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[Kathleen]

Hello ladies. I'm sorry to moan but I feel so awful and need to talk. I've woken up today feeling really sick and dizzy, my head aches and I could cry. I have no energy or enthusiasm and spent most of yesterday just laying around. It's hard to believe hormones can do this.

I am 57, post meno and have been on patches for three months. Do you ladies think I should carry on with the HRT and hope things improve or should I take a break and see what happens?  I began HRT because I was experiencing constant jittery feelings and palpitations and I was desperate to feel better but that certainly hasn't happened yet!

I'm feeling so low and confused by it all, I just want a bit of normality for a change.

Thank you for reading and sending my best wishes to you all. This is a rough ride, that's for sure.

Take care.

K.

[toffeecushion]

I can't really offer much advice as I haven't managed to persuade my GP that I am perimenopausal, so have no experience of HRT.  But I do sympathize.  I have suffered with the dizzy spells and nausea, they have been more or less constant over the past couple of days and I have spent this morning in tears.  I feel at breaking point, I wish my GP would listen to me instead of my FSH blood test.  Like you, I just want to feel normal again.

Hope you are feeling a little better now.

[Taz2]

Which patches are you on Kathleen?

Taz x

[Kathleen]

Hello toffeecushion and thank you for the reply.
 
I hope things improve for you too.

Take care.

K.

[Kathleen]

Hello Taz2 and thanks for your message.

I'm on Evorel patches, 50 at the moment having just increased from 25. As I am post meno I have no idea if these levels are right or not. I'm just playing it all by ear and confusing myself into the bargain!

The trouble is I find it so hard to think straight at times like this and that is why the comments of other women are so helpful.

I need to go offline for a while but I will check in to the forum later today.

Wishing you well.

K.

 

[Joyce]

Can't help but wanted to give you 

Hope things improve soon, nothing worse than feeling liker that. Be kind to yourself.

[Shazzie]

Hi Kathleen

Sorry you are feeling so bad.

I am on Evorel Conti patches like you.  I tried to do without to see what happened and I felt much worse.  Palps came back with a vengence and they have settled down now I am back on the patches.

I've heard it can take up to 6mths before you get the full effect of the HRT.  Hopefully you will feel better soon.  It's a horrible feeling.

 (((Hugs)))

Shazzie x

[Taz2]

Evorel contains the progesterone Norethisterone which in some women gives rise to horrible pmt-like symptoms plus depression and low mood. It may be worth your while asking to be changed to Femseven which has a kinder progesterone. I got on much better with Femseven than with Evorel which turned me into a quivering wreck.

Taz x

[Dandelion]

Evorel contains the progesterone Norethisterone which in some women gives rise to horrible pmt-like symptoms plus depression and low mood. It may be worth your while asking to be changed to Femseven which has a kinder progesterone. I got on much better with Femseven than with Evorel which turned me into a quivering wreck.

Taz x

Hi Taz

Kathleen is on utrogestan, according to this post http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,24577.msg374585.html#msg374585

Could it be that utrogestan is not agreeing with her?

I heard that femseven was discontinued or in short supply.

Femoston is a good HRT, but I wouldn't have said that a couple of weeks ago.
It's kicked in now and is serving me well. A lot of women seem to tolerate the dydrogesterone and Kathleen can take the conti with her being post meno.

Someone a bit more meno-wise than me may want to chime in here though.

[CLKD]

 

[Taz2]

Sorry -  my mistake - I read it as conti for some reason!  I thought it was just a patch HRT as the utrogestan wasn't mentioned in this post.

Taz x

[littleminnie]

It was in the 4th month before I started to have a few odd good days and 6 months before I felt better every day.  The flushes went after 2 weeks though.
Have a hug. 

[sweettooth]

Hi Kathleen, i wonder if the 50 is too much? how post meno are you?  i know when my estrogen is too much that i get similar symptoms to you.  As someone else said it could be the prog element in your hrt that is not agreeing with you - three months should be long enough for you to feel some improvement, either way i do hope you get sorted soon x