Hi Michelle
Thank you for stopping by and sharing your experience too, I'm sure other ladies will have had the same as us!
I'm not unduly worried if my GP isn't, it's just a pain more than anything else not knowing "when".
Other than the early bleeding it's working well for me. I really didn't like it at first as I felt worse than when I was on the previous regime and almost threw in the towel. I actually cried when my GP said, just carry on with it another month. But I did, and it was fine, and it has made a huge difference to the almost daily headaches that plagued me and made my life a misery.
I'm sorry to hear that you are troubled by anxiety, I know it can definitely get a lot worse at this time in our lives. Was it the only HRT you tried, as it may be better on something else? I guess you will only know that by going it alone for a bit and seeing how you get on. I remember when I first started on HRT it made my heart race and gave me palpitations but after finally settling on Femoston 1/10 it calmed everything down. I started HRT in June 2019 and so of course I'm now 2 years (and a couple of different regimes) further down the joyous path haha.
I hope your trial works out for you and you start to feel less anxious in the coming days xx
Hi mogster
I understand the not knowing when to expect the bleed as you wanna plan things around these days and know what’s what.. and sometimes when it comes earlier you actually sit and think what’s this !! ( I did ) lol
Yes this was my first HRT journey I initially felt good for 2 weeks as in most things had subsided .. but then it all got worse I managed almost 4 months but I couldn’t do it any more.
I’ve never had aniexty before so was new to me as in had only a few episodes this year. Not many.
But on HRT it became daily & I was jittery and panicky which & all other symptoms. I would shake from no where ( aniexty ) and in general felt worse and lightheadedness & feeling of Gonna pass out was immense that I couldn’t go out alone with the fear I’m gonna pass out
That was my reason for stopping but maybe I had too much hormone with my own hormones raging underneath.
I didn’t want to start again until I knew if indeed that I felt better off the patch .. it’s early days for me off the patch but I’m not so jittery but I’m taking it one day at a time & hoping for a miracle
I wouldn’t rule out using HRT again
I thought I was imagining most of it but have read a few on here suffered same & that the patch ramped most things up so I know I’m not losing the plot hahaha
This site is great
I hope your bleeds start to regulate better for you so you can pin point your cycle day .. I’m pleased for you that your other symptoms have subsided seems it works for you.