Hi everyone. Although I have read many posts on this forum over the last couple of months, I've only just registered to be able to post. I'm hoping that you will be able to give me some advice before I see my consultant again tomorrow.
I'll try to keep my background brief ! I'm now 63 years old and up to about 6 months ago, I had been on Prempak C since I was about 50. As you probably know, Prempak has been discontinued and I've been seeing a gynaecologist consultant over the last 4 months to try to find something else that suits me. To date I've tried Femoston lowest dose, Everol Conti patches, Tibolone and Elleste Conti duet 2mg. The only one that seems to help with low mood and muscle and joint pains is the Elleste but the downside of these is the stomach pain and discomfort I'm now suffering. It's kind of a cross between period pain in lower stomach and back and wind ( hope that's not too much info!). The others I've tried just don't seem to touch the other meno symptoms so I feel I need to try to find something that helps with symptoms but is kinder on my stomach. Just as an aside I have tried coming off everything and my stomach was a lot better but after about 6 days meno symptoms returned.
So one of my questions is, is it likely to be the estrogen or progesterone that's causing my stomach discomfort?
Also, after reading some posts, I'm thinking of trying Femoston but a higher dose as this seems to be kinder from a progest point of view. Any views on this would also be appreciated.
Sorry for long post but wanted try to put as much info as poss which might help with your advice.
Thanks in advance.
Rose63