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Went to see the new film IF. Heartwarming and feel-good without being mushy. Loved it. Had a small cry.

Hi Trixiebell,

Sounds like Dry Eye to me. I have had it for past 10 years which co-incided with start of peri-menopause. Apparently it is common in ladies of a certain age.

I manage it with a number of things:-

1. Hycosan eye drops during the day.
2. Hycosan night gel at night.
3. Daily heated eye pad for 10 minutes every day. I have an electric one plugged in next to my bed so put it on first thing in the morning when I'm coming to. I find it really relaxing and much better than the microwavable ones as it has 3 different constant heat settings.
4. Take Sea Buckthorn capsules daily. These are also supposed to help with other hormone related dryness. Get them from Holland and Barratt.
5. Wear glasses when it's windy.

Sounds like a faff but it's part of my routine now.

Hope you get on ok tomorrow.

Ladies, a little silly question did anyone ever tried to cut divide the patch to 2 pieces to get lower dosage of hormones? Thanks

So sorry -I actually meant I was and am on everol 100 plus norithisterone.

For me if I can't fall to sleep, it usually signifies too much oestrogen or testosterone. Whereas waking up a lot usually means not enough. Do you think you might have gone past your optimal point with the oestrogen? Especially as you say your other symptoms have resolved. You could try cutting back just slightly maybe. But it is so difficult to know whether to go up or down isn't it. It just always seems to boil down to trial and error....

Thankyou Northerngirl ,
Furyan I’m taking 75mg Everol which I’ve been on for some time .
I dont know if this is dry eye but I seem to have health  anxiety something that I never used to have when I was younger .
My husband is telling me to not faff at the opticians but to go to the Dr for a Moorfields referral 🙈
The irritation in my eye comes and goes maybe it’s because I’m constantly thinking about it

Hello,

I started this survey but didn't complete it as I got the impression it was market research for a paid menopause app.

Apologies if I'm wrong If I am wrong, you may wish to reconsider some of the questions used.

I find that yhe amount of oestrogen I take is directly related to dryness in all the areas mentioned. I get very dry, gritty eyes (blurry too) when I lower my patch, it corrects itself within a couple days of upping it again. Annoying really because I want to take as little oestrogen as possible due to the horrendous fluid retention it causes.

I don't think you should be on anywhere near that amount of Sandrena!!!

11 pumps of the new stuff is probably more like 4/5 pumps of the old. If you switch to Sandrena I would start with 3 or 4 sachets and see how you go.

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