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[Jari]

Hi Sammiejane,

I did not get on with the estrogel and ustro at all. Came off this after 3 months and now do not take any hrt.

I am not sure of your circumstances. Did you say you have no womb? In this case, I am not sure, but should you be taking progesterone?

How old are you and what stage of meno? X

[Hurdity]

Jari, sammiejane has posted extensively on the forum about her situation and experiences and why she is taking progesterone despite no womb, so most of the regulars know her situation pretty well. She needs oestrogen due to her young age.... Of course she can answer for herself but just putting you in the picture.  Perhaps look at some of her threads and profile?

I think this thread is probably about hormonal mood swings (due to peri-menopause or HRT) if I have understood correctly - not just getting in bad moods for other reasons which we all do from time to time - even about loo rolls!  .

Hurdity x

[Sammiejane]

hi k ballinger

do you take estrogen only patch now or do u take progesterone ?

i think it is to do with the estrogel personally a so stopped it for 9 weeks and shedding stopped after 6 weeks and now been back on it a month it shedding again not massively and not loosing 100 hairs a day but i notice it because my hair i can brush and not loose any and has always been mega thick i am the person who has two hairdressers blow drying and straightening it as to much for one and would say 50 percent gone x so when i brush now am loosing hair and find them in the floor x

i only went back on the gel as no patches available and i didn't want to take the everol incase i got in well with them and then couldn't get them so thought i'd try progesterone in the mix which menopause said was safe and that it would do me more harm as also taking for mood stabilizer and aniexty sleep but i guess part of me went so long hrt free i don't know how i?m supposed to feel on hrt if i?m honest i feel better off it but my age worries me and then i worry of prolapse off hrt although i would continue ovestin cream x

sorry waffling now x

[CLKD]

I am still spitting bricks about an incident that took place yesterday that could have been avoided  but the Company concerned don't give a bat's fart about gazumping 

My moods would be even until my period was due.  Then I would lash out suddenly!  It is known that PMT can cause women to kill, Dr Dalton did a lot of research about it and represented girls in Court to explain hormone upheaval.  I would throw things.  Stamp my feet [still do when no one is watching], mutter at the TV programmes ..........

[Countrygirl]

I stood in a supermarket yesterday paying and a child of about 5 was sat in the seat part of a trolley and was kicking the hell out of my legs and what did I do.....nothing as the nan looked formidable and I knew if I said anything and she was rude back as I never know how I am going to react as I could either bite back or burst into tears and embarrass myself. Where the hell has my normal reaction to things gone x

[CLKD]

May I giggle ?  I don't zip my gob these days ....... "R U aware that your child is kicking bruises in my direction" - I always have the retort after the event    then mutter at myself for hours after about what I ought to have said!

[KBallinger]

Sammiejane I only took it for 7 days a month I couldn't deal with it any longer I'd get hot agitated but depressed and bloated. I'm now trying the coil but think it's going to have to come out as I feel like I have pmt everyday and uncomfortably bloated and flushing. X

[kdee69]

?How bad do your mood swings get??  Omg - thank you dear lord for this thread catching my eye this morning.
I'm currently on only one pump of Oestrogel due to trying to come off fully ( I can not tolerate the horrific migraines due to the progesterone-tried several all horrific ). Anyway, I also have jet lag having just returned from USA 🇺🇸, so last night in bed for three and a half hours I tossed and turned and catastrophised over everything -Work, friendships, the corona virus ( which I convinced myself I had got) lack of sleep, my holiday to bloody Naples in exactly one month (🙄) etc etc. I also had the return of a slight sticky feeling on my chest ( I suffer emotionally far worse than physically with my meno) so am realising I may have to re up my oestrogel. I can't face my job today and it's getting worse. it's really stressful and I don't /can't work out whether it's because of my menopause that I feel like that or cos I hate the fecker with a passion right now. I go backwards and forwards as it pays really well and I only have two years to see it through and those two years pay towards  my twins through uni.
See I'm doing it now. I'm off topic, rambling and all over the place.
I'm knackered, miserable and out of control.
So in answer to the original question. Pretty bloody bad 🤬

[CLKD]

........ and breath 

[Duffygirl]

HI,
I am new here and to the whole menopause thing...I think.
I am 49 this year and have recently been thinking maybe I have the starting of perimenopause, as my mood swings have been noted by my husband with him saying " Do you think you could be menopausal, your mood swings these past couple of months have been noticed" So I am guessing its on its way. I cry at nothing ...a lot and simple, silly things send me into such a mood it takes days to snap out of it.
I turned to talking about things on a forum as the other day my husband said to me " is this going to send you into one of your menopausal moods again" ....
So I decided its clear I am not going to get any help or understanding from him and its going to be a long slog on my own. Even typing this is making me well up as I feel very alone and am very conscious of the fact I need to control my moods at home and try to be cheerful so I don't get the "comments" again.
Does anyone have any advice at all?

[Joaniepat]

Hi Duffygirl, this is just to say  . By all accounts, mood swings are a very common symptom, but there will be plenty of sympathetic folk here. There is a Hints for Husbands thing somewhere on the forum but can't remember where, perhaps try the main menu.

Tell us a bit more about yourself, such as what your periods are doing and whether you are contemplating HRT.

Best wishes,

JP x

[Duffygirl]

Thank you for the welcome.
I will see if I can find the hints for husbands, but not sure I want to broach the subject with him again.

At the moment my periods are still regular, but have noticed they are coming a couple of days earlier each month at the moment. The mood swings and crying are the main noticeable differences. I think I have had some night sweats but I have always made an excuse....It was a warm night or I closed the window, so no air flow ect, but inside I think I know it was a sweat.
I don't have many ladies of my age around me to talk to about these things so have been reading a lot on line.
I am guessing I am in the initial stages of this journey.

 

[CLKD]

Yep you're in good company.   Maybe you will get support - after all, your husband is on a learning curve too.  He may be paving the way by noticing your difference in moods. 

Browse round.  Make notes.  I'll bump the hints for husbands ;-).  Some ladies find that keeping a mood/symptom/food diary useful and do read the threads about vaginal atrophy.

[Baby]

Hi Duffy girl and welcome. My hubby just tends to ignore me too. And it broke my heart last night when my 23 year old son came to me and said how much he loves me and how worried he is about me. We talked and he is so much supportive to me and is reading all about menopause to understand. He even mentioned early menopause because his friends sister is 31 and going through it. God I love him.

[CLKD]

That's such a compliment to you and your husband Baby - a 23 year old with compassion.  He'll make someone a good wife eventually  .... that's a Norfolk saying by the way. 

I kick off easily.