Thanks for your replies.
The saga continues;
the hot flushes have reduced and I actually slept through the night one night! However, I have horrendous vulval pain, which started a couple of days after applying the patch. I thought it might be thrush, so took a tablet, but it has not made any difference, and the pain is worse.
I have had vulvodynia before, so am wondering if the hormones have triggered that off again.
Am phoning the gynae tommorrow, so see what he says.
Am so fed up, been crying all afternoon! Some would say 'feeling real sorry for myself'! The pain is so bad I cannot sit down for more than half hour at moment, and I cannot think about anything else.
I have a horrible feeling that I may be allergic to oestrogen, as I have reacted like this to all forms of oestrogen, the cream, vagifem etc. It always feels like burning, really severe.
If that is the case, then I am effectively 'stuffed'!
Am researching promensil at the moment. Has anyone tried that?
Thanks for listening.
Echinacea