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[jo61]

I have been watching you lovely ladies for some time now but I am a techno phobe .I am 52 years with mobility problems. My main symptoms are anxiety, hyperventilating paranoid and feeling isolated and detached, I was put on HRT Elleste duo 1 mg which made me feel really poorly with acid and jittering problems. I have also tried citalopram which me feel a lot better but I gained a stone in weight which hinders my mobility. I then tried HRT again with determination but after 10 days I was in such a rage I could of murdered  someone. My family got it my word did they, and like another lady on here I felt suicidal which went as soon as I stopped HRT, I also had pain and swelling in my left breast. I have a drawer full of supplements which have not worked. Does anyone have ideas on how to take control of my life again

[Kathleen]

Hello jo61 and welcome to the forum.
I sympathise with your situation, the problems thrown up by the menopause seem many and varied and I can only suggest that you make use of all the great information on this site to try a find a regime that suits you.
I started HRT (Climesse) three months ago and although not perfect I found the intense anxiety did subside after two weeks, I also take the anti-depressant Venlafaxine. I am considering changing to a different HRT as I am finding that Norethisterone which is the Progesterone element is giving me raging PMT.
Older women tell me that things do settle and we come out the other side and that's a thought I cling to when I'm feeling particularly low. I'm sure others will be along with more information, you are not alone.
Take care.
K.

[jo61]

 Thankyou for your reply Kathleen, I have been watching this site for some time and made connections here and there, but today I have read some articles  in the  menopause matters magazine and wow I realise I am not going mad, I have asked at the surgery if I could try patches but the practice nurse said that she had not heard of anyone that uses patches ,flicked her way through a little book and said she couldn't find any, I felt I was being fobbed off so I am reluctant to go back. After reading other ladies experiences I feel I would like to try estradot patches with utrogestran suppositories but I haven't got the courage to ask . Many years ago I had the mirena coil fitted and had a bad response to that with mood swings ,hair loss etc. My symptoms have escalated in the last 15 months after having extensive revision surgery to my hip, at first I blamed the surgery but now realise that it obviously is my hormones fluctuating. I have changed from a well balanced woman who was juggling several businesses at the same time as well as looking after my son to some paranoid monster who thinks everyone and everything is an irritant. Is  your GP practice sympathetic with your menopause issues or do you struggle to get any help

[Hurdity]

Hi jo61

 

It depresses me (on your behalf) to read your story - it is bad enough that many GPs do not know enough about menopause symptoms, treatments and HRT - but a practise nurse has no right to prevent you having treatment you request due to her ignorance.  How dare she make you feel like you were being fobbed off.

Please go to your doctor - and preferably the GP in your practice who specialises in meno/gynae issues - and if there isn't one and you still don't get what you want, then ask - insist - on being referred. A practise nurse is probably fine for routine visits, but if you want to change HRT and discuss this in proper depth then please go to a doctor.

It is dreadful that women such as yourself are feeling that you have to pluck up courage to ask for what should be yours by right - and indeed based on information available on this site.

All the information on the different patches/HRT types are listed in the green menu on the left as you probably know.

If you want Estradot - then print off the information from here under "Non-tablet"

http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/treatafter.php

Utrogestan (licensed for oral use) is used as a pessary sometimes but unofficially in the UK - the only progesterone licensed in the UK for HRT - (Cyclogest can be used as a suppository - although you will have more success asking for utrogestan and having used both I prefer the Utrogestan). You will need to ask for micronised progesterone and again print off the information.

http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/to_progestogens.php

If we can help in any way please ask.

Hurdity x