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[Nellie Noo]

Has taking hrt helped anyone to stop feeling sick ? . Had constant nausea for the last two weeks ... worse on waking. This has co insided with more painful aches and pains particulary the lower back . Really worried it could be something else (my mind working over time i hope ) and  feeling really low at the moment . Tmi x

[Dotty]

One of my worst meno symptoms has been nausea and lack of appetite. HRT has stopped the worst of the nausea but not all of it at the moment.

[Nellie Noo]

Thank you dotty . Its pretty awful (. I had terrible morning sickness when pregnant .. all day sickness really .) But this is horrible because ive got loads of other symtoms going on as well ...really fed up. !!!!  Gave up on femseven sequi a couple of weeks ago because i suspect the progesterone part was giving me the worse diarrhea ...😕 but id only done a couple of months on it so i might give it another go to see if it helps with this awful sicky feeling x

[Dotty]

I was terribly sick in pregnancy too. My GP didn't think that nausea is a menopausal symptom but there are lots of women that suffer. My GP gave me cyclizine which does help.

Go to your GP to find another HRT.

[Nellie Noo]

Well yes thats the problem .. i cant imagine my gp agreeing that nausea is anything to do with menopause . Do you take your cyclizine every day or just when you need to ? Really didnt want to throw any more medications into the picture but i cant carry on feeling like this 🙁 x

[Dotty]

I was prescribed it 3 times a day and I did take it 3 times a day but then I took it only when I needed it. Usually I needed it in the morning . I haven’t taken it for about a week now.

I had to have an endoscopy but it was clear.

[Kathleen]

Hello  Nellie Noo.

Yep, me too and I hate it  Oddly I never had morning sickness with my pregnancies, infact I didn't have any hormonal problems at all back in the day but boy am I getting them now! I also worry that it's a sign of something else even though my rational brain tells me it's meno related. I'm finding it particularly frustrating because I now eat a whole food, plant based diet and I have some delicious recipes to try but I don't have the appetite or the motivation. I'm seeing my GP next week so I may ask for cyclizine or something similar.

You have my sympathies ladies, it is a horrible symptom. Incidentally the nausea often lifts in the late evening and I feel much better. A similar pattern occurred at the beginning of the menopause when I was having daily headaches and they stopped after six months, never to return. I just wish the nausea would take the hint and go the same way, we live in hope.

Wishing you well.

K.

[Abba Fan]

You can buy cyclizine over the counter in Boots without a prescription. I think they take it from the pharmacy.

[Mary G]

I'm probably not as well qualified as others to comment on this because I have never been pregnant so I don't know what morning sickness feels like but I can tell you that low oestrogen very definitely affected my digestive system in two ways, mild nausea, particularly on waking and on and off throughout the day and constipation.

I didn't realise what was going on at the time but looking back, I now realise that this was when I had a Mirena coil without adequate oestrogen and when I was on continuous Angeliq which again, was not providing enough oestrogen.

It's the same old story as far as I am concerned, low oestrogen is very bad news in every way. 

[Kathleen]

Hello again ladies.

Now I'm worried! I wonder if my GP will suggest an endoscopy?

Mary G - Your theory about low oestrogen makes sense in my case and despite two babies I never actually experienced what I believe to be  morning sickness until the menopause.

Wishing you all well.

K.

[Dotty]

Kathleen - I saw 3 doctors and all of them insisted that nausea is not a symptom of menopause . I also had lack of appetite and feeling full after eating very little. I had tests for ovarian cancer and was convinced I had an ulcer...... no, all tests were clear xx

[Nellie Noo]

Thank you ladies for your comments .. well if it carries on, i think another vist to the doctors is probably the way forward. Cant believe the impact fluctuating hormones can have. Really fed up with it all ! X

[dangermouse]

Nausea (and migraine) is a proven symptom when oestrogen is unstable, either surging high or plummeting low. This is why it can also happen at the beginning of pregnancy.

It apparently calms down when oestrogen finally falls to a low but stable level. HRT can exacerbate it in some women and calm it in others.

[Dotty]

Nellie Noo - did you have nausea when you were on hrt or has it started since you stopped?

[SFrancos74]

I have nausea constantly, every day. I initially thought it was because of my anxiety returning, but now I believe that both are being caused by the peri menopause. I started on Evorel Sequi patches about 3 weeks ago which has made the nausea worse, although my GP has said it should settle down after a while. I've tried anti emetic meds and they don't touch it, feeling sick all the time is debilitating.