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[Sera]

 Hi, I have found the info on MM really helpful, but could really do with a bit of advice on side effects of the HRT that I am on, as I think the progesterone phase patch is having adverse effects, which I am stuggling with. I was a bit nervous about posting on the forum but have found posts from other ladies really helpful, and a much welcomed source of info. After a terrible winter last year, hot flushes, very very low mood and irregular, heavy periods( have had for while, previously investigated-ultra sound- just put down to how it is with ) I aksed GP for a blood test and she confirmed I had started the change. ( I had a mirena coil for the year before to deal with the periods but had it removed due to side effects- a few months before) I am 49, and my GP offered me HRT, I opted for patches and began with Evoril 50 but after 5 months changed to FemSeven Sequi 50/10 as Evoril had caused me a lot of PMT type symptons bloating, sore breasts, anxiety, headaches, mood swings, and I still had heavy periods. On Femseven sice July,  I am not having a period every month but they continue to be very heavy when I have them, and I have noticed an increase in anxiety, very low mood especially in the levonorgestral phase 2 of the patches. May be unrelated but I have devloped very painful TMD joint disorder, and during the progesterone phase of HRT I find myself clenching my jaws at night more than usual, and realised when referred to dental specilaist that the condt had really got worse since I started HRT, could there be a connection?  I would like to try another form of HRT with a better tolerated type of progesterone, and woud really welcome some advice. opps I have written rather a lot for my first post  and am not sure if this is the right place to post this topic. Hello      

[CLKD]

   in a rush but didn't want you to think there's no one home 

[Hurdity]

Hello Sera

  from me too! Hey don't be nervous (actually I was when i first joined some years ago now  ) and do not worry about where to post - this is just the right place for a new member to say hello!

Femseven has the same progestogen in it as the Mirena and probably absorbed by approx the same amounts into your system - so the side effects may well be similar. With Mirena the side effects if you get them could be present all the time, unless you eventually tolerated them - but with Femseven they are present cyclically.

Many women have problems with the synthetic progestogens. It's tricky to know what to advise in your case - for heavy bleeding Mirena or the Pill are really the best solutions but if you can't cope with the synthetic progestogens then I'm not sure what to suggest. There is a Pill called QLAIRA which is similar to HRT (the oestrogen is anyway) but has a different progestogen which may be better tolerated - and would control your cycle/should ease the bleeding.

Other than that you could take separate oestrogen ( patch or gel) with progesterone - either utrogestan - and a larger dose might be necessary to control bleeding, or Provera - which some women tolerate better.

Have a look at the top Menu - Treatments/HRT preparations which lists all the different types and do ask if you need any more help.

[Taz2]

Hi Sera.

Good advice from Hurdity.

Taz x 

[Sera]

Thank you for the welcomes  and thanks so much Hurdity for this very welcome advice, after another exhausting night, its welcome. I will have a read off Treatments/HRT preparations.  Thanks to reading another post I watched The Inisders Guide to The Menopuase last night, and found it a really helpful, and made me more determined to find HRT that works better for me. Thanks for the advice