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[emmorolo]

Hi everyone
It's a bit long but can any one advise or relate to me
I went on hrt evorel sequi due to my desperation for sleep.....I wake up every night without fail I've tried excercisng , meditation,over the counter sleeping tablets....I still wake up...I feel knackered all the time...plus I have anxiety and depression which I take medication for and what with lack of sleep I have no energy or motivation..my default position when I'm not working is on sofa under my blanket...if I manage to clean something in the house it's a plus...I do get the Mickey taken out of me by my family cos if I'm not on the sofa something is wrong..
I started taking hrt a month ago ...and initially although I still woke up at night I felt for once motivated I was up doing things around the house..it felt good but now five weeks in I'm back to how I was still waking up at night and now back on sofa....I told nurse practitioner this who prescribed it and she said try another month see what happens....but this hrt is doing nothing for me...plus as on week 5 I'm on my fake period....years ago I was prescribed another hrt that didn't work either....can anyone relate?
or advise all I want is some decent sleep ...I'm also 4 stone overweight...o am trying to lose weight...but I'm struggling....am I doing something wrong ? ....any feedback would b helpful I'm a desperate woman ..xx

[Nas]

You have my sympathy.
HRT doesn’t work for me either.
I have to resort to medication for sleep.
HRT makes me bleed and resolves flushes only.

Maybe a different HRT regime would work for you?
The evorel patch goes up to 100.
Do you think you are absorbing the patch?

It’s a crap crap time of life. I’m bloody sick of it all.

Hope you get sorted soon x

[emmorolo]

Thanks Nas for replying I'm glad I'm not the only one....the nurse practitioner put me on melatonin tablets so my body can start producing more melatonin they workef for about a week then bam back to waking up....then she put me on the hrt patches which gave me energy for about a week or two but I'm still waking up and my energy had disappeared...
I know I have anxiety and depression but when I wake up I don't actually worry about anything my brain is alert but my body feels awful....
I just don't know what to do....I feel a bit anxious sometimes at night but that's cos I'm anxious that I won't get a full night's sleep ....aahhhhhh
All I want is a decent night sleep !!

[Taz2]

Hi emmorolo. It takes up to three months for any HRT to become fully effective so it's early days yet and worth persevering. Evorel Sequi contains norethisterone in the conti patches (last two weeks each month) and some women find it gives them PMT type symptoms. This should settle by the three month mark but if not then an HRT with a different progesterone might be worth considering.

How long do you sleep for before you wake up and do you then remain awake all night?

Taz x

[emmorolo]

Hi Taz thanks for replying
I usually fall asleep ok but after about three hours I wake up again....takes me around two hours or more to get back to sleep again....when I wake at night I can't stay in bed I get up...have a herbal drink as I've stopped caffeine as well eat something put TV on then eventually drift off again..
There are some nights when I'm tired go to bed then as soon as my head touches the pillow I'm alert again and have to get out of bed...it's exhausting...
So I've got another months worth of hrt patches ...I thought they were working in first couple of weeks as I had energy to get off sofa and do things around the house....but that stopped...
I just wondered if anyone else had similar issues....so I should try longer with the patches...I suppose I expected a miracle immediately...
I'm due to speak to nurse practitioner in three weeks and see what happens

[Gnatty]

Could you look into supplementing with testosterone? This helps with anxiety, sleep and energy. Again it will take a while to kick in. Also to access it from your GP you have to say you have low libido as that is generally the only way it can be prescribed unless you go privately. There is a useful thread running on testosterone that you could take a look at. It might just be the missing link for you.

[emmorolo]

Thanks Gnatty
I lwill ook into that thanks..
I've not got low libido.. I have no libido !
I will read the thread and when I speak to NP again we can go from there...
See what happen in next three weeks..

[Cookie25]

Hi Emmorolo

I've been the same as you that I get a week or two of more energy and motivation and then it wanes again. It may be advised that you up the patch, perhaps it's still not enough oestrogen.

I'm still trying to find the right regime for me too. Stick with it as those glimmers of light when you were off the sofa hopefully show that a good result is possible! I'm hoping so for me too.

Cookie25 xxxxx

[emmorolo]

Thanks cookie25
Yes that small amount of time when I felt motivated and energised felt good i felt almost back to normal (apart from still waking up)
I will keep at .....
Thanks for everyone that replied it helped me knowing I'm not the only one
Hope u find something that works for u soon xx

[Floo36]

You just haven’t found the right type and dose of HRT yet and it can take time to work out.  It sounds like you need to increase the dose because you had improvements initially.  Can you ask for an increase?