still be from stopping smoking but who knows.
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