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[Camper71]

I started Evorel Sequi 50 at the beginning of September ( I was on 2 weeks Sequi and 2 weeks conti patches). I'm peri menopausal. Didn't have hot flushes before starting. Had a lot of other symptoms including insomnia and went for a consultation with a specialist menopause GP who said I could try HRT to see if it would help with my symptoms. Around mid October my insomnia got worse and I started being awake all night and not sleeping at all except very occasionally. I became really ill and was off work. Had another consultation with the GP 2 weeks ago and we decided HRT wasn't really helping my symptoms. I wondered if the Sequi could be causing the worsening of my insomnia. The GP explained that sometimes it is possible to have a paradoxical reaction. She recommended I stop the the patches immediately as I hadn't been in them for very long. I was fine at first and I started to sleep a little again anything from 2-3.5 hours a night but not every night. This week I started to have some internal heat . I'm not dripping with sweat but getting some flushes and I do sweat a bit at night when I get them.Has anyone else experienced this when stopping HRT? I had wondered about stopping more gradually but asked for advice and was told stopping immediately was fine. The GP told me to keep a symptom diary which I'm doing. I've read that sage can be good fir hot flushes. I take another medication and have to be careful about contra indications. I'm trying to eat a lot of green veg and a healthy diet. I also take magnesium.

[jillydoll]

Hi Camper71
My sister in law swears by, Wild Yam.
She's never took hrt, and said she never would, the yam worked for her.

[Camper71]

Thank you Jilly Doll I'll look into that.

Best wishes
Camper

[hereandthere]

Evorel Sequi stopped my hot flushes and insomnia almost immediately. The only down side for me was hair shedding. In fact now I've been on a new HRT (utrogestan and Femigel-estradiol) and back to flushes.

I know you are meant to go a month though before deciding. Best of luck!
Xx

[Ladybt28]

Camper71 - I have had 5 types of hrt and only one of them really worked for me which is oestrogel and utrogestan.  The others all had different side affects - femoston gave me headaches, Evorel either didn't control the flushes and/or anxiety, Prempak now discontinued the oestrogen wasn't strong enough on the highest strength, Premarin+provera the progesterone was the problem causing suicidal thoughts.....  Its sometimes tough to get it right and sometimes impossible to get it right first time!  Not all HRT work the same in every single body.  What suits one wont suit another and yet there doesn't seem to be a discernible different in the ingredients.  Delivery method and absorption in an individual play a huge part.

In peri also your own hormones surge and drop as the body ceases to produce them interact with the hrt so balance can also be difficult.  Your doctor didn't seem very helpful in finding what was right for you?  Stopping hrt immediately isn't a problem just you are likely to get your symptoms back.  Also the further into peri and towards post meno the more of a roller coaster it can be and the more the symptoms ramp up. Unfortuately there is no hard and fast rule we are all different.  Maybe if the symptoms get out of control you should go back to her and try something else.  There are ladies here on the form who have probably very nearly gone through the GP's prescribing book on hrt with different combo's before they have got all or the majority of their symptoms under control.