Hello Ladies,
I've always found this forum and those on it to offer invaluable advice so any help would be greatly appreciated.
My story... I started HRT at the beginning of 2016 having had 2 periods in 2 years, I was 48. My symptoms were night sweats and being a bit flighty/irrational and I was put on patches (Everol Conti then Everol Sequi) which caused me to have a lot of breakthrough bleeding and low moods. In July 2016 I was changed to Estelle Duet 2mg which I took for 7 months however, as time went on my low moods became increasingly dark from around day 10 - 14 when taking the estradiol only tablets. Having discussed this with the doctor, she reduced my dose to 1mg, her thinking being that I might still be producing oestrogen and therefore the 2mg dose maybe too high resulting in me getting down. So from March 2017 until 1 week ago I had been taking Estelle Duet 1mg and although I still got down on occasion it wasn't as bad however, for the past few months my night sweats had begun to return; I also hadn't had a period for 2-3 months despite having all the symptoms. Having discussed this with the GP, she decided to increase my does from 1mg to 3mg which worried me slightly as my mood hadn't been great on 2mg previously but she mentioned new thinking coming to light so I went with it.... Mistake! Having taken the higher does for 7 days my mood has plummeted. I've been apathetic, tired and low with an inability to make decisions or concentrate... I've even had palpitations and joint pain so I know it's not right. This morning I was set to forget hrt all together as I'm 4 months in to a highly responsible job where I need to be able to function and lead a big team but, I went back to the doctors again and in my gps absence, I saw another doctor who advised going down to 2mg and returning next week to discuss reducing back down to 1mg but adding in Fluoxetine with my gp on her return. Please, has anyone got an opinion on this? Should I just try a different hrt? Or should I try adding in fluoxetine... I've heard both good and bad things. Any help, guidance or opinions would be gratefully received... Thank you !!!!