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[juliemargaret]

Hi all..so 7 weeks hrt. 2 pumps estrogel and 100mg utrogestan on alternaye eves vaginally. Im peri.....and yes was.advised to try this regime by a well reknown meno doc.
Im not sure how i feel....dont feel amazing still...dont feel very bad neither. Hot flushes snd swests werent one of my main symptoms...had many others namely low mood..extreme weird fatigue....flatness..loss of lib...no motivation..overwhelment and a general feeling of 'who am i'.....and a few physical ones like hair thinning and ....a very tender cocxyx (tailbone). I found a rare article that this can be excaberated by low estrodiol levels....which prompted me to make the decision to give hrt a go. ( after swearing id never go down this route and would stay as natural as poss!)
So....7 weeks....i had a bleed after the first 6 days....for 5 days...tr another bleed 2 weeks after for 6 days....and last week another for 5 days and a rather tender left breast (i have had previous worrisome hormonal breast in the past which i knew was just hormone surge as it passed but havent had it a while until now) . I have just stayed as positive as can and read forum.advise and know it.can take a while for body to adjust. Nleeding now stopped..just a little dark goo on wiping but no bother...breast still tender. Coccyx.too...but im not in any bad pain or owt.  Been going the gym as normal and eating well...sleeping okay....but noticed my mood seems flat.....the last few days anyway...hasnt gone unnoticed and my husband said he  noticed ive been a bit agitated. ..and he thought id been a lot better. Lke i said im  not overly sure how hrt is benefitting.me.....although  was feeling 'calmer' for want of a better word...not as overwhelemd etc...(not as many 'old' feellings and thoughts bothering me....i felt more at ease and like could deal with stuff).

Does anybody have any similar stories? The regime itself hasnt bothered me....vaginal utro been fine....i mean the bleeds a nuisance as i didnt even bleed this long on my period..but...didnt overall cause much bother except for just being there!

Just feeling flat...and again..unmotivated and like i said...'old' feelings that i hoped would diminish when started hrt (and the reason i went on it as felt like was drowning!)

Would love to talk?

[Rainyday]

Hi Jmargaret,

Rainyday here Just read your response to my post and now yours. First of all, thank you for responding, I'm definitely feeling less alone !

From what you've said I really feel your intuition is talking to you. You're just not feeling as well as you know you could. 7 weeks seems like a long time not to feel better, but I would wait a few weeks more. Each time I've switched hrt I've tried to wait a full 3 months and I've read on here that it can take even longer to level out. Although one of the gynecologists has also told me that 2 months should be adequate to know whether an hrt is working for you.

I really relate to your list of symptoms, so similar to mine before staring hrt i.e. many of the more psychological ones and the fatigue (except the coccyx, which sounds painful, really sorry you are experiencing that). The flat feeling, I wonder if that is a side effect of the progesterone and also, since some of your old symptoms have not diminished it sounds like you may need more estrogen?

xoxo 

[juliemargaret]

Hi rainyday

Thanks for taking the time to talk. Ohhh i know! My intuition is strong and I do feel I could be a bit better. I dont know!! Bit disappointed to be honest..i know its not a magic forumla bit i was hoping to have a bit more zest.....mojo even. I.think..i did start to feel a tad brtter bit it seems to have gone..i know i keep saying I dont know but  thats what comes up haha!! Woke this morn....(utro last night) and feel a bit ughhh tired and could easily go back to bed...i mean ill probs be fine once washed and been gym..then have work. Feel a bit lost as dont know what to do....my gp is great..very very supportive but not as clued up on hrt as so far as ive seen...(i had to tell her i could have utro and estro on nhs..etc etc). Part of me is sorry i started.....then part of me is trying to feel good about it....which i think i was...until this flat agitated mood crept back a few days ago.  But alas.....what do i do? Just carry on a bit longer....the 3 months and see? Really really hoped this would the missing link...and id have a huge spring in my step and my mojo firmly back (been a while huh). Not evwn sute now where ny natural cycle is as prior to coning on hrt i hadnt had a period in 5 weeks...i realised yesterday this is the first time in all my yrs that i dont kniw where im.at cycle wise......i was so in tune with body and hadbt had any sort of hormones (pill etc) for 20yrs so felt all natural in my progression....now i dont. X
Hope you feel a bit better....did you decide to go back to your old regime? I was hoping someone with more know would respond to youre post - im sure they will.