Hello, I think with have been on the same posts as before...
And never apologise for having a moan. Moods are one of the worse symptoms and can be extremely severe.
My cyclical moods got horrific, very dark thoughts and just hell. I did increase to 125 patch and this did slowly begin to make a difference. On speaking to my gp who understood these moods were hormone related I also added in a low dose AD ( mirtazapine)
Initially these were prescribed only for the literal phase, the run up to my period. But it made such a difference I take it each night. Was prescribed a 7.5 dose but this was too strong for me and believe it or not I just take a 1\4 tablet, about 3.75. I now get pms, much more manageable. Obviously being peri my hormones are still fluctuating so I may need to adjust things. It's been hard, a year of so many ups and mostly downs but I did persevere and feel more stable atm.
Worth thinking about an AD to support things maybe. Alo there is a pmdd website but you probably know that.
Sorry it's hard for you. x
As for estradot, , my local Boots says not available until January. insane. I am starting to take my prescription to any chemist I go near hoping they may have stock.
SarahT yes, I think I was feeling more positive when we’ve interacted in the past. I was actually starting to reply on your recent post about CFS but what I was thinking wasn’t making so much sense when I was writing it, so I haven’t commented yet.
I’m considering AD’s but I’m so sensitive to all these things and I’d rather get HRT as stable as I can before adding anything else (been about 8 months so far).
I’d be like you and want to take a minuscule dose and to just take in the weeks leading up to my bleed but it’s confusing atm as I don’t think my HRT cycle is synced with my natural cycle anymore and I don’t think its being suppressed by the Estrogel like it was on the patch, so I’m getting what feels like two cycles of PMDD at different times if that makes sense? At least before I could plan around when I knew my bad weeks would be but it’s not so easy atm.
Next cycle I’ve decided to start the progesterone as soon as PMDD symptoms start and see if that makes things more synced/ reset. Who knows.
Do you know if they mean Estradot will be readily available in January rather than scarcely available?! I’m pinning my hopes on it working better for me. Crazy you have to go from chemist to chemist in the hope to get some.
Ps it is really good to hear that things are starting to feel more stable for you now.