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Modern123
Modern123

Do you gain weight on hormone replacement therapy?

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  • jeanette75991
    jeanette75991 Modern123

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    hi well some u do the only one I havent myself is everel conti patches some others I have felt I have around my middle but for some reason I havent on everel conti ...Jeanette x

  • sheryl37154
    sheryl37154 Modern123

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    I was on oestradiol pellets for years then patches after a hysterectomy and kept slim and everything working perfectly. My new gp believed in 'balance' so wanted me to use progesterone despite that fact that I did not "need" it. Well, it imbalanced my oestradiol because it is an oestrogen antagonist. Everything went haywire and it was my extensive reading that found the cause.

    Ditched the progesterone but I did not really come back on perfect track. I have experienced ineffective oestradiol because of a prolactinoma as well. Then I have experienced severe menopause symptoms again because my gp would not renew my oestradiol scripts because my blood levels were high even though I was experiencing menopause symptoms. I decided to use my patches which relieved them straight away.

    But in the meantime with all these interruptions I started putting on weight around my middle. I have found that everything I experience an interruption to my oestradiol supply I lose a benefit of using oestrogen support.

    Recently I talked to my endocrinologist about this latest event (I am still being monitored since the prolactinoma) and he said he would write a letter to my gp telling her to treat the symptoms, not the blood levels. I need high levels of oestradiol support.

    My experience might help others who are trying to work out why they are having a problem.

    BTW, after talking to the compound chemist who supplies my pellets, he said that the pellets made by compound chemists cannot be compressed as hard as the original pellets made in a factory. Therefore, they do no last as long as the originals.

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