I'm on Evorel 50. My chest is tender as well.
When I had to move to patches because they stopped making the implants, a seven day patch not only would not stay on but it gave me a rash. My dr moved me to 2 per week, but I also found that each patch would not last the 3.5 days in terms of effectiveness (my body sucks up that oestrogen), so I replaced it every 3 days, and topped up with a gel satchet on the 7th day.
I have now found a compound chemist who makes the implant pellets and have gone back to them.
hi, sorry it's been a while. Not seen any comments that were relevant to me till now. Just started 2nd month of Evorel 50 & Sequi. The flushes are subsiding - at last. Luckily they have been my only Menopause symptom
so hope I can continue with these. Still rather lethargic compared to active I was a few years ago. Will note other meds you girls are taking & see how it goes. btw these are staying on fine. Thanks. Found out I can't
get these on repeat scrip, have to go to Doctor every month which is a nuisance as I work full time & trying to get appointments can be tricky.
Hi, thanks for your helpful comment. On different patch now. Hope I can get my mojo back. Feel healthy just not very energetic. Early days I guess!
'You're trembling inside, your heart is fluttering, you feel a tightness across your chest and back/shoulders, crying, feel like a dark cloud is over you and the anxiety - "My Lord" the anxiety is unbearable.; Thank you Denise8209 for such an accurate description! i think if more women heard this they wouldn't feel so alone or that something disastrous is happening to them! It is in a way, but those symptoms feel like emergency go to ER immediately symptoms. And yet, they're hormonal fluctuations that we're all getting. I can't believe what women go through!!!!
Yes I know what you mean what do you think is the best hrt to be on if you've hadone hysterectomy I've yet to find one that suits me
In one way you're lucky! As not having a womb means you don't have to take combined HRT, i.e. oestrogen with progesterone. Progesterone is often the hormone women have problems with with re: to side effects. Transdermal is usually the better/safer option to take hormones. Personally I struggle with creams & gels though as don't seem to absorb well. Think it's because I don't have much fat. I prefer patches. Which HRT have you tried?
I've just been to doctors as I didn't want to take more hrt and put on weight as I've just lost 2 stone and still going she printed off some advice whigh I thought was helpful
I have tried gels tablets and patches I was wondering if I just cut the patch in half it would still work without putting weight on as having lost weight don't want to put back on
Hi , yes I feel like you ..Life is good after a good few years of feeling not so good ! I have a good GP & gynaecologist very lucky. I feel like you HRT not for all but for me it's the best, you get your life back I say quality over quantity .. so nice to hear some one feels the same as me, I do have regular checks !! 
I feel exactly the same! I'm 42 and on hrt. I was feeling my life was over. Hrt gave me my life back. My gyn told me that I can have hrt for only 5 years! I just don't want to think that day. I ll take it until I die I think....
What all are you on and what was your levels before if don't mind me asking..i am on hrt too and it's been tough
What was the name of your hrt?
Hi
I know this post is old but on day 2 of patch not noticed any difference yet so I wondered how long it takes to kick in.
Decided to go on it as like you months are passing by and feeling terrible most days dizzy tired and like you unable to get out of bed !
I do hope this works for me . I tried the BHRT for 3 weeks but got no relief and perhaps made me worse.
Hi everyone, I'm a newbee in here looking for help and advise, I'm someone who said I wouldn't take hrt but have a doctor's appointment in morn as I can deal with flushes and irregular periods but for the last month im sinking low into depression and as someone who has experienced postnatal depression this is something i cannot repeat, any advise would be very welcome x
I didn’t want to take it either but I was sooooo bad I would have taken anything !
I could never feel awake and the dizziness boy it was bad.
I’ve been in it almost 3 weeks now and I’ve felt some of the symptoms alleviate . I’m still tired but not as bad as I was and my mood still depressed .... don’t feel like my old self yet .
However everybody has said by 3 months there is a turnaround .
what are you on and what was low when got tested???
Hi Mary
I think it was pretty low as I’m 52 and had not had a cycle since December and was literally losing my mind !!!! Thought I’d have to be taken to a psych ward that’s how bad I was . Now I seem to be feeling a bit more normal I’m tidying up don’t feel as ‘empty’ emotionally and feel busy again .
I still get tired early in the evening but trying to stay up as late as possible as that’s a better rhythm for me .
I’d say if you are desperate and losing your mind .... try it . Life is too short to have months of nothing .... I’ve so far missed most of spring and summer and I’ll never get that time back .
Hi Nancy
I went three years without anything, experimenting with different vitamins and diet and exercise and I have to say although in good health I was still getting horrible symptoms that come and go. Flushes started to really get to me because of the way they affecting my mood, about an hour before a flash would hit, I would feel really sad and low and that made me irritable and I began to make the connection, I was in for a bad day with flushes. So I started hrt 3 weeks ago, estradot patch and now this week on progesterone tablets. And... the biggest change is how its helped me cope, the dreadful sadness and low mood and irritability have gone. I feel as I did before this all hit me, in control and able to cope! I am still getting a reduced version of flushes, but the fact that I can cope makes it so much easier. A few problems with the progesterone part of the hrt, bit of nausea, a bit achy but being able to cope is half the battle. I am so far very glad that I took the plunge and should have done it much sooner. I expect blips along the way, but the effect it has had on my mood will help me through that, go for it, you already know from having postnatal depression how awful it is. It has helped me no end in that area.
Thank you so much for your reply, today I have started on Evorel 50 patches, Iv come to the conclusion that I want to live/enjoy my life now! I kind of feel better already just by making the decision, thanks again, will keep you informed of my progress xx