Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Dex139 on January 21, 2022, 06:06:27 PM
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Hi all and thank you for reading!! I am (relatively) new to HRT, around month 4 and struggling! I was under the illusion that HRT would help me sleep, however my experience is different. I started on the Oestrogen Gel and changed to the patches as I find them more convenient. I can't increase above Evorel 25 due to head pains and lightheadedness which is so severe I can't function. Although this has helped my mood no end, I feel so wired and I just can't cope! I am waking at 5am each day and spend the rest of the day shattered. I wake after a period of heavy dreams so feel like I haven't slept at all. Just completely at my wits end when the general consensus is HRT helps sleep! It has wrecked mine. Does anyone have any suggestions please? Thank you.
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Hi! how are your periods, sometimes your cycle can over-ride the HRT.
Some find that keeping a mood/food/symptom diary is useful. MayB ask for a referral to a dedicated menopause clinic due to the head problems.
Hopefully someone will be along who knows about this regime.
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Just wondering if you're on utrogestan aswell ?as this can help with sleep ? Are you in peri or post meno ?
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Are you on a conti or sequi regime? If conti you could try a couple of cycles of sequi and see if it's different on oestrogen only. Usually it's the progestogen that causes problems. It can also be a symptom of both too much and too little oestrogen.