Please help
ive been in perimenopause eight years and every day is torture right now. Stayed away from hrt as it was deemed unsafe. But now its apparently safe. Really dont know what to do. Go on it or not. It says no risk of cancer or heart disease but does it still have risk of blood clots and high blood pressure?
Any advice would be appreciated. Can I do this without hrt. Its making my life a misery
Morning Michelle
Please take your HRT, dont suffer anymore,
I have been on HRT's since 2002, and I have been ok with not problems, yes the ups and downs we all face going through menopause etc, while trying to find the right meds for your system (as our bodies are all different) just hang in there girl, I promise there is a light at the end of the day!
I have been on oestrogen for 25 years now - had a couple of times when my oestrogen was made ineffective (e.g. prolactinoma) and it was hell on earth as drs did not know for 6 years. I am never going off oestrogen, ever, ever. Now 64 years old.
My success was with oestradiol - first the implants, then the patches supplemented by the gel. The patches must be a matrix (maybe 'dot' where you come from) type so that you don't get a hit of oestrogen in one go then not much until the next one. Some drs do not know about this.
The combination of oestrogen and progesteron/gen ones seem to be problematic. So avoid them, and if you need to use progesterone too, take them as a separate tablet or patch if available. Don't use oral oestrogen.
Progesterone is an antagonist to oestrogen, so try to keep the progesterone dosage low.
Ask for patches that you replace twice a week. One a week irritates skin too much.
My blood pressure is always low to normal. Oestrogen protects your heart. My maternal aunt got breast cancer and she did not every use hrt. A lot of people who have never used hrt have got breast cancer - totally unrelated. However, I think the problem is those feral oestrogens/hormones that come from certain plastics, shampoos, animals that are fed hormones, etc. Environmental, in other words. So they are the ones to be avoided.
When reading about scientific research of hrt, you need to read the whole study, as the guidelines for that study may be totally different to your circumstances and not relevant at all. But of course, the media only picks up a headline that sounds outrageous or disturbing.
Hope this helps.
This is the way i have been feeling. I am tired of antidepressants making me sick with high heart rates and stmach problems and blood pressure problems
I am stuck me body can not take these meds at all. I have been feeling misserable crying irritated and just not myself while on these meds
I AM debating the same thing about HRTs myself
You have to try it. Don't suffer. I'm on HRT. I just started but the other which was without was an unbearable life. You have to get help.
Try the HRT and I understand it takes a while before you find out your levels. My mom was on estorgen for years and years, she passed away at 81. No cancer.
Yep me also. Im on a low dose AD mirtazapine. It does help somewhat but as for hrt im still having periods so I would need combined and not just oestrogen. I know it can take a while to get the right dosage. Im going to go to my doctor and get them to refer me to a menopause clinic. I live in kent but I know there is one at kings college hospital in London. Im at my wits end tbh
I agree but im still having periods so would need combined hrt not just oestrogen. It worries me a little how they would get the dose right as ive had trouble all my life with combined oral contraception. X
Yep me also. Im on a low dose AD mirtazapine. It does help somewhat but as for hrt im still having periods so I would need combined and not just oestrogen. I know it can take a while to get the right dosage. Im going to go to my doctor and get them to refer me to a menopause clinic. I live in kent but I know there is one at kings college hospital in London. Im at my wits end tbh
I live in Cincinnti, OHIO USA!. I was born in Canada to a Scottish mum. Having a wee cupa tea while I'm writing this. I also went to a menopause clinic, had my levels checked low on testosterone as well. My journery has been a tough one. Started June 22, 2015. It's been hell. Still is hell.
It looks like they only studied cancer and heart disease risk. I am more scared of the risk of having a stroke than cancer because I have migraines with aura.
Yeah I hear that x
hi iv been on low dose hrt for a week now, im only 46 and i still have my period, im geti g mild headachs every evening and my right eye keeps hurting i dont know if the hrt is doing it.
its not as yet helping me with dryness and im still geting the odd sweats, but im not feeling as tierd.
im worried about stokes and blood clots to as my dad had a stroke and my aunt and cousin both had brain hemorages so scares me alot.
i just dont know wether to go back to docs and tell em i want somthing else like the patch im heading about. or wether to stop taking it and see what happens as befor i started to tske it i started to feel ok after weeks of spotting and dryness real bad and few other stuff went dr she gave me low dose hrt but few days after seeing her and befor i started on the hrt id stoped bleeding and felt better. just still felt tierd and bit dry.
i took two weeks with the hrt on shelf to decide wether to bother with them then i started with oeriod pains that i had for about three or four days thought id start on it see if it took them away thinking i wasnt going to come on as it was only 2 weeks after stoping bleeding and asoon as i took the pill i came in that night. so now i dont know if its cos i took the hrt or cos i was going to anyways.
i just feel my symptoms arnt bad enough to take hrt but som sites say take it wile in esrly symptoms the. i wont suffer and its ok if your still having periods its only bad if you are older and stoped having oeriods so i duno.
i feel i want a blood test doing to see exactly what im short on. i was given the one called i think with out looking at packet elleste duet, its were i take white pill estrogen i think then green pills at end of month then back to white. like constant. but im starting to think may be i shouldnt take em as teh green ones are progesteron and im thinking befor i went to see the doc another doc gave me progesterone to stop my period as it was going on forever and then after a week i started geti g worse sweats and tierdness feleing grumpy and nasty shacky and stuff i thought goodness its geting wirse went back sae a diff doc she gave me hrt saying i needed it and like a stupid person just said ok and went off with it.
i may stop taking this but as iv taken it for a week im thinking should i stop will it do anything will it make things worse now mess me up or should i stay on it im just all worried. i want to knwo is the one im taking a bad hrt. its teh lowest dose. i have also got some vagifem in my draw i was given a few months back for dryness but i only used two and i set off bleeding then it scared me so i stoped it gosh i just dont know what to do. im just back and forth in my mind all the time.
I know what you mean. The worst symptoms by far for me are anxiety palpitations and fatigue. Im really considering after suffering this for eight years to go on hrt. Im just so confused as to what to do for the best. Im still having periods but not regular its driving me insane. X
as of today iv got spots and greasy around nose which i havnt had infact my skin was at its best befor i started with stupid hrt so i duno if its that or not
i feel like stoping it as my period has finished now and im so dry its burning,
why isnt the hrt helping this i just do t know, i think at moment i dont car about the odd sweat or bleed its the driness down below and not feeling like sex now tahts bothering me the most. i nedd somthi g to stop this dryness.
if hrt isnt going to stop it then i want somthing tnat does. indont feel as tierd but look it my face looks like its aged a few years in a few months i look a bit haggared 😔 its the 8 day of hrt and i feel its rubish. plus im more scared of a stroke than a hot flush and a heart attack than tierdness and cancer than anxiety which is worse? its not fare we have to go through this not in 40s maybe late 50 yer.
its just not fare i feel like im an old woman and my husbands not going to put up with me bei g dry and not wanti g sex for the next i duno 30 or 40 or more years. gosh. no wonder men run off with you ger women.
i wish i was told when i was younger what would happen instead we just hear about it and think of old ladies not middle 40s. i never thought id go off sexbe so dry be so tierd feel doomed to die with every symptom low fedup and misrable.😞
You've obviously got the wrong hrt. All hrt is not equal. Don't knock it - make your dr give you a good one - see way above.
i dont k ow what to do about hrt iv been on it ni e days now and i. suposed to take it today and i just dont know wether to leave it or take it.
its not helping me with my main problem at moment which is dryness and tierdness. just want to sleep allday if i could.
i want to know which is the best hrt patches or pills as i might go back to the doc and see her about it i think i need to have my bloods done again see exactly what im lacking on and what i need i do know my last bloods said my estrogen was a bit low which i new as of the dryness.
Maybe you need to give it nore time. Im still undecided wether to go on it or not. Ive got docs appt on the 4th so still got time to make up my mind.
Keep me posted as to how you get on x
well i rang the doc and shes away for a few weeks so im going to stop taking it see which is my worst symptom and wether i can cope like if i get sweats and stuff and worse than what i am now then il know i need to take it lol. i thought if i go off it and im only tierd and can cope with a few sweats il get so thing diff for the horrid dryness its real bad acualy and so thats my main problem hate it dosnt help my hubby wants to do it all time and i putting him off.
it is bothering me alot actualy. im going school in a min and im having to push myself i just want to fall asleep. i look terrible in morrow just now look so tierd and haggard never looked like this i even think i looked better a few weeks ago. feel like iv aged 10 years in a few weeks😞
stupid meno.im scared to death il have a stroke or somthing taking this stupid hrt.im going to stop taking it so il let you know if i feel terrible tomorrow lol
Ok hun Ilook forward to hearing from you x