Michelle Heaton has spoken openly about her menopause symptoms while revealing that she's been feeling under the weather.The mother-of-two took to her Instagram to post a photo of herself alongside her dog Bella while expressing that she hasn't been feeling quite like herself.Interacting with her 306k followers, Michelle, 42, questioned whether anyone else was feeling the blues while asking women about the symptoms and their experience with menopause.Captioning the Instagram post, she penned: "Anyone else feeling like me & Bella here?"Hers is time of the month, mine is #menopause," she explained to her fans."I’ve been feeling a bit down last few days, irritated and not been sleeping very well.
Also, itchy skin and dryness of the mouth. Just feel foggy!"However, the star also expressed that she knows she is currently in need of her treatment HRT (Hormone replacement therapy) which helps to relieve symptoms of menopause.She continued: "I've just realised I need my HRT when I just took a look at my calendar."My body was telling me I’m in need.
I was putting it down to the holiday blues. It just didn’t occur to me I was running out of my HRT!"She then went on to ask: "What other symptoms do you guys get?"Seeing Michelle's honest post, fans shared their experience while wishing her well.One person penned: "I’m 47 and I think I’m in this weird ‘peri menopause’ stage.
Worst symptom for me at the moment is itchy skin! The tops of my arms especially - driving me insane! Any suggestions to relieve the itch?