Hello,
I'm post menopausal- aged 49- HRT used for 1.5/2 years
I had hysterectomy plus removal ovaries Nov 2020 (due to inability to tolerate progestogens- ovaries removed just because!!)
I had my 75mcg estradot patch increased to 100mcg 2 days ago due to lethargy, mood, dyspepsia, all slightly vague but I thought could be attributable to low oestrogen
The other, more tangible issue, is no libido- nothing there at all.
When i was on estrogel i did have some libido- waxed and waned but definitely *something* there. I went on to estradot because of feeling lethargic and thought i'd try something else! (also much easier to use, of course, but that's not a deal-breaker)
Is it likely that whatever testosterone before ovary removal has taken a few months to fully peter out and it's unlikely to be that estradot is worse than estrogel re sex drive?
right now i feel really shabby, weepy, bad dreams and dry mouth which i tend to think happen to me with too much oestrogen, but it's usually accompanied by an incease in libido!
i've only just increased and is it common to feel a bit crappy before new level settles in? is this what others have found?
maybe i should just try tesosterone and forget about jiggling oestrogen prescriptions!
it's all slightly muddied by the fact that i'm also coming off an anti-depressant which has been bloody hard (and i'm still on 10mg prozac) but i've decreased very, very slowly! and if anything i'd expect libido to reappear, not disappear as i go to lower amounts of prozac.
argh! just feel like i've been here so many times- never really got to grips with hrt- finally had womb removed so don't need prog and i'm not where i thought i'd be
me and partner have had some sort of virus recently that's lingered so that hasn't helped either but i wouldn't think it's resposible for zero libido
thanks if you've read this- it's a bit convoluted but i sometimes you've just got to write stuff down!