We often get asked whether HRT will delay the menopause. Some women believe that it just ‘presses pause’ on their symptoms, worrying that the symptoms will come roaring back as soon as they stop taking it. This isn’t what happens. If you are ‘programmed’ to experience menopause symptoms for, say, 10 years and take HRT for 7 years, you will probably experience 3 more years of symptoms if you decide to stop treatment. So, you will have avoided those years of symptoms altogether.