Hello,
I'm 58 and have tried various forms of HRT in the past and struggled with all of them except for the evorel sequi which I first started out on back in 2017.
I'm now struggling with hot flushes and sex is impossible due to the pain. I have an appointment at the menopause clinic at Conifer House in Hull soon and would like some advice please. My HRT experience has been:
Evorel Sequi - which was fine but I was advised to change to Conti due to my age.
Evorel Conti - started in June 2019. Unfortunately, I had intermittent side effects with the Conti, these included joint pain in hands and feet, a feeling of having a raw mouth, feeling tired, painful boobs. So I stooped this in Sept 2019.
Around Dec 2019 I noticed I was sweating , feeling anxious and sex was painful so I went to my GP in Jan 2020 and was prescribed Vagifem. I can't remember how I got on with this but I think it caused my boobs to ache.
Late Jan 2020 I had an appointment at the menopause clinic again and was advised to try Intrarosa. I can't remember how I got on with these then but in April 2020 I started with Estradiol gel daily and Utrogestan tablets days 15 - 26. However, I could not get on with the utrogestan and I concluded I must be progesterone intolerant. I felt awful, very tired, unhappy/no joy and emotional.
In June I tried taking 2x Utrogestan tablets vaginally on days 15-26 to see if that resulted in fewer side effects - it didn't and I was having short but very very heavy periods.
I then tried taking 1 tablet of Utrogestan every night but this resulted in me feeling very low, critical & achy joints.
In October 2020, due to the side effect I was having I decided come of HRT and stopped the utrogestan and started cutting back on the Estradoil. Cutting back on the Estradoil caused me to have silent migraines. By the end of October I was off all HRT.
In January 2021 I Was really struggling with painful sex and the menopause clinic prescribed Intarosa tablets again, however I found that after about 9 days of intrarosa I was moody and critical and unhappy so I stopped them.
I am now not taking any HRT but I'm really struggling with painful sex which makes it impossible and also struggling to hold my urine sometimes. I tried Vagisan cream the before sex but this gave me discharge and sex was still very painful.
I have an appoint with the menopause clinic soon and I'm wondering what I should ask to try. The intrarosa caused me to feel unhappy and moody, there must be something in Intrarosa that doesn't agree with me.
I'm wondering if I should ask to try Vagifem again?
Any help or advice would be very gratefully received.
Thank you,
Felix