Hi ladies,
I have been to the GP and have decided to stop HRT for a bit to see if my moods stabilise and if the exhaustion/ foggy head is still there without it. I am hopefully starting a new job soon so I can't take the risk of going potty once a month at the moment.
If my symptoms return I can always go back on it. I am going to use vagifem twice a week in the interim. The GP said if I do go back on it which she appears not to be against, to keep to Femeston 1/10 for 3 months etc.
It is just bad timing at the moment, which she understands. I am still tearful today and fuzzy headed, but not as bad as yesterday. Funny thing is I appear to get more hot flushes on HRT, I was so hot last night and couldn't sleep. I am on day 5 of the oestrogen phase. I think I might finish the oestrogen bit and then stop before the progesterone and wait and see.
I am hoping my periods may stop soon and my symptoms will be more manageable and maybe consider continuous HRT if so in a year, who knows? This is because my problem seemed to be on the Dip after the progesterone. I feel I need to assess things again without the major stress I was experiencing earlier in the year.
My FSH levels were 30 last year , I don't know what they are now. One thing that has suddenly happened this year though is I have developed fat around my middle, and it wont shift!!
I could feel worse without it ( the HRT) in a couple of weeks and rush back to the GP, who knows? I suppose it is early days in my menopause journey and I think it seems part of the course to stop and start until you get it right etc. I still feel a bit panicky and I hope that will stop soon although I would have expected it to stop on day 5 of the oestrogen part by now. It is difficult to be totally confident I am doing the right thing , but at the moment I feel I cannot take the risk if I start a new job and be up and down, and out of control.
best wishes Pepperminty xx
Hi Pepperminty
I got that fat around my middle when I wasnt on hrt on when I was on hrt that wasn't working.
I've lost about 2-3 stone this last few months. Dunno if it's the hrt of whether it's my £ and property worries that I cannot do anything about.
Some days I don't eat.
It's the typical apple shaped woman.
It sounds like you were not tolerating the progestin in your hrt.
IF it were me, I would have asked for the patch, as these little patches have changed my life for the better.
I don't suppose I should lose any more weight, but I think I might have a latent eating disorder that only comes out under stress. When I used to work, I was like an 8st 18yr old in my thirties. I used to hover around 8st, sometimes dipping into 7st plus, cos work was just too stressful, the office politics is what I couldn't take, even though my nice bosses said my work was good.
Anyway, see how you go without the hrt, and be gentle with yourself, you can always go on oestrogen/progesterone later if you wish.
Thanks for updating us.