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[Michelle46]

Hi lovely ladies
I'm 55 and 1.5 years post menopause. I've been on hrt since I was 46(when I came off the contraceptive pill). I initially had it for hot sweats in the night which it helped with. I do suffer with bad anxiety which has got worse since a rough period of stress since last November. I trialled antidepressants which caused a lot of this. I was on gel for years but wasn't absorbing it so changed to Evorel 75 patches 3 weeks ago with utrogestan which I've used for years. I'm so anxious all the time,fatigue etc. Since changing to patches I'm jittery,fast heartrate at times,anxious more.
What I'm asking is did anyone feel better off hrt. It's not really done anything for me other than get rid of sweats.

[CLKD]

I believe that some1 else has decided to stop using their regime.  The way to find out if the body has settled is to stop HRT.  Hopefully some1 will be along with advice.

[sheila99]

Anxiety can be from both too little and too much oestrogen, jittery is usually from too much. I'd try reducing your dose before you abandon it altogether, I think perhaps you're absorbing more from it.

[Michelle46]

I think i may reduce it a bit actually. Thankyou

[bombsh3ll]

You say you weren't absorbing your gel but that it did get rid of the symptoms you were taking it for.

Did you have a blood test showing poor absorption?

As others have suggested you may have just experienced a significant real term change in dose moving between preparations so I would definitely think about adjusting rather than abandoning treatment.

Whether you are now on "too much" or "too little" for your needs isn't easy to guess from the symptoms you describe, so it is either trial and error or you could get another blood test to guide you.

I personally don't think high estrogen levels are a major physiological cause of anxiety because young women, particularly pregnant women would be the ones most affected, not mature women on a fairly conservative dose of MHT.

At 55 it is way too soon to say hormone therapy has done nothing for you, particularly if you haven't had a DEXA scan, and whilst nobody has a crystal ball, you want to make sure 80 year old you will be happy with the decisions you make in the present.

[Michelle46]

You say you weren't absorbing your gel but that it did get rid of the symptoms you were taking it for.

Did you have a blood test showing poor absorption?

As others have suggested you may have just experienced a significant real term change in dose moving between preparations so I would definitely think about adjusting rather than abandoning treatment.

Whether you are now on "too much" or "too little" for your needs isn't easy to guess from the symptoms you describe, so it is either trial and error or you could get another blood test to guide you.

I personally don't think high estrogen levels are a major physiological cause of anxiety because young women, particularly pregnant women would be the ones most affected, not mature women on a fairly conservative dose of MHT.

At 55 it is way too soon to say hormone therapy has done nothing for you, particularly if you haven't had a DEXA scan, and whilst nobody has a crystal ball, you want to make sure 80 year old you will be happy with the decisions you make in the present.

I wasn't absorbing the gel and it didn't get rid of my symptoms,mainly bad anxiety. My level was 69 pmol. I think in a couple of weeks I'll ask my gp if she can test my levels. I feel worse at the moment. My anxiety is very bad,so bad to go anywhere