Just started femeston....still not sure.

Hi, I've been taking Femoston for 3 months. It's got rid of the hot flushes and sweats and calmed the anxiety symptoms a bit. I haven't had any side effects apart from the last couple of weeks when I've started getting quite severe headaches a couple of times a week. Give it a try for 3 months but if you have any problems go straight back to your GP as there are other ways to use HRT x

If it doesn't help with the anxiety the GP will probably offer antidepressants to go with the Femoston. However, because I didn't suffer with anxiety before menopause I decided to research and saw that in my case it is a meno symptom. So I am going to start on the estrogen gel next week and will see if that makes any difference. If after three months it hasn't improved they have said I can be given testosterone. If, after all attempts at balancing hormones haven't helped, I'll  then try the antidepressants x

I thought that because I still had low mood and some anxiety on Femoston I would go back to GP. All his answer was, well I'll double the dose of the Femoston but obviously that will double the risk and give you antidepressants. Having done lots of research I wasn't happy with that response. If you have HRT transdermally however, via a patch or gel, it doesn't have to pass through the liver. Therefore you can have a lower dose of the gel because it's absorbed through the skin. It is also good because you can adjust the amount of pumps but I would take advice before increasing what was prescribed x

Yes I'd definitely give it three months before deciding anything.  I would say though - and I wish I'd done it - keep a note each day of how you're feeling. Physically and mentally. Then you can look back and see if and how much it's helped you and whether there were any side effects and when they occurred. If at the end of three months you decide it's not for you it is VERY useful to be able to show the GP how you went during that time. Hope all goes well for you x

I have just started on Femoston 1/10 I am a week into my second month. I am 50 and hit a menopause like a brick wall, I went to Dr crying thought I was going mad, low mood, anxiety, ect , did not want to do anything talk to anybody, I withdrew. I had three weeks of feeling my old self then the 4 week I felt a little low but nothing like before hrt, I have just had my first bleed and I felt fine throughout it. I too was worried about starting hrt when on it every ache or pain I worried that it was down to taking hrt. But I am much calmer and I think the benefit of not having all the symptoms for the next couple of years out weigh the risks( which are very small) . Give it time they do say between 3 to 6 months to get into your system, and Femoston has one of the kinder poygesterons and ladies tolerate this better, hang on in there I am sure you will feel less anxious real soon xx

Hello Angjt

Give it a try and see how you go with it.  There seems to be a lot of women who would like to be on HRT but doctors won't prescribe.  I've been on it for 17 years without problems.  I do advise regular monitoring of oestrogen levels and also annual mammogram and ultrasound because of the very slight increase in the risk of breast cancer.  I go to a private gynaecologist twice a year and a breast surgeon once a year.  For me HRT has meant having a great skin, great vaginal juices, looking much younger than my contemporaries, sleeping well and feeling great.

All the best.

Lyn