Hi again,
Well im taking one hrt tablet every third day and im about to reduce to one tablet every fourth day. The only thing ive noticed is gradual weight gain - nearly a stone! Mine is the lower dose hrt. Is that what you're on?
Im on multi vits, cod liver oil capsules and extra B vits besides Starflower capsules. Im literally rattling!
Wish i could shift this weight though. When i started on hrt i lost over a stone without trying! Must be my hormones.
Keep at it. We will get there in the end
Hello Elaine,
I gained weight while on the HRT, may have been a coincidence as I also became more sedentary!!!! I am hoping coming off the HRT I would reduce in weight??? Lol!
I am on the higher dose of HRT, so I believe the 1/2 dose I am taking is comparable to the low dose? 1mg Estrodoil and 0.5 Norethidrone is the prescribed original dose. So I am taking half of that.
I gained 25lbs!!!! Is that a couple of stones??? Or a boulder? Lol
I am hoping my BP will go down also off the HRT so I can stop the BP medicine they have me on as well! Good Luck to us ALL!!!
Hi Loretta
Gosh you gained nearly 2 stones! Its not easy to lose either. Hrt lifted my low mood. I had been on antidepressants but didnt need them when i started on hrt. Must admit i felt like a new woman and even hubby noticed id changed for the better! Hope its not all down hill now im reducing the hrt.
Let me know how you get on. Good luck x
Uggh! I know its hard to loose, I lost 40 lbs on weight watchers kept it off over 6 years, then grandchildren came stopped excersing and started eating their fattening food!!! Plus was put on the HRT.... so I got to get my energy back and get myself moving again!!!! Thanks for the response 2 STONES!!! UGGHHHHH!!!!
Hi Julie. Have you had any other side effects from the patches and do you take progesterone with it? Can you start on these patches in perienopause or do you have to wait until periods have finished?
I'm in perienopause at the moment at 50 and having a really hard time. The last 10 years has been a roller coaster of good patches and horrible times. In a dip at the moment that has just stayed around way toooo long. Periods are starting to space themselves out to about 3-4 months apart. I was just wondering if you started your HRT while still having periods?
I so what something to bring me happiness and a positive outlook. I'm on a antidepressant but I don't belive it does anything especially when these dips come. I believe my body is crying out for hormones.
So glad you've got your "Happy Patch"
Raelene xxxx
Hi cmac.
How did you go when you were on the bioidentical HRT? Also did you start your HRT after your periods finished or during perimenopause. I'm 50 and my periods have spaced out to about every 3 months at the moment. I have had terrible dips of anxiety/depression for the past 10 years which I believe has been due to the fluctuating hormones. The dips are more frequent and staying longer at the moment. I'm up to about day 40 of another dip and I can't handle it anymore. I'm on an antidepressant but it does nothing during these times. I'm scared this is me forever.
Raelene xx
Hi Jane. What kind of patch are you on and has it made you gain weight. What were your symptoms before you went on it and had you reached menopause or were you in perimenopuse? Just turned 50 and trying to make some decisions regarding it all. I have been on a roller coaster for 10 years but the last 3 years the dips are more frequent and lasting longer. I'm on a antidepressant but it doesnt do much for these dips. I'm just wondering if I can start on patches if your still having a period. My periods have stretched out to every 3- 4 months. Last one was 3 months ago (it could have been the last one) My quality of life at the moment is very poor. I'm just a bit scared about what to do.
Raelene xxxx
I was recently taken off HRT without warning following a heart attack. I had been on it for 8 years following a hystorectomy and have been told that I can no longer take it.
I am suffering the most dreadful hot flushes and am soaking wet from the sweats most of the time. I have also had 3 urinary infections since coming off HRT (approx 8 weeks ago now) and am getting very little sleep. i am lethargic and sinking into depression. I have seen my GP who has offered no support or advice. I feel far worse that I ever did before the heart attack and am seriously thinking about stopping the heart meds and resuming the HRT in a bid to feel more like my old self.......I hate this situation as no-one seems to be able to deal with this as a linked problem - I can't be the only woman that had a heart attack whilst on HRT - I seriously do not believe the two are linked.
I have tried 3 times last time in December until yesterday to wean off! Down to half my dose a month into it and I am on the edge of jumping off! I am right there with all you women what is the point in suffering through life!!! Not for me... Quality not quantity is important to me. I think there is risk with everything we do or take ??? They cannot make up their minds every time you turn around something is going to cause something else but helps with something else! I am sick of it. Staying on my HRT and they can bury me with patches head to toe!!! Wishi was fortunate enough not to require them but I am not! There are many women suffering from all sort of illnesses whether they take HRT or not! No one knows how they got ill it's all a matter of opinion could be from many different causes!! Cannot live life enjoying as much as we can when we are constantly told so many different opinions and studies! How did my grandmother live to 100? She did what made her feel best and happy! Best to all of us whatever that is for you! XO my HRT friends!
Hi Suzy,
I just read this post! Dear are you ok? What help did you receive! Were you able to go back on them? I hope you are well! XO
Went on at 29 went through menopause Been on hrt for 20 years had combined estrogen progesterone for many years last 2 years had patches and mire a for progesteron. Want to come off but scared as I'm now 51! Everyone says I look a lot younger maybe ire had something to do with hrt lol! Maybe quality of life is better that quantity??
Mirena fitted a coil with slow release progesterone
Elaine127,
update i I went back to my full dose 4 days ago. After 5 weeks of reducing symptoms, anxiety bad, low moods started..... A mess! Before I totally fell apart I went back to taking my dose as prescribed. Seems like weeks down the road after reducing is when I experience all the reasons I was prescribed HRT. On them for now or forever as I will not live with misery when I don't have to! Hope you have better success! xo Loretta
Sorry you had a bad time weaning off the hrt. Its probably due to you being on the higher dose! Im doing well and down to one tablet every four days. Going to stop completely by the end of Feb. Only thing ive noticed is weight gain and my last period was a bit weird?! One minute im very heavy and gushing then i dry up for a few hours (so dry i cant even insert tampon) then i think ive finished only to start gushing again! That went on for 2 days and now i have stopped. Wonder if this is normal for peri?
I had to stop hrt due to having fibroids.
Stick with whats best for you Loretta.
Elaine x
Thanks Elaine. I was not prescribed HRT until one year without bleeding . Prior to that the ought peri menopause I was taking a birth control pill which controlled my peri symptoms actually I never felt better! I just finished reading the Danish report on HRT someone wisely suggested on one of our posts. Found it very interesting and very informative. I will use a my mother as an example she had breast cancer at 71, survivor ! Mom diagnosed with Alzheimer's in her earlier 80's , hindsight she had the beginning signs of it in her mid 70's , never took HRT! If you read the Danish report she probably would have benefited from HRT had she been prescribed it early on in her peri and menopausal years. But certainly HRT wasn't the cause. I am willing to take whatever if there even is a risk to breast cancer and not survive vs developing Alzheimer's and living 15 + years of the devastation to myself family and friends of living insidiously with Alzheimer's . Mom suffered , we suffered as a family, still divided 6 years later from the affects of this disease . Mom passed at age 91yrs with the last 5 years of nothing short of inhumane torture. May she rest in the peace of Gods arms . May us women find security in whatever we decide in this stage of our lives! Live long, be well as you do. I am very passionate about Alzheimer's and the devastation it leaves long after the life it finally takes . XO Loretta
Well Loretta I know exactly where you are coming from with the Alzheimer's as my mother has it and has been in a care home for 4 years now. I cared for her for 3 years in her own home while she was in the early stages. I'm an only child and I had to deal with it all myself. It does devastate everyone....my kids were so upset besides me. It's an awful disease. Mum was diagnosed in her 70's and not long after she was diagnosed with diabetes too. Mum never took HRT and just went through the menopause naturally. I never heard her complain about any peri symptoms but I do remember her hot flushes and the sweat pouring down her face (that's what I get now!). Perhaps if she had taken HRT it would have prevented her getting Alzheimer's but we will never know. She's now 83, 84 in May and deteriorating rapidly. Had a fall and fractured her hip last July. She was always very wandersome and mobile but now just sits in the chair all day. It's no quality of life.
I'm hoping I have some protection against these diseases even though I've been on HRT for just 31/2 years. Not had much choice but to wean myself off due to the fibroids and they just grow bigger and thrive on hormones.
So Loretta it's not just peri symptoms and HRT that we have in common!!
Take care,
Elaine xx
Elaine,
I am so sorry we have Alzheimer's in common, uggh! All I can say is prayers to you and your mom, I pray that God has mercy and she suffers no more very soon, I pray that God gives you strength now and peace forever, you cannot do this alone, no one can! You are right, we will never know. I am sending you comforting thoughts now and for as long as you need them. I am here PM if you ever need to talk privately.
xo Loretta.
Thanks for your kind words Loretta. I will PM you if i need to talk. Ive kind of got used to the situation now but its still so sad and distressing. At least you understand having gone through it yourself.
Elaine x
I've been taking estradiol too 75 mg now as low dose didn't work for me! It's still get though so is it safer I have a more a toofor progesterone
Good luck
Hi Marianne,
Due to a lumpectomy last week I have had to come off the patch after 25 yrs!! I have not starting getting the symptoms everyone describes but thank you for posting your experience and letting us know there is a light at the end of what seems like a very long tunnel. Most appreiated.