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[Katia]

Mine seemed to do better with the pill tha. With the HRT. I wonder if the synthetic is rejected less  as we are not trying to (chemically) match the body as much.

[paisley]

Hi I hope you don't mind me joining in. I haven't been on this forum for a long time but just need to talk to like minded ladies again & not try & go it on my own.
My history is:
Feb 2009 started perimenopause. Felt ok
October 2009, started with all the horrendous symptoms. Started HRT tablets, didn't feel good on them & the progesterone side made me crazy.
Jan 2010 saw private consultant & he gave me oestrogel, testogel & utrogestan. This didnt work either.
May 2011 had a total hysterectomy & have tried lots of different HRT patches, gels, tablets & lastly was transbuccal where you dissolve the tablet between your gums & still no joy & so 5 weeks ago came of HRT & struggling with withdrawal symptoms & praying that they are just withdrawal & wont last a long time. Sorry for a such a long story

[Tempest]

I was hoping that you'd join us here, and you are so very welcome Paisley! xxxxx

[Katia]

Tempest I think your right. I am not sure estradot agrees with me, I've blown up like a balloon and my face has gone gaunt.  I had no health issues at all. What I'm unsure of is how much is menopause symptoms, how much is from the drop in hormones from the pill and how much side effects from the gel/Utrogestan. I've lowered the gel to two pumps and stopped the Utrogestan for. Few days to see if the bloating goes. At the minute I feel I'm trying to make something work that may not be working. It's tempting to just go back on Femodene for a while.  I'm a bit old for it, but I wonder about taking it every other day.  It seems a better choice than going in circles trying to find something that may work.  I just wonder if the synthetics work better for some of us than the bio identically?  I'm thinking my body may process something that's different better than something that's almost the same. The rashes I know are hormonal, but I'm not sure how they connect.

Paisley how long have you been off HRT?  I think when I went on it two weeks ago and had a horrendous time some of it was withdrawal from the pill.  Now I've tried the HRT I find the pill controls symptoms much better and has a lot less side effects. It's so tempting to cut it down and make a HRT dose 

[paisley]

Thank you Tempest. I am going to have a good read of all the posts xx
Hi Katie I have been off HRT for nearly 6 weeks now. I was on the pill years & years ago & it didn't give me any side effects like all the HRTs have done. Can't explain why not. I have learned though when I messed around with different HRTs & doses it gave me massive fluctuations. Xx

[Katia]

Sorry, that should be estrogel

[paisley]

Wow, just finished reading all your posts. They are all inspirational. Makes me mad though that we all have to suffer like this in this day & age. I also think that some doctors are useless & haven't a clue with the menopause. I found all my doctors in the U.K. where useless when I lived there because I wasn't a classic case. The doctor gave me HRT & was very surprised when I went back cos it didn't work & made me feel like a freak or crazy person. After that all he could offer was ADs. In the end I stopped going to the GP because he had nothing else to offer me.

[Katia]

PAisley, where are you now?  I found them better in the States.  To be hones I'm just as disillusioned wi the consultant. I emailed him about bad fluid retention and he just emailed back to say the studies show no evidence. It was no help at all.  I'm at the point where I think cutting the pill into quarters is a better option

[Katia]

Apologies for my bad typing I'm sat in the sun 

[paisley]

Hi Katia, I live in Spain & never been to the doctors here for menopause. I just feel disillusioned with them all. In UK my GP was useless, I went to see Dr Studd & because his regime of oestrogel & utrogeston didn't work for me he wasn't interested & quite abrupt. The specialist who did my hysterectomy wasn't interested when the different types of HRT didn't work. The best advice I have ever got was doing my own research & sites like these with like minded women who know what you are going through. This site gives far more useful information than any doctor I have been to does. I haven't posted for a while but I have still been looking & it is very helpful.

[Katia]

Paisley, the consultant I saw immediately pulled out the gel and utrogestan and said they are identical to what we naturally make.  I'm not a believer of natural necessarily being better.  If you had no problems with the pill, maybe try a synthic HRT.  I would go back on Femodene for a while, but am considering an overseas move and Femodene isn't available there, so it's not a long term solution for me.