48 and I genuinely did not think I'd be typing something like this for a while. Eight weeks ago I was a wreck. Not sleeping, drenched through by 3am, crying at the recycling. My GP had basically shrugged and I came here feeling pretty desperate if I'm honest. I don't fully know what shifted. HRT has been part of it, I think, but I also quietly changed a few other things at the same time so I can't point at any one thing and say "that's the one". Mornings have been the weirdest improvement. I started eating the same breakfast almost every day, eggs mostly, sometimes with some smoked salmon if I'm organised the night before, and something about the repetition just... helps? Less decision-making before 8am. My brain seems to appreciate the low effort. Walking got back in too. Nothing impressive. Twenty minutes, sometimes thirty. That's it. Sleep is better. Not perfect, still get the odd awful night, but the baseline has lifted and that alone has changed everything about how I feel by afternoon. I've got a follow-up next month and I'm already thinking about what I want to bring up because it's not all resolved. The mood stuff is calmer but there's something still sitting underneath it that I want to actually name to my GP rather than just say "I'm fine, much better thanks" like I usually do. Anyway. I just wanted to put this here because eight weeks ago I was reading posts like this and they kept me going. So. Here you are. x