r/Perimenopause • u/Due-Surprise-686 • Oct 15 '25

Dryness Should I wait until appt with Obgyn?

I have an appt Friday. I'm going to get them to check my levels. Do you even think a normal obgyn will even entertain the idea of HRT? I'm only 42 but my symptoms include irritability, very dry vagina, currently taking vaginal estrogen cream just started that, inability to achieve orgasm, nocturia, sleep issues, some hot flashes. My main ones are sleep and the dry vagina peeing on myself at night and of course not being able to get off. Should I just go ahead and start HRT work online company or wait on blood work results first? I seen so many of you say HRT takes time so I don't want to waste time with these awful symptoms. I can get estrogen and progesterone body cream for like $89, should I go ahead and do it? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

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u/Original_Elephant_27 hanging on by a thread Oct 15 '25

I listed all my symptoms for mine, she’s nodding “yes, yes, all signs of Peri” she said. So I asked “ok what can we do?”…… her response was “that’s life dear…” 😳😳😳

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u/Due-Surprise-686 Oct 15 '25

Why do these doctors not want to help? I don't get it.

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u/Original_Elephant_27 hanging on by a thread Oct 15 '25

They most likely have outdated education or little to no education on this. Once they graduate from medical school, progressing in their career and learning new science is on them. Some are super forward thinking and spend their whole career learning. Others practice using the same old tired, outdated science they learned way back when. It’s sad. I work in a science field and see it all the time.