Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => New Members => Topic started by: Mandy G on September 03, 2021, 09:49:01 AM
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Hello!
I'm new here but not new to the menopause! 58 years old and 4.5 years since last period I went to a specialist menopause consultant privately who is NHS registered too and have been thrown back into excessive night sweats again! My symptoms on consultation were insomnia, I hadn't slept properly for years, mood a bit scratchy and aching joints, no sweats really to report of. Consultant prescribed Utrogestan 100mg 1 x daily, Estradiol 0.6% gel 2 pumps daily. On day 3 of medication my symptoms when through the roof, excessive sweating through the night of which I had NEVER experienced before. Being post menopausal it seemed as though I had gone back a few years and was now menopausal/perimenopausal, if that makes sense? On contacting the doctor, she made no attempt to help and it took her 6 days to come back to me just saying what I had done was ok, not particularly good patient care. So from all your comments and some research I increased my pumps to 3, this had an immediate lessening on the sweats. However, I am still experiencing some sweats, so what I'd be interested in hearing is, is this a common reaction? Am I still out of balance? I've tried doing day and night but now gone back to morning application as my mood seemed better. Any comments greatly received, thanks.
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Hi which symptom would you like to ease first? Why did U go to see a Consultant and dreadful that you have had to wait for a) a response and b) that wasn't particularly supportive!
You could put the name of the product/s into the search box on the Forum to C what pops up: make notes ;-).
Hopefully someone will be along later.
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Mandy, I can’t help unfortunately, but my advice is not to stop the HRT cold turkey if you’re feeling it’s not right.
I was on patches for around 6 weeks, had a heavy period ( first for 2 1/2 years) had worsening symptoms, so was advised to stop.
The crippling anxiety that has hit me now is like nothing I’ve ever experienced. It has been a massive upheaval for my dormant hormones.
Do lots of research…. And ditch the incompetent consultant!!
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Most problems are because of the progestogen. I would stop utro for a couple of weeks and see how you are. If you're better you can either use utro on a long cycle or change to something else. Flushes should go in a couple of weeks but my anxiety and insomnia took 3 months. The longer you have been without oestrogen the more you have to be careful not to increase too much too quickly.