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[Susanm]

Thank you Taz for your advice and kind words - I will take this info with me when I visit my GP next week.

[Susanm]

And thank you Suzi Q - I'm feeling a little happier today after browsing this site and realising that I'm not actually losing the plot!

[Suzi Q]

COURSE YOUR NOT
HEY its THURsday nearly weekend
Have a lovely one
Suzi Q

[sandi]

Hi,

I have been on the Serenity natural progesterone cream for about 2 years.  I think it definitely helps with the hot flushes and insomnia.  The problem for me is that every time I try something new it seems to help for about 2-4 weeks, and then the symptoms gradually creep back.  No HRT for me, as my mum had breast cancer.  I am also taking Menopace (from the chemist and quite cheap), which has definitely helped lift my mood (I was on the verge of taking anti-depressants - Citilopran, which are still sat in my cupboard).  Hope that helps - all we can do is keep trying to be well, though even the effort of searching for help is exhausting!

[Suzi Q]

Ive racked my brains (not thats theres much there)
To remember the first HRT cream I was put on Ive remebered
Ortho Dienestoral brown box it worked really well
I cant seem to find if ita any different to Ovestin though
I do remember that I was warned aboutr Ovestin by GP side affects etc but nothing with Dien
It worked great for 2 years or so wonder if he may give me that again?

[terriw]

Hi Sandi. Try to resist the Citalopram is my advice. I was put on it 18 months ago...when I ended up a blubbering mess at my docs....she said it will also help the hot flushes. Well, I have to say it got rid of the depression, not the hot flushes though, and I think I ended up kind of " foggy and cold" emotionally. During that time on Citalopram I lost a very dear friend with cancer, we'd been friends nearly 40 years. I was so sad.....yet I couldn't cry!

I'm now weaning off the Citalopram...thought about my friend yesterday...and burst into tears!

[Taz2]

Hi terri - I reckon the problem may be the dosage of SSRI's for hot sweats. This trial shows how results can differ and that it is really quite a specific programme to follow. I don't think many doctors would know this http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/posts/citalopram-celexa-effective-for-treating-hot-flashes/

Taz x

[Rosebush]

Ladies is anyone on Conti patches suffering break through bleeds, have used patches for nearly 9mths...had 2 bleeds in 9wks and 20days later i have another one, i am awaiting appt for Hysteroscopy and D&C.

When i was perimeno, and got a 'period' my sweats would vanish  and i got 3/4nights sleep, this has not happened with the last 3 bleeds, so not sure if its a period  or something else is wrong..so blooming fed up of worrying about this meno...maybe i will have to stop Hrt and return to sweats 24/7 this thought makes me feel very low, as i have had them for 10yrs now..

[Taz2]

Hi rosebush - I had continuous bleeding on a conti patch which is why, even at the age of 56, I still have sequi patches which give me a bleed every four weeks. It is not a troublesome bleed - heavy and very crampy on the first day but then it is fine.

Hope you don't have to return to the 24/7 sweats

Taz x

[Rosebush]

I don't even have the cramp Taz, had really low back pain all day yesterday, but put that down to exercise until this morning the Hrt has not helped with night sweats, but just having some daytime relief helps, as i am so worn out from sleepless nights..I am hoping i do not have to stop Hrt before op, as i feel 'that will' bring on a bleed, and my leaflets say, to let the hospital know if you have a period, as they may have to cancel op, due to not getting a clear view of the womb talk about being confused with the whole thing..!!

Taz sorry if this sounds silly but, is your monthly bleed a real period, or due to Hrt?.

x

[Taz2]

It is just the HRT I suppose. I am 56 and I expect mine would have stopped by now. I have been on HRT for over two years now and when I started it my periods were around 6 or 7  months apart. I am sure it is purely HRT induced. Apparently some women do bleed on the non-bleed HRT's. I bled for the whole of the three months I took it and so asked to be put back onto sequi. Actually I have just remembered that my patch came off today in the bathroom and I put it to dry ready to stick it back on and forgot! I had better see if I can still find it 

Hope you have a cooler night rosebush.

Taz x

[Rosebush]

Taz looks like i may be one of the one's that will have bleeds on 'non bleed hrt' had 1 in Nov 1 in Jan, changed from Femseven to Evorel, had one last Tuesday & started again this morning, not full on, last Tuesdays stopped on Friday, so its been just a wk today and bleed started as soon as i got up..strange thing though this time, Wed & last night my sweats/flushes dropped from every 30-40mins to around only 6 in 8hrs...oh to have regular periods again and no sweating

I have to go into Hospital for hysteroscopy & D&C next Sat morning, not looking forward to it, but hope my bleeds are only due to Hrt and nothing else..So scared of GA, but need the Op just to see if all's well.. Bloody Meno, after 10yrs just want it to go away..how many of us have said that ladies..

[terriw]

be thinking opf you Rosebush, hope it helps sort you out. Just make sure you rest up and take it easy for a bit!

[Rosebush]

Thxs Terri i have to be there for 7.30am, but theartre does not start until 10.30am, so why they need us there, so early is a mystery, i did all my pre op assessments (5 pages) during my last visit for the scan.. mind you my letter does say, i should be discharged between 12noon & 2pm, hopes its noon..

[Elsie]

I found HRT to be brilliant, I was on it for about 15 years in one form or another.  The downside is once you stop it, even weaning off it for months as I did, back come the hot flushes ect.  As I'm now nearly 60, it was time I felt, to manage without it as one cannot go on forever, though I dearly wish I could.  All I want to say really is if you can survive without it do so as all it does really is postpone the effects of the menopause, though I must also say that I don't feel as depressed as I did at the beginning.  How it will affect my libido remains to be seen as It's only three months since I stopped it completely.  You must weigh up the full facts before you start and it's very difficult when you want to continue as you were for a few more years, I've had a good run anyway.  All the best to you all.