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Evorel Conti patches

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pam1313
pam1313

Hi ladies, last night I started on my first patch. Has anyone any tips on how long it will be before I feel any benefits, or how I'll feel as my body begins to adjust (I've already been nauseous this morning!) I've been through a real bad spell for the last 6 months, I've been posting on both the menopause and knee problems forum (had new plastic knee cap and metal trochlea in March this year). I know I was menopausal before my op (my last period June 2014, and I was suffering hot sweats), but stress and trauma over the last 6 months seems to have tipped me over the menopause precipice! GP wanted to give me anti depressants, sertraline, but I knew I was menopausal depressed, not depressed from depression. GP was also reluctant to prescribe HRT as I suffer from migraines about 3/4 times a year, so I've had to wait to see a menopausal consultant (who happened to be a man, but he so put my mind at rest and confirmed I wasn't actually going insane lol!). Any guidance would be appreciated! 

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  • sheryl37154
    sheryl37154 pam1313

    Posted

    I hope you are using an oestradiol based matrix patch.  Not all hrt is equal.  Maybe three weeks starting from an oestrogen starved body.  Not everything will disappear at once.  Hot sweats might be last to go.

    If you are not using oestradiol and you find your hrt does not agree with you, ask for the oestradiol based hrt, e.g. estraderm MX 100, There is also a oestradiol daily gel, vaginal cream (good for outside bits) and vagifem pessaries.  I used the 15? strength but they have reduced it to 10 - so use more often.

    I have been using oestradiol (it is bio identical) as implants first (then they stopped making them), then patches + supplementing with the skin gel when the patch does not last long enough, plus the cream and pessary for 25 years.  Miracle stuff!

    Happy hrt!

     

    • pam1313
      pam1313 sheryl37154

      Posted

      It's oestrogen and progestogen. I've been using the vagifem pessaries but have been advised to discontinue these now. Thanks for your reply. I'm 56 years old........hoping to look, and feel 36 (alright 46 at a push lol!) before long. Bring on the miracle.........quick! 
    • sheryl37154
      sheryl37154 pam1313

      Posted

      Medical science has found that the combined ones are the worst.  I don't know why you should stop vagifem.  Some drs think it is EXTRA oestrogen but it really only affects the vagina, it does not ADD to whatever you are using.

      You might feel a surge (like breastfeeding feeling) in your breasts, which is an indication that the oestrogen is kicking in.

       

  • Scottish_Granny
    Scottish_Granny pam1313

    Posted

    i found the patches kicked in fairly quickly within 5 or 6 days...and i noticed ahuge difference 6 days into it with the flushes.. im also on sertaline to help with my mood swings as theused to be really bad before i started on the patches.. and the combination of the patches and then further down the line the sertaline has helpe me.. again like you im meapaulsal not depressed... and like you it was a man who origionally helped me...

    Good luck with the patches... hope yours are as succesful as they have been for me...

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