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[jgr]

Won't get any help with changing HRT.  Gp's at my surgery refer to this DR and will be guided by her, that simple. Why stay on it if i feel the blips are more frequent, it clearly isn't working anymore and i am not one for taking something if it is not needed.

[jax]

sorry if I missed something...have you been on same dose since starting it?
and how long?
 as I said before...taking my dose early on blip days helps a lot.
don't despair..we get these down times which really crash us when we thought we were doing ok.
xx jax

[jgr]

Hi Jax, started on 1/2 patch twice a week for about one year and then went up to full patch twice a week. x

[peegeetip]

Hi JGR

if you think its down to lack of hormones then you have the patches. So add an extra half patch for a week or 2.
See how you feel. If its lack of estrogen then you should see the blips disappear.

The other option is to change patch sooner as other posts have mentioned a drop off in the patches working near the end of the 3.5 days we're supposed to wear these 2 per week patches. Changing sooner might prevent the blips your having. If you diary them and when you change patches then you can see if they match up.

Also there is a possibility that your testosterone is low also. This can give some of the symptoms you have mentioned.
As we age the ability to produce enough a woman needs is diminished also.

To say its not meno without some other option is just terrible. Very short sighted.

The trouble is as we age we need "MORE" not "LESS" hormones. Our background ability to make our own diminishes as we age so for most of us the perfect dose is a moving target.

Old School thought that we should "reduce" as we age.

However new thinking including the British Menopause Society advise keeping us to the dose that best removes our symptoms for as long as we want. Not due to any doc's old view - our decision our treatment our lives...

I agree with CKLD, there is also an aspect of this that is down to "money" that doc's think they are spending on us.

I hope things improve soon.

 

[jgr]

Thanks for all the replies to this post, i think i will have to readdress this with the relevant Dr's. I will keep you informed if things change.

[Hurdity]

I hope some of your symptoms will be investigated in their own right by the GP, in case there is something else amiss, but if all is normal, that you can be referred for other tests - especially re thyroid, testosterone etc. For example I get aches and pains, headaches, tiredness - some of which has improved since taking testosterone. Also perhaps a review of your HRT too. Remember it is your choice whether or not to take it and what type you take!

Yes please do keep us posted - Good luck jgr!

Hurdity x

[jgr]

Just an update, been to see GP today armed with my list of symptoms. Told her i was worried that menopause Dr did not think they were related to the menopause and i was worried that something underlying was going on. She did not think it was anything to worry about at this stage, but suggested i increase my HRT patch to one and a half twice a week until New Year and then we can review it. Don't really want to increase it but it is not for long and it may give me some answers into my symptoms. I will let you know of any changes.

[CLKD]

Why don't you want to increase it  ………. surely trying and finding out that you feel better 

[jgr]

I really don't like taking anything if i can get away with it CLKD, but you are right, if it makes me feel better then i shouldn't give it another thought. I was hoping to come off HRT and see where about i was in the menopause but now is not a good time. So on goes the other 1/2 patch and hopefully i will feel like a new woman soon Lol. xx