Hi all
I am a bit confused whether I need more or less Estrogel or whether to reduce Provera 2.5mg to 12 days a month. Any advice will be so helpful as feeling a bit desperate at the moment.....
I'm 54 and havent had a period for over a year. I have been on various form of HRT for about 3 years, 2 lots were discontinued and I didnt get on with patches.
For the last year, I have been using 2 pumps of estrogel and 1 x 2.5mg Provera day. I am getting no hot flushes or nights sweats yippee, but I have the following symptons which I cant work out if i need more or less estrogen or progesterone. I ache a lot, where i can hardly move in the morning, especially back, ankles and tops of arms. My breasts are tender. I am extremely tired a lot of the time with no ooomph for life and I feel down and tearful. My sleep is disturbed regularly by anxiousness and worries and I feel like I still get really bad PMT symptons at least 10 days in the month (grumpy, unreasonable, short tempered and sugar cravings) and I've gained weight - probably due to low oomph to do much exercise apart from walking.
I would appreciate any views on the above as I feel my doctor thinks that as I dont get hot flushes now I'm ok, but I feel a long way from OK at the moment.
Many thanks in advance