5 weeks ago I decided to take a break from HRT. I wasn't confident with the advice being given by my GP and had been told that I could just stop. My regime had been changed every 3 months since last November, I was bleeding constantly and there didn't seem to be any idea from GP of what was going on. For the past 4 weeks since stopping the tablets I haven't had a proper night's sleep due to the awful night sweats and other symptoms are starting to reappear.
This morning I've been for my first appointment at a new surgery. The GP seems very knowledgeable, has straight away referred me to the menopause clinic and booked me in for a full gynae check up (whatever that is I've never had one before) She said my body has been flooded with too much oestrogen and the bounce could take a while.
She said that HRT advice has changed again and that tablet form is no longer advised for over 60 (I'm 59) She's suggested Black cohosh to deal with the flushes and sweats and has said that I should give it another month before deciding whether to restart HRT, by which time I might have been to the clinic. If I do restart it will be on patches.
It wasn't what I'd expected but at last I feel that I'm dealing with someone who knows what they're doing. I'm off now to get some Black Cohosh, and do my pelvic floor exercises.
I wish I'd changed GP sooner.
