Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[HelenM]

Hi all. Just wondering if anyone could tell me how they have got on when re starting HRT please? I had a Hysterectomy at 38 but my ovaries were left in. At 42 I had a cyst on an ovary and it was removed. The other ovary failed and I went straight into the menopause which was horrendous. I started HRT patches and was on them for 10 years. At the practice I was registered with at the time, a doctor told me that I should come off HRT as I had been on it 10 years. I did as I was told but did think that I was surely only having the HRT that I would have had if my ovaries had continued to work? I have been off HRT for 3 years now. I have been feeling awful for a while. Weak, tired, very confused, poor memory, joint pain etc. I have also been on iron tablets as have been anemic (not severe) I have just seen my Doctor and she says all my symptoms sound like they are Menopause related. Maybe I have reached my natural Menopause age? When I told her I feel like I'm going mad she smiled and said many women say exactly the same. She has started me on estradiol patches 25mcg. I am concerned about the risks but she has reassured me that they are low given my family history. I am 55 now and to be honest can't cope feeling like this much longer anyway. I have been doing silly things i.e at work I was asked to pass a box to a colleague that was at the end of the store. I saw the box when she asked, but when I went to get it I couldn't find it!! I also forget peoples names all the time. I read some posts on some of the weird things that people have done and I have to say they made me smile and cheered me up.  I just wonder how long I will be able to safely stay on the HRT? TIA

[Dancinggirl]

HelenM - you have been given a very low dose of oestrogen and you have everything to gain and nothing to loose by going back on oestrogen. I had a 3 year break from HRT in my early 50s ( due to all the scares at the time) and I lost 3 years of my life -  it was such a relief to be back on HRT at the age of 53. I am envious that you only need oestrogen.  The patches are considered safer anyway and more efficient.  There is no reason why you can't continue with oestrogen for the rest of your life provided you don't have health issues that prevent this. I know a women who was still on HRT in her mid 80s - she was amazing. Dg x

[HelenM]

Thank you so much for your replies. You have both made me feel much better  xx

[Roseneath]

I have been feeling very similar to you off and on over the last 3 years. I once took my kids out for a drive and got into the passenger seat and just stat there waiting whilst they were in the back! Same week I put the cereal box in the fridge and forgot my friends little girls name.  When I am in that foggy 'zone' I feel very tearful, tongue tied and panicky. I am just waiting for things to go wrong and have this feeling I can't cope. Ended up at GP in tears. She said the fact I am aware of it and can talk rationally about it means it is anxiety.  I did have a good 8 months feeling much better for no obvious reason but it has returned recently (put the packet of the lettuce in the bread bin today!) so I am back on the forum getting reassurance. Lack or sleep, exercise and food definitely make it worse. Brain fog really sums it up. I do a brain training App and am fine with that as I am relaxed.