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Has been wonderful..I have my life back

I’m on 175mcg of evorel but I believe higher is needed

My experience has overall good, I did think that once on hrt and testosterone, I’d get my sex drive back. That’s not really happened. Every other symptom has gotten better. So I’m thankful for that. Life is so much better now, happy home again.

I’m very happy with my HRT, it’s easy to apply and makes a massive difference to my health and wellbeing and managing this stage of my life and I know it has potential health benefits too

Feeling more positive since taking HRT and less irritable / rage which was quite severe before. I did experience headaches and diarrhoea in the first week or so or starting but settled down after that. I'm keeping an eye on my weight but doesn't seem to have shifted much.

Good, but I had to pay nearly £700 for it.

It took a while to get on the right regime at the right dose, but now things are fairly stable. It is just the side effects that are not so much fun

I did gain weight, but I don't think that's due to the HRT. The bleeding was due to changing from the mirena coil to utrogestan which didn't agree with me - it cause reflux, mood changes and nausea. I now have a new mirena coil and am very happy.

It took a while to get dosage correct. 100ug too much, 75ug not quite enough. Patches preferred to gel, although I do sometimes use gel to top up. I dont think my current symptoms are due to hrt or side effects. I did come off hrt for a few weeks at request of gynae and peri menopause symptoms returned with a vengeance.: joint pain is the worst. Headaches, itching, cramps, hair loss all improved with hrt. Still get tinnitus on occasion for no apparent reason.

Changed from combined patch due to extreme low mood when progesterone was introduced Changed from oestrogen patch to gel due to skin reaction to glue Much better on current regimen.

Was so tired on the first tablet I took that I thought I’d been drugged. Then felt sick on the next one. Trying the third now

Was on combined patch for 18mths and change was instant. Slowly some symptoms creeped back in so on continue only and stated great but 4 myths in suddenly been hit with acne, appetite increase and brain fog again. Asking for another review. On 50 dose

HRT has been a lifesaver for me. I can’t say anything else really. I was on the brink and it brought me back.

Positive overall. It took a few adjustments to get the right prescription for me but happy with how I am feeling now. I had to get the testosterone privately as my gp wouldn’t prescribe.

HRT does seem to have settled well. I am going to enquire on the unscheduled bleeding whilst on the progesterone tablets. Sex drive is still extremely low so will enquire on testosterone

I noticed improvement when changing from estrogen 50 to 75. I finally felt like myself again. I still have ups and downs, but at least it's just a few nights or at most a week of waking up at 3am instead of every night continuously. Frequent UTIs and vaginal dryness were resolved on estrogen 50 dose, but needed the extra 25 for major improvement in sleep and anxiety issues. Also, the natural progesterone (utrogestan) was key for me. Combined estrogen and synthetic progestin patches made my acne so much worse and did not help my sleep or anxiety much. Acne is gone with utrogestan/estrogen combo. If you have bleeding issues on the utrogestan, it should resolve in a few months if you stick with it, or you can take the mini pill continuously with HRT at the same time according to NIH guidance to stop the bleeding altogether.

Helped with lots of my symptoms, especially hot flushes, vaginal dryness and brain fog. Patches were good but changed to gel, as didn’t always stay on and ended up with grey fluff sticking all round the edge.

This regime is not complicated and does not cause a monthly bleed. I was originally happy about this but I am recently curious as to other HRT regimes and their benefits.

Unexplained to me I went on menopause at 34 and I’m now 50, as I still have a womb I was prescribed progesterone tablet to take at night and Sandrena gel sachets and told to use 2 a day on thighs. After 16yrs still the same routine and the only benefit from day one is that it stopped the hot flushes, but have lots of menopause symptoms still, I’ve asked for testosterone as have read how that may help me but my gp said that they are not allowed to prescribe to anyone. In all I feel that I’ve never been helped or guided. Menopause changed me for the worse. I’m still looking into ways of helping myself.

A very long journey to get control of all the symptoms it’s taken me 2 years to get to an ok place even though I do still suffer daily I think as women we need More help and support I just feel like no one really Cares and it’s very lonely