was on prednisolone for kidney transplant come off for few days but last few days have no energy light headed should I restart my prednisolone I am also on estrogel for menopause for 3 weeks
Kim, why did you stop taking it? Have you consulted with your doctor about not taking it? How long are you suppose to be on it?
Been on it for 20 years for transplant but has failed and read all the story about how bad it is but taking it will it help with my energy I got none but think this is my menopause I stopped cause pulse went up to 100 but have come off atenolol cause blood pressure come down after staring oestrogel
I'm sorry you're going through so much with your kidney issue and now having to deal with perimenopause. Has the prednisolone given you energy in the past? Well, if your blood pressure came down it's good you stopped the Atenolol. The thing is that since you're starting oestrogel which should takes a couple of days, it's hard to say whether it will give you the energy you need. Usually in perimenopause we are in need of vitamins, like Vitamin D3. I would suggest you take vitamin D3. But let your doctor know first.
I take vitamin d in my menopace
I think you need to discuss all this with your menopause doctor. How long have you been on menopace? If you started when you started the oestrogel, it should have started working but since you have dialysis, that takes it to a whole other level.
Hi Kim,
Something like that is not our call, but your doctors decision
When we're perimenopausal do we lack estrogen too? I read many of you are on estrogel. I also hear uesteogen... Is this expensive form? I was prescribed just the tablet of progesterone and nobody seems to be taking this. So confusing
Colleen, if you have too much estrogen then progesterone is what you need to balance it out. But this all depends on your medical history. I was given progesterone to take for 10 days out of the month but it didn't still well with me so I was given birth control pills and those worked.
Kim, upon reading some medical data, it says that every time you have dialysis that your vitamins are filtered out. This is why it would be prudent to ask your doctor if your hrt therapy is also being filtered out. This way you'll know if your hormones are ever going to balance out.
Thsnk you for your reply. I haven't started progesterone tabs yet and think my progesterone is low. Is bcp 'for low estrogen?
Yes, they are.
I believe my progesterone is only low
Well, do you still have ovaries or a utereus?
Both
Okay then you should be fine to take the progesterone as directed by your doctor.
Its 100mg of progesterone tabs. It seems as if many women on here were prescibed other types and forms so I held off now I'm experiencing horrible PMS! Im regretful but sounds as if HRT takes months to become effective anyhow
Not always. When I started bcp I felt the difference within one week by week two I was starting to feel myself. So the sooner you start the sooner you'll be able to start enjoying life. If you don't feel a difference within one month go back to your doctor to see if there' something else.
I'm wondering why some women get prescribed bcp, and others get progesterone tabs et... Trial and error could be a long process
Thanks