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[3isenough]

Hey all. Does anyone else here have elleste solo tablets? I had a total hysterectomy and BSO in 2020.  Was on HRT from 2019. I react to the patches (several types) and also the gel, both types and also the spray  I’ve tried the lot and my skin ****les and flared up in hives. Ultimately meaning I just don’t get a high enough level of estrogen and I want to scratch my own skin off. So I am finally trialling the tablets, only on 2mg which is half the 100 patches/4 or 5 pumps I was taking but I feel SO BAD. I’ve had ongoing vestibular migraines for over a year after a head injury and may well be linked to the low estrogen as well but since starting the Elleste I feel awful. So sick and exhausted.  I take the tablet in the morning, I feel worst around lunchtime and afternoon and after any activity. Then by evening I feel much brighter. Sleep ok. And start the cycle the next day. I can’t figure out if it is too low estrgoen and by evening I have absorbed, or if this is a reaction to the tablets. Or if my estrgoen is too high after th tablet and eases off my evening… I feel similar to how I used to feel when taking utrogestan pre BSO. And sort of like the migraines but not as dizzy. But then I’m taking meds for those now too  ! Any ideas or anyone else who has felt similar with the tablets??  Thanks

[vintagefiend]

Hi there-
i hope you don't mind- i'm interested in your post as i also had a hyster/BSO in 2020 and, like you, am struggling with HRT.
i've tried gels and patches and just feel awful on them: sleep/mood etc all adversely affected
so i'm thinking of trying the elleste solo
i was going to ask for 1mg as i've been feeling mad on very low doses of gel and patch- absorption's not an issue.
anyway- i'm not much help to you, but i'll certainly let you know how it goes if this is what i do.
can i ask how long you've been on the tablet?
i suppose the fact that your mood is inconsistent throughout the day might suggest that the elleste hasn't properly bedded in yet??
i hope you feel better today x

[Hurdity]

Hi there

Sorry to hear about your HRT woes and the side effects. In addition to oestrogen, have you considered testosterone? I understand that this is especially important for women who have had BSO, though oral HRT does interfere with free T to some extent (by increasing a substance called SHBG which binds to free T and make it unavailable, apparently).

Hurdity x

[CLKD]

What happens if you take the tablet over night?  Would side effects keep you awake?

 

[vintagefiend]

Hurdity,

do you know whether meno docs are happy prescribing oral oestrogen to post menopausal ladies?- i know that the preference is for transdermal but wondered whether that's set in stone- i think 3isenough is a bit younger than my 50 years?

also, and sorry to derail thread, but i'm v interested in raising my shbg so that could be a fantastic side effect of oral oestrogen! great difficulty raising mine and it has meant that even a smidge of testosterone results in sky-high readings and lunacy! i need higher shbg to control all that. am exercising and dieting which is probably a healthier way of raising it than relying on a tablet, but it's really hard to shift after an initial improvement.

anyway, hope you're ok, Op.

[3isenough]

Whoops sorry I went awol got a bit. I gave up with tablets. I felt dreadful… I’m 44 Vintage so not so far behind you.

Hurdity I am on testogel and have been for 2/3 years. It took a long time to get my levels ok for that, I take one sachet in 7 days rather than 10.

I’m still struggling with the estrogen though. I’m using the estradot 100 and have a reasonable day in the middle but find the last day/2 I am low and migraine heavy. The change day I feel rough and do t sleep well. Day 2 is usually my best day. At least that’s 2 days a week!!

For what it is worth to other readers after seeing a suggestion from someone GP to use beconnaise on the skin before the patch to reduce the itchy sore rash that has definitely worked. Now I just need to get a higher patch or double dose somehow.