As I mentioned in my post in New Members earlier today prior to finding this site I had no knowledge of the complexities of HRT.
My GP would ask me if I was still having periods and I was, regular ones too, up until January 2014 aged nearly 57. Prior to that I had not experienced any obvious peri menopause symptoms except that I would get hot maybe once or twice a day but certainly not hot to the point of being drenched in sweat. I also found my finger joints ached in the mornings but that was all.
I have been seeing my GP on a fairly regular basis with depression and in the past two years or so have thought my anti depressants were not working so well as I had been having mood swings and feeling pretty down at times. I was having a rubbish time at work so thought this was affecting me too. At no time did my GP mention it could be my hormones or that I could start HRT then.
I was given Femostan Conti 1/5 in September 15, then Elleste Duet 5mg which I battled with until last week. I then tried a Femseven patch which only lasted 22 hours - it came loose in the bath so in desperation I got an appointment with the duty doctor as my GP was on leave on Wednesday last week and she prescribed Angeliq. Early days I know but my breasts which were so swollen and tender appear to have returned to their pre HRT state and today is the first day in a long time I have not been a crying mess. I am at present off work with "stress" but it's actually because my manager is a dickhead who has no social skills at all and I have been worn down by it over the months.
From my limited knowledge of all things HRT I think I may possibly need a bit higher dose of Estradiol as I am only on 1mg at the moment. I also think Progesterone does not agree with me so if I went on a regime of Estradiol separately I wonder if there is a separate form of Drospirenone available?
Any advice would be great!
