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[Blot]

On the advice of the doctor at the GUM clinic I have restarted the vagifem this morning so would just like some encouragement to carry on with it. I feel like I need to wee all the time already! Surely not just after one use?

[Tinkerbell]

How long did you use it before you gave up last time?

[Blot]

7 days. Then my gp told me to stop when I asked her about it.

[Katejo]

On the advice of the doctor at the GUM clinic I have restarted the vagifem this morning so would just like some encouragement to carry on with it. I feel like I need to wee all the time already! Surely not just after one use?

I have just recognised your comments on FB Blot. Today I have had the feeling of needing to pee a lot as well. I did insert a Vagifem this morning.  I don't know why this has come back except that I am due to go on holiday on Thursday and I always get this just before I go! I did leave a sample at the GP today but won't get the result before I go. I don't want to take another AB as the last ones didn't work well at all.
Sometimes the Vagifem seems to work well and other times it doesn't but I don't know why.

[Blot]

Yes I'm all over the place Katejo.

Just hope I can give this a proper go without wimping out.

[CLKD]

Sometimes symptoms increase with the boost of hormone, the day after I use Ovestin I feel the need to pee more often.  Then those feelings settle.

[Katejo]

Yes I'm all over the place Katejo.

Just hope I can give this a proper go without wimping out.

Let's carry on supporting /encouraging each other! I may try looking for a GUM clinic when I get back from my trip to Italy.

[Grace]

Hi
I have been taking vagifem now constantly for 3 months . When I first started them I was told to use for 2 weeks and then twice a week . As soon as I cut back the symptoms came back so the GP said I could take them constantly . I am now so much better but do get the odd symptom now and then . The GP said that she will need to give me progesterone if I continue to use them full time.

[Blot]

Yes we need to support each other Katejo.

Why would you need progesterone Grace? I thought the hormones in vagifem was really small?

[CLKD]

Grace - hang onto the GP !  we'll all be queuing up at her door 

[Tinkerbell]

You do not need to use progesterone even if you use Vagifem every day, the amount of estrogen when used every day is equivalent to two Systemic HRT tablets a year.

[Grace]

 Hi RE progesterone with vagifem. I also wondered why I would need progesterone with vagifem so I paid for an email with this society . The response was that there are no long term studies for continual use and that the GP was right in her concerns. The email said that maybe to have a scan every year to check womb thickness . ( not sure my surgery would agree with that ) I also asked my Gyno and he seemed very vague as well . I would prefer not to use anything other than the vagifem and just take a chance as the dose is so low. That's really interesting that it's only the same as 2 HRT tablets. I need to investigate further .
Many thanks for response.

[Tinkerbell]

Grace...it was meno specialist who told me about there being no risk long term with Vagifem and she wrote to my GP and told him that it was equivalent to the two HRT tablets.

[Tinkerbell]

Grace...who did you email?

I have a Mirena because I also use systemic HRT, but I wouldn't be concerned if I wasn't as it's such a small amount of estrogen in the Vagifem.

[Dancinggirl]

Blot - as others have said, I think you are getting the constant need to pee because you are so anxious - I really don't think it's the Vagifem causing this.
When we are anxious we tend to clench - this is probably contracting everything in your lower abdominal area.
You also probably need to train your bladder to hold more now, because it has probably contracted. Try drinking just water for a few days, making sure you drink the 6-8 glasses through the day. Even if you do feel as if you need to pee, try to hold on so you only pee every 2-3 hours. I often find I feel I need to pee but if I get on with a job around the house I can forget I need to go.
Try lying on the floor and totally relaxing the whole abdominal area.
You have got to try to get your brain to accept that the Vagifem is doing good and will help in the long term.
DG x