What really happens when YOU STOP HRT?

The menopause: one of life’s few certainties. Not an illness or condition, but a natural life event for every woman, when menstruation ceases and the ovaries stop producing oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone.

Across the UK, 13 million women are either perimenopausal (the years leading up to the menopause) or postmenopausal (when you have gone 12 months due to the loss of these hormones, including hot flushes, insomnia, vaginal dryness, anxiety, low mood, brain fog, dry eyes, itchy skin, tinnitus and body aches. The length of time that symptoms last varies between individuals, but averages about four years.