"I personally can’t comprehend being without HRT. It fills me with terror."
For mum-of-one Joanne Harding, to think about life before hormone replacement therapy is almost too painful. Crippling anxiety, insomnia, joint-pain and brain fog led her into a downward spiral she feared she'd never recover from.
The Labour councillor from Urmston genuinely believed she was suffering from early on-set dementia when she started experiencing symptoms of the menopause several years ago.
