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Dull, painful leg aches

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lisa53645
lisa53645

So happy to see this forum.

I'm 58, was early menopause with hysterectomy.

I have been on estrogen for 18 years. I want and feel like I need to come off of the estrogen (pill). I have tried once before but the dull leg aches that came after the no estrogen were horrific. I decided that my quality of life was more important than the estrogen so I returned to taking the estrogen and my leg aches went away....i still suffer from insomnia. Here I am a year later and trying again to get off the estrogen and have been reducing very slowly and my deep, dull leg aches have returned.

I am taking Tylenol like candy with very little relief. . Anyone else experiencing this?

Do the leg aches stop once off estrogen?

My ob gyn has never heard of leg aches with low estrogen....I just noticed that the leg aches went away when I started back on the estrogen last year. At my age, I really feel the need to get off HRT. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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  • toria_07298
    toria_07298 lisa53645

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    have you tried magnesium? x

    • lisa53645
      lisa53645 toria_07298

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      yes, i take magnesium and calcium daily .

      i had my first night without any pain last night and the only thing different was taking estrogen in a release patch rather than the pill. I sure hope this will continue as i ween off the estrogen completely. Thank you for your suggestion!

  • gillian06573
    gillian06573 lisa53645

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    I'm on ropinirole don't know if that will be any good for you

    • lisa53645
      lisa53645 gillian06573

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      thank you! I not familiar with this drug but an odd thing happened last night.....first night since April without the seep leg aches (not cramps but aches). My doctor switched me from mu estrogen pill to the estridiol patch at a lower dose. I started the patch and I had no leg aches! Thank you Lord! The doctor says the patch will be able to regulate and ween rather than me breaking my pills in half and taming every other day. I sure hope this continies as I work my way completely off the estrogen.

      Thank you for your suggestion

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