Taz I asked for it to be reduced from 50 to 37.5 a couple of months back because my BP was getting a bit high and I was getting an awful lot of palpitations too, though they weren't too often when I did get them I thought my heart was going to leap out my chest.
Consultant asked me today whether I wanted to stay on HRT or try & come off it. I said I'd like to try & come off it if possible, but don't want to end up feeling like $%£& like last time. She said if I can come off it great, but otherwise she was quite happy for me to find the minimum level I can cope with and take it from there. She is just so lovely.
My reasons are mainly because of my father dying of heart attack in his mid 40's. My brother has BP problems too, but he has other health issues. As I've always said I want quality of life, but I have to be sensible too and try and keep my medications to as low a dose as possible. Compared to a number of the ladies on here I don't take much at all. One tablet a day for my BP, asthma inhalers and HRT. But if I need to keep taking HRT at 25 or 37.5 that's fine by me, though I may struggle to persuade some of the GPs at my surgery likewise!!!