3d ago
Right. GP appointment on Thursday and I know exactly what will happen. I'll sit down, she'll ask how I'm doing, and every single thing I meant to say will vanish. Completely. Like it was never there. So I've been writing stuff down this week. Proper notes, times and everything. Woke at 2.47, woke at 3.15, woke at 4am and didn't get back off. Mood: fine in the morning, inexplicably flat by 3pm. That sort of thing. Nothing fancy, just the phone notes app. I want to ask about HRT specifically and whether it can help with sleep as much as the other stuff, because honestly the broken nights are what's breaking me, not the flushes. But I'm nervous she'll just say it's stress and send me off with a leaflet. I've been fobbed off before and I really don't have the energy to fight this time. Also quietly cutting down on wine midweek which I didn't think would do anything but actually I think I'm sleeping a bit lighter rather than crashing and then bouncing awake at 3? Hard to tell. Only been a week. Does anyone have advice on what to actually SAY in the room when you're worried about being dismissed? Like the exact words. My brain turns to mush the second I sit down in that chair. x