I had a hysterectomy / oophorectomy 2 and half years ago and I am still struggling. I'm now 53 and have been very unlucky in the fact that my symptoms are severe. I've tried everything and been everywhere as forms of self help but I can't find my old self, it's a if I have been replaced by someone else. Six months after surgery I used Sandrena gel for a year and a bit but needed 2mg to control up to 15-20 severe sweats, nausea, headaches and other symptoms. I stopped using it 5 months ago as it was making me feel rubbish, it had also stopped working, that was a mistake as fast forward to now and my symptoms returned with a vengeance, sweat literally running out of every orifice of my body and changing a minimum of 5 times a night.....so tired.
I went back to menopause clinic a physical wreck and they started me on elleste solo 1mg 10 days ago. So far I am not seeing any massive improvements, it's so tough. I am currently signed off work. Can anyone tell me if I'm normal and when will theses tablets kick in, I don't want a higher dose as I'm scared of HRT. I also find they make me breathless. I'm in the middle of a nightmare.
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Thanks, Zaza