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[suzieQ]

Hello again Julie and all the lovely ladies here - I saw the meno specialist on Friday and she was sypmathetic and  hopeful that some adjustment of the HRT could help. So ...a) did some blood tests to determine hormone levels now b) suggested change to Climesse oral no-bleed HRT in case I am not absorbing the patch well and c) ordered a pelvic scan ( on Friday) as a precaution to check all is well and see what ovaries are doing and the endometrium thickness. See her again in 6 weeks - not sure if the new HRT will do anything for the sleep, but I live in hopes. Anyone know anything about Climesse? Its 2mg of estradiol and .75 og norethisterone ( progesterone) I think. My sleep is a tiny bit better thanks to the amitryptiline I suspect making me less anxious about it - it still doesn't make me drowsy and I can't fall asleep for ages, but I do eventually sleep in the small hours and it s a bit deeper and less fragmented now. So I feel like if the new hRT could help a bit it would be wonderful. Hope you well and sleeping! love Sue

[juju]

Hi Sue!That sounds very helpful,nice to have someone really try to sort things out for you.Glad you're not so anxious about the sleeping.I have been good except a couple of days ago I started with a very sore throat and coughing low down in my throat..nothing else so far..but my voice is almost gone and its keeping me awake!I have an appointment to review my hrt a week friday.Unfortunately my gp is away for two weeks and that day is actually the last day of my hrt!So hopefully it will be ok.Dont know anything about climesse sorry.This one still seems to be working for me as the pthers have all caused bleeds and this one is almost three months and no bleeds.I think you really have to persist to get the right one.Nice to hear something positive!Julie x

[Dotty x]

i take Melatonin 3mg tablet, and now i sleep for longer and if i am disturbed in the night by a hot flush or needing the loo i can go straight back to sleep, i awake feeling more refreshed and there is no groggyness at all

by the way i cannot take HRT

Dotty x

[suzieQ]

Hi Julie and ladies I have  started the new HRT this morning - so it will take a few weeks I guess to see if it makes any difference to the sleep....still taking the amitryp stuff ans so much less anxious about bedtime and the nights generally which helps a little. I still can't fall asleep until 2 at the earliest, although I do "drift" in and out a bit until then... I am just really praying for some relief from this new regime. I have a pelvic scan tomorrow - just routine - but am  abit worried about it. I will post on a different subject board to see if anyone has had one and can give me some re-assurance. Love Sue

[Libby Babe]

Hi ladies
I have only been on my HRT for 14 days but last night I slept right through for nearly 7 hours (and this is not the first time).   I can honestly say I am sleeping so much better than I have done for ages and I am sure the HRt is helping.
Libby
 

[Libby Babe]

I did it again! (slept all night that is) from about 11 pm until 6 am this morning and I feel so much better for having proper sleep - hurrah for HRT I say!
Libby

[suzieQ]

Oh Libby thats just wonderful to hear - how great that must be , I am so glad for you. I find it very encouraging. Was your sleep really bad before and for how long? Which HRT are you on? Its great that it has worked so quickly for you! Sorry for all the questions - hope you don't mind! Its wonderful to read some good news!
Love Sue

[Libby Babe]

Hi Sue
Well it's hard to remember how long I have had trouble sleeping, it seems like ages.  It wasn't terrible but I was always conscious of waking a lot and not always being able to go back to sleep, usually needing to go to the loo, but I seem to be so much better at the moment, it is wonderful.  I am taking Elleste Duet 1 mg and I must admit I am amazed that I am seeing results so quickly.  I have so much more energy and am getting so much more done each day than I was.  I just hope it lasts.  Even my leg cramps have been much better today.
I don't mind about the questions, I am pleased to talk about it.  Yes, it is good to read good news.
Love Libby

[juju]

Hey thats great Libby!Hrt has been excellent for me too.At the moment I have a cough which is keeping me awake at night...I know its not permanent so can cope!Sue how did your scan go?Hope you are feeling better.

[suzieQ]

Hi Julie Good to hear from you - isnt it great news about Libbys sleep improving! My scan went well - I only had to have the abdominal one as she could see everything was OK that way so no need for the transvaginal one. It was the full bladder that was so uncomfortable! She sais very little sign of ovarian activity and teh womb lining looked thin and no fibroids or anything. I get the offivial results tomorrow if I ring the consultants secretary. Having siad that I am having a little  bit of a period on this new HRT ( exactly 1 month after that one I had when I increased the dose of patch) so I don't know what thats all about!  Any way it was a relief to get the scan done and be told it looked OK. Sorry to hear about your cough - hope it imroves soon and lets you sleep again. I am so much better on the amitryp - less anxious and really very chilled, but still take ages to get to sleep and not really good sleep yet. I hope the new HRT will work for me too! Love  Sue

[Libby Babe]

Thanks Julie
I hope your cough sorts itself out soon and you can get some better sleep.
take care
Love Libby

[juju]

Hi Sue and Libby and thanks for your good wishes!You both sound pretty positive.Great when we're feeling like that!I am back to GP on friday..will actually have taken my last hrt pill but couldnt get appointment any quicker!My GP is on holiday so will see the other lady one who I havent seen since early last year when I was half mad!See if she notices the difference!

[suzieQ]

HI Julie - Thinking of you for Friday - hope it goes well. Also hope no problems with taking the last one before you can get more. No improvement yet on my sleep - still abysmal as you said! - on the new hRT but its only a week tomorrow since i started it. I live in hopes! The ami still helps and I think its keeping me calm and relaxed - but I still can't seem to get off to sleep  until the small hours.... its a real pain and very distressing last night. Let us know how you get on on Friday Love Sue

[Wolflady]

As yet I have put off taking HRT. I can cope with all the other things at the moment but not poor sleep. Sometimes I can get to sleep without trouble and other times despite being tired it takes me ages to get to sleep. But I always wake in the night and not always to go to the loo either. I just wake up,sometimes more than once a night, and then when the alarm goes off I am just so tired. Last week it got so bad I was really stroppy at work because of disturbed nights. Thankfully last night I woke once briefly then went straight back to sleep. I felt as though I'd actually had a good nights sleep.
If taking HRT is going to get me a good nights sleep then it may be worth taking it just for that.

[suzieQ]

Hi wolflady - yes poor sleep is the worst by far of all the delightful symptoms we suffer. It may well respond to HRT - it seems to for many women. My experience bears that out - it was coming off HRT that precipitated my poor sleep and as yet I have not found that re-starting HRT has helped - but I hope it will. Its just a hard decision that we all have to weigh up - a low dose one may do it for you.
Love Sue