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[Dancinggirl]

Sounds good Scampi - a fresh approach to your problems may well be what you need.
Good luck  DG x

[Kelly]

So. Pleased you got a new GP Scampi. I had anxiety due to some health problems not being solved and all the focus went on that. Now when I go to the docs ( as I am still having problems) they often say its anxiety related. Well not everything can be!   There is one doc in our practise who regularly offers people something for their mood as she puts it.  I now feel they think everything is in my head and I have  no confidence in GPs anymore .
glad you have found a nice one !
KELLY XX

[Scampi18]

Thank,you,for reply everyone, 💐

[Lindilou]

I took HRT for 5 years (Elleste solo or Evorel I think, can't remember) stopped it in 2010, never did anything for me really.

[wornoutmum]

In my experience, HRT made my joints feel easier, emotionally I felt better but after a few months I became sore around the vulva and vagina and despite trying different HRT and steroid and emulsifying ointment (not cream!) I came off and then the flushes came in abundance! They have tailed off but any stress triggers one. Sleep - rarely get through the night. I've taken  femosten and prempak and ovestin vaginal cream prior to these. The bleeding is a nuisance.

I have now found that being without a partner for a few years, I have VA (had a PF repair 9 years ago) and underwent process of managing vulval soreness (done), recommencing HRT (patches - v low dose) to combat VA and thinning and to start using dilators, under the watchful management of a fabulous female gynaecologist, not GP. I am definitely v sensitive to HRT so need a v low dose - preferably one without monthlies!

Who knows? Whatever makes me feel good, is worth taking! In moderation of course. 

[Dancinggirl]

Hi and welcome wornoutmum
It's good to hear you experiences - I think many of us find it is a matter of trial and error with HRT.
I doubt it was the HRT that caused the vaginal discomfort - I discovered too late that systematic HRT doesn't always prevent VA and I should have been using both systemic HRT and local oestrogen far sooner to help this.  Like you, I am on a low dose of systemic HRT with Vagifem twice a week to help keep things healthy down below.  I also use a vaginal gel call Multi Gyn Actigel(there are others on the market, so again, it is trial and error) that helps to keep the acidity balance right.
There are so many nasty meno symptoms that we are simply not told about and they a advice about how to treat most meno symptoms is very poor.  We keep calling for more Well Women Centres with properly trained staff - we all need help through this challenging time in our lives.  Keep posting  DG x

[julie53]

Hi All,
Don't know if i'm posting this correctly as i'm finding the site quite hard to navigate around!  I was put on Prempak-C to start with but the bleeding monthly was so heavy i couldn't cope with it & my sleep didn't improve at all. So now i'm on Femoston 1/10mg & the bleeding is very slight & only lasts about 3 days (that i can cope with). My sleep still hasn't improved that much & still get an occasional hot flush (worse when stressed.......which is very often unfortunately!) It's my moods that desperately need improving as everything makes me sad & i'm still crying & getting down at the slightest thing. I do have a lot of family problems, so my doctor thinks it could be depression as well. Has anybody had a really good uplifting experience with an HRT tablet or patch that i could ask to try next? I really don't want to have anti-depressants, as i was worse with those when i tried them a few years ago. I just want to wake up one day feeling happy about SOMETHING!! Please help.  Thanks ladies.

[Dancinggirl]

julie53
If most of your menop symptoms are being controlled with Femoston then you may be one of those ladies who needs a SRRI alongside to help with mood and sleep.  My gynae was keen for me to try Citalopram if HRT didn't  help. From what you are telling us I personally think you might benefit from some CBT and the SRRI might help you get throughout the family problems which are probably the cause of your low mood and poor sleep. I would also make sure you take some Vitamin D3 if you don't get enough sunshine every day.  In winter none of us gets enough sunshine and this is the only good source of vitamin D so by the end of the winter most of us will be deficient.  Low mood, fatigue, aching joints etc are all typical symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency. Some extra B Vitamins could also be a good idea.
Femoston is a good HRT as the progesterone is kinder so I wouldn't be in a hurry to change from this.
I'm afraid HRT doesn't cure everything.  DG x

[dazned]

Yes I too think you would benefit from a low dose AD alongside your hrt at the moment with your stressful situations,they are not just for depression as I have learned,and many women take both successfully. New ADs arent like the ones of a few years ago.As DG says unfortunately hrt doesnt stop all symptoms all the time if only! Maybe you would be better posting a new post in the section new members introducing yourself and a bit of background age etc. then you will get more responses as you wont be lost on the tale end of an old post !

 

[julie53]

Thanks for the comments & yes will mention the advice to my doctor next week. I will also try posting on the new members section.
Cheers all  :)x

[Dandelion]

Now that I am on the right HRT evorel 100mcg and utrogestan, I say HRT is good 
I started on femoston which didnt work, as my menopause induced IBS stopped absorption.
I then went on the patches, and as I gradually upped the dose with the help of a lovely GP, I am now happy on these wonderful lilttle patches.
At first I was wondering if HRT just didn't work, as I was quite ill really, rotten guts on a morning, mood problems, flushing and feeling really hot, which was debilitating.

[Astolat]

I've been on HRT for about five years now, Novofem first and then Livial. Absolutely fine on Livial but then started to experience bleeding. Dr told me to come off HRT to see if it made any difference - it hasn't. Have had a colposcopy and an ultrasound scan, everything normal, just a couple of fibroids but I feel a wreck! I'm right back to square one with the flushes every half hour, night sweats, insomnia, panic attacks and awful aches and pains in my joints.
I'm going back to see my GP tomorrow but don't hold out much hope. My surgery operates on a first come first served system so you can't book to see a senior Dr and I'm usually fobbed off with a junior Dr who hasn't really got a clue. Last time I went to see him he'd lost my test results.
I've never been offered patches or anything else, but I'm willing to give anything a go! HRT helped me enormously and I want to take it again!

[Dancinggirl]

Hi Astolat - As you have fibroid obviously causing a bit of a problem a Mirena may be a good option fro you at this will usually shrink them.  You can then have oestrogen in patch or gel form alongside to reduce flushes etc.  The Mirena often sorts out any bleeding and stops it completely after a few weeks.  I would ask about this as it is often offered by Gynaes those days.  DG x

[GeordieGirl]

I haven't read all the posts on this (now very long) thread but to answer the question, I'd say GREAT ! (Is that an option?)

I'm on Estrogel (one pump) and Utrogestan 100mg and it's working well. I did lower the dose of Estrogel as the initial 2-4 pumps prescribed was too high for me, I seem to have found a good balance now. Memory better, sleeping is fabulous, no aches or pains and generally back to normal.

Thank God for the internet though because without this forum and a wide host of other online info about the menopause, my GPs would have me rattling with a number of pills to treat symptoms separately (or just convince me it was all in my head).

GG x

[diharp]

I am 54. Endometrium fine as is cervix and so is Uterus. I had one bleed in 12 months. Doc put me on Elleste Duet 2mg
not knowing my periods were a nightmare and still are. I take Amitriptyline and hooked on Diazepam. HRT was great at first and after three months I have restless leg syndrome, Insomnia, Constipation so bad that I bleed from the rectum and depression. He has given me Conti to go  on to but the side effects read the same. I want my life back. I don't go out of the house, I don't talk to anybody my friends and relatives have all abandoned me. My husband is ill and I am supposed to be taking care of him when I can't take care of me. I have stopped the HRT dead. I had not slept through the night for weeks.

where do i go from here. I was prepared to take the risks of HRT to get back to being me. I am so depressed I can barely breathe. Help someone please