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[Meno44]

Hi
So I started estrogel 2 pumps 4 months ago, I was getting some nausea in the evening so upped to 3 pumps and this seemed to sort it out.

I’ve recently felt that some menopausal symptoms have returned (fatigue, dry skin and mouth, aches and pains and digestive issues).

This seemed to coincide with me starting the estrogel bottles with a green square as opposed to the orange that I started on.

Should I increase to 4 pumps? I can’t speak to my GP for another 2 weeks and I  feel quite rough.

[Dotty]

Hi some ladies have noticed that using the green square bottles had brought back symptoms and do have increased the dose. It could be that your own hormones have stopped and using the green square bottle may be just a coincidence. xx

[Meno44]

My own hormones stopped working awhile ago, I’ve not had a period in 3/4 years.

I’m only 46 is there any truth in the younger you go through the menopause the higher the dose of HRT needs to be?….I’ve read that somewhere

[Gnatty]

It's such a malarkey these wretched bottles with their different squares etc. I only noticed a difference changing from green to yellow when I suddenly felt overdosed on oestrogen. So yes in short especially as your symptoms of dryness are soooo typical of low oestrogen. So you could try just an extra half pump first and see if that fixes it.

[sheila99]

I would try an extra half pump. I find it weaker too.