Hello ladies im absolutely bereft at the min..since I started on femseven sequi ive had no improvement whatsoever. .ive been on these nearly three months 
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I feel I want to hide away forever 
. Can I ask a question plz to you all???
Ive had a bleed on the second month but it is early and incredibly heavy I know I shouldn't be getting it this heavy if the patch was working. ..im now thinking my own hormones are overriding it and not right dosage plus my moods are worse and the insomnia than when I started. Im sat here crying and crying...plz help me im going downhill fast
Hi dkidd
I've put the comment from your other thread on here as it is related and to save my answering both!
I don't think you've said how old you are and also where in menopause you are ie how frequent were your periods before starting HRT? How you respond to HRT depends on where you are in menopause. If you are very late peri-menopause then many women are quite happy on 50 mcg oestrogen (as per Femseven) but if you are still quite young (younger than average menopause age of 51) then it is usually better to go for higher doses that your body would normally experience throughout the menstrual cycle.
Maybe you need a higher dose of oestrogen? Have the patches stopped your flushes and sweats and do you take ADs or anything like that which sometimes also prevent hot flushes? You could also think about switching to a separate oestrogen and progestogen so that you can tweak the oestrogen dose if necessary?
Also is there any reason for you not to take the pill again? If you are under 50 then this is an option. There is one called QLAIRA which is ideal for peri-menopause as the oestrogen is the same as in HRT and our bodies ie estradiol, and also there are only 2 tablet free days. Although it mimics the cycle a little ( by varying the oestrogen dose throughout the month) it prevents the extreme fluctuations of peri-menopause and should therefore help to stabilise mood.
There don't seem to be many women on here who are using it - and perhaps this is a good sign indicating that it works! There is a member Briony who was using it - but she hasn't posted for ages so hoping this is because she is getting on well with it!
Hurdity x
