Hi ,
I stopped hrt cold turkey ln march still have a coil in and still use ovestin.
I had 7 years on hrt patches then gel was so sick of feeling absolutely crap everyday it only helped the hot flushes for me .
Never helped with anxiety or insomnia I take amitriptyline for that .
I got sick of the whole guessing game of am I using too much or not enough is this a side effect or something else so I quit to see how I was without it.
The first month or so was rough not so much menopause symptoms coming back but estrogen withdrawal my body had been used to using it , but slowly those symptoms eased I feel better in many ways but I am left with hot flushes not many in the day but the night sweats are on and off every night but I can handle it for now , biggest symptom that went away was the constant lightheaded feeling horrible fuzzy head , that was definitely the estrogel , I won’t say I will never go back on it but for now I definitely feel better without it I’m 51 but I had a very early menopause, I feel free of chasing the symptoms with the dose of hrt if you know what I mean.
Good luck hope it goes well for you x
