Hello again ladies
I hope you are ok!
I’ve posted a few times recently and the upshot is I’m completely confused about what my body needs and what to do about it all.
Brief history: post meno (I think) 54
Had a terrible initial experience in peri menopause at 46 and tried a few things before I eventually got good control with Femoston 2/10 and felt really well. I was stable for 2.5 years.
I was then diagnosed hypothyroid and started Levothyroxine. A meno specialist said she thought I wasn’t absorbing enough from the tablets (I had no flushing or noticeable symptoms) and think my levels were about 236 pmol. She said to add a pump of gel. This is when things went wrong. I moved from the tablets as was worried about Levo absorption to 3 pumps of gel. I didn’t have flushes but didn’t feel great- fuzzy eyes, fatigue, headaches, spaced out etc reducing to 2 pumps and my night sweats returned so went back up, but I stuck with this for 18 months.
I then bounced about to patches after the shortage on gel and did use 100mcg Estrodot for 5 weeks at one point and felt ok. But I then checked my levels (I shouldn’t have) which were 50 pmol and then 100 pmol. It panicked me and set me off on the back to gel- patches- back to gel madness.
I have had my coil removed (to rule out bloating and headaches, which has worked and immediately my tummy flattened) so would now need a prog if I were to go back to Estradot. I’ve not felt quite right on Everol and had a lot of unbearable breathlessness. Utro doesn’t suit and I don’t like Provera so not many options there.
So, here’s my quandary- do I go HRT free for a couple of weeks to see what happens and go back to baseline?
Or do I go back to Femoston 2/10?
I am scared to go HRT free, but I really have no clue what’s going on and no wonder with all my changes! I know my symptoms are still there as they’ve spiked here and there with changes I’ve made.
Thank you for bearing with me on this long, confused post. I wondered if anyone else has gone HRT free to see what’s what before adding in a new regime? Is it a good plan or is it utter madness?
I think my options are Femoston which suited me very well as did the prog. I know it’s 2 years since I stopped and may have less of my own estrogen now.
Or do I try to tolerate the Provera with Estradot when 100mcg is available. I preferred Estradot to Everol, although the Everol gave higher bloods, but they made me feel utterly breathless and the gel makes me tremor and feel jangly.
Eek! Any thoughts/ help would be lovely.
Best wishes
SQ xx