Good Morning all, I wondered if I could get some advice from you all please? I have been on hrt for 1 year 3 months. Peri menopause? Main reason for going on it was due to increase in menstrual migraine with my erratic periods. I was having migraines 2 and 3 times per week always followed or preceeded with a bleed. Some improvements occurred at first re: mood, anxiety, hot flushes, energy levels. Migraines reduced gradually too was only having them 2 days into utrogestan and when utrogestan stopped. Or when my own cycle decided to override the hrt.
Aesthetically, I feel I am ageing in dog years!
my skin is so very dry, my hair is thin and breaking. My husband said my feet are so hard they are like hooves!
I've lost my sparkle for sure. I used to be very active and exercise but can't I have real funny turns! Shaking and exhaustion
I was on evorel patches & utrogestan and when the symptoms returned I increased the dose. Until I was on 100mg patch. I felt OK the first few hours on patch change day and as a result I did more. However, then used to get severe exhaustion, almost like low blood sugars and the migraine came. I was not sure if the patch was dumping all the oestrogen at once?
I went to see Prof studd in January. I was put on estrogel 3 pumps, utrogestan 10 days vaginally and testosterone 6.25mg per day. I started on 4 pumps of estrogel though, as this is equivalent to 100mg patch I was on and I was frightened to get a migraine if reduced oestrogen down. Didn't enjoy the oestrogen at first, had severe nausea, indigestion and split the pumps to am & pm which helped. My thyroid bloods came back borderline. So booked to see GP. It took 3 weeks to see them and my thyroid visibly swells can get so swollen it feels like my throat is blocking, but it goes down again? very weird!
Was sent for urgent referral to see head and neck consultant an my Father had thyroid cancer and paternal grand mother had pituitary cancer. He was so rude and very brief didn't see a problem as my new bloods were fine and no thyroid antibodies. Nonetheless, my thyroid is still swelling it's up and down like a brides nightie and since January my migraines have increased to twice a week every week!
Do you think it could either be too much oestrogen or the testosterone?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
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