Hello all,
Being new to this forum, I thought I would present my current situation.
I have been on Elleste Duet 1mg for several months now and have seen a bit of improvement of my symptoms (body temperature mainly) but I still wake up several times during the night and have anxiety as my main issues.
I called my GP today about getting my next prescription and possibly increasing my dose to 2mg. The pharmacist called me back and I was a bit taken aback by what he said.
Firstly he suggested that I take antidepressants for the anxiety and that there were risks in increasing the dose of HRT. He also warned me of the risks of HRT - breast and ovarian cancer and cardio vascular disease. This contradicts so much of what I have heard and read from the likes of Davina, Louise Newson and others banging the drum for HRT, so I felt quite annoyed.
I said my GP recommended that I increase the dose if required (I made this up) and eventually he agreed.
Hopefully this will improve things for me but I still feel annoyed that there's still so many contradictions in advice out there!
xxxx