Hello,
I'm 49, I started menopause at 46. last year i was getting hot flashes that were out of control, i went to the Dr. and he prescribed me estrogen.progestin patch, lowest dose. It worked within 3 days, was a relief, but sadly about 2mths later I started experiencing fits of rages, extremely sore breasts and hug weight gain, so I discontinued. Surprisingly the flashes didn't really bother me after that, they were still there but not so intense.
Fast forward to now. 2 mths ago I had to have a total hysterectomy, uterus, ovaries and cervix. Now the hot flashes came back, but even worse, I get hot flashes, sweat, then cold flashes, i don't know what's worse. So as of Monday of this week i started on a new patch , estrodial .25. But they don't seem to be helping at all
, I'm on my second patch now, but along with the intense flashes I am starting to get canker sores inside my mouth, not fun, and i'm also very nauseous.
Are these normal side effects? why haven't the flashes slowed? Could it be the brand? Any help or experience would be greatly appreciated. I'm about to lose my mind here. 😕