“I’d gone from being bubbly and care-free with a job I loved to being trapped inside, in pain, and feeling totally desperate'
A GRAN has told how she became a prisoner in her own home after the sudden onset of menopause drove her to the brink of suicide.
Speaking exclusively to the Glasgow Times Joan, 61, said: “My doctor decided I should come off the pill at 58 because I’d been on it for so long, breaking only to have my children. There was no chance of me falling pregnant again and it seemed the right thing to do. “I begged my doctor to put me on hormone replacement therapy but because I wasn’t having hot flushes, I was told it wouldn’t help. I was told to try sleeping tablets, but nothing worked - and things quickly became worse.”Joan’s anxiety became so bad that she feared stepping outside her front door, meaning she had to leave her job at a primary school working with children with additional support needs.
“My hair was falling out and I just wanted to keep the blinds closed and sit in the dark. I became terrified of the outside“I’d gone from being bubbly and care-free with a job I loved to being trapped inside, in pain, and feeling totally desperate. She found the support she needed after reaching out to Diane Danzebrink, founder of Menopause Support, which offers evidence-based information about how to cope with the change.READ MORE: Glasgow baby set to undergo open heart surgery to save her life
“It cost me a job I loved and a circle of friends. I don’t ever think I’ll get over what it has done to me.
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