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[porcia]

Yes all bought lols, phewwww. X

[CLKD]

WOW! that's a lot - not.  How does your GP think that will help  .......... 2mg is hardly enough to make a worm sleepy ........ you are hardly going to become addicted - I was taking 10mg 3-4 times daily 'as necessary'  .......... rant over <sigh>

So take 2mg the night before? another dose at breakfast to stop those anxiety surges ......... what time's the wedding?  Hat or fascinator thingy?  Colour, ribbons, feathers ..........

[porcia]

What happened was the diazepam I have left are from.the 12mg altogether she prescribed for me this,month for when I had my cervical procedure, I may ask her if I can have a few more'the wedding isn't until 3.00pm and I have all 4 of my daughters and 3 grandchildren staying over at mine the night before, it's been hard as my daughter has changed her colour scheme twice,iv got a.fascinator a silver one with.a few feathers in it, x

[Smokey]

Hi Porcia

I'm glad you got HRT patches, I'm on the same ones and found them excellent!

My Doctor told me to start them on the first day of my period, but also said if its irregular and and you can't wait that long you can also start them when ever you like.

I'm sure I started off on the estradiol/estrogeon only ones of which you will have four of them and four of a mixture of estrogeon and prog. They prompt you to have a bleed each month, but mine are light, I get mine on the last week of prog patches, they may appear differently for you until they settle down.

They are pretty quick in working on the hot flushes, I saw a difference in about 4/5 days, they emotional ones I think took a bit longer.

If you have any questions please  feel free to ask.

Good luck

[CLKD]

Aaaah - if she is supporting ask for more, 'in case' 

Love fascinators    ……….

[porcia]

im going to see her next week for some more x

[porcia]

Hi smokey and thank you
Im on the ones that say on the patches systen 50 and there are 4 of them then another 4 that have systen conti on them .
Tbh my hot flushes havent been at the stage where im soaking in sweat its usually under my armpits and boobs,and i have had a lot of cold sweats to.
It took me a while to work out what it was as i was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid 6 years ago,thats regulated and i had my bloods back last week and thats fine.
I have been taking iron supplements prescribed by my gp as i was low on iron as my periods were so heavy it was crazy.
I guess i have been having a whole load of perimenopause symptoms for the past 3/4 years and if im honest i put it down to my thyroid playing up or stress as there has been an awful lot of stress in my life.
Im currently waiting for CBT counselling but thats another matter.
Iv had a whole load of blood tests taken ,scans different procedures done and everything was fine.
Im dubious about the patches as my bad habit is i have to read the part about side efects,
x

[CLKD]

Yep we all read the 'side effects' info  but remember in these days of legality, the Companies have to state everything that might go 'wrong'  .......... now I usually take the medication then read to see if the side effects are 'expected' 

[porcia]

lols CLKD .
I may just try that route instead x

[CLKD]

Not easy though 

[porcia]

Lols
On a more serious note is it possible for women to go.through perimenopause and have the hot flashes but not to the pointbwhere they are dripping in.sweat?
I'm just asking as I.have read on here that so many ladies have night sweats and are soaked through.
I have had a few hot flashes where my face has been.burning and under my.arms have been sweating, but mine tend to be more of cold flashes if that kinda makes sense x

[CLKD]

Yep.  I had a few years of sudden warmth after my bath about 10 mins. after taking me evening meds..  Never understood what had caused it.  I also had itchy insteps in the evenings!

As for cold flushes, I had these when taking Tamoxifen - so it is hormonal!

[porcia]

Ahhhh thank you hun,I'm.just grateful that there are lovely ladies here that I can ask as I'm.at a loss x

[Taz2]

Women are all different porcia when it comes to hot flashes/flushes/sweats.

For a couple of years mine were as you describe and then intensified into the sweating type - drenching everything all the time and steaming up my glasses! Some women don't get any at all and others suffer for the rest or their lives. There seems to be no rhyme or reason for it. Only today I was talking to a friend's mum of 83 who had never had a hot flush but her coffee-morning friend is 86 and has had them every hour during the day and up to three times a night since she was in her mid fifties.

Taz x

[porcia]

Taz2 jeezzzz,
Thats what was concerning me as i dont have anbody else i can ask.
When i looked on the list about all the symptoms i have them all apart from the sweating,well i do have some but not that bad,
x