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[mumandwife]

Hi there,

I am 55yrs old and have been on Estradot patch 75 for 3+months now (was on a 50 patch 3 mths prior) and 2.5mg Provera (synthetic progesterone) daily.
My flushes arent as bad - I still wake once a night feeling really hot - and get sweaty after shower, blowdrying hair etc and odd rush of heat during day.

My main and most debilitating symptom is the daily brain fatigue, foggy head, woozy feeling....I just feel brain tired.  I see a garden of weeds and there's no way I'm going to weed the garden!!  Thankfully I don't work - for which I am so grateful.  I could handle the odd flush but this heady symptom is just unbearable.

I've been doing some research about meno and hRT so I went back to Drs today and asked for:

A trial on the Estradot 100 patch - just to see if it helps - Dr agreed (not happily)

A change to Utrogestan - which Dr agreed to, however she had no idea of dosage etc.  I had to tell her I'd been continually spotting on the continuous Provera, so she decided on cyclical....and I told her I'd seen Drs giving 100mg 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off and suggested I could try vaginally.  She seemed happy with this and prescribed it.

A trial of tiny dose of Testosterone - as I felt from what I've read this could be the key to my cognitive issues.  Dr said she, nor other Drs in the surgery would be able to prescribe that as it wasn't their expertise.

It's just as I expected - here in NZ there are no Menopause specialists, no clinics.  I recently read a 2018 article from a Endocronoloist team who said they will prescribe Testosterone to women after HRT and sexual counselling haven't worked.  That's the mindset of Drs on it. :-(

Anyway, my big question is:
- could my brain fog symptoms be helped by higher patches (ie I was on a too low dose?)
- could the change in Progesterone help brain fog?

Any other thoughts I'd be happy to hear - I'm just feeling low and defeated.  I feel like I know more than the Drs which sucks. (3rd Dr I've seen and none associated my brain fog to meno - did all the other tests and today Dr suggested I go gluten/dairy free - I could scream!

Thanks