Estradot 25 reviews

Prior to starting HRT in October 2024, I was really struggling with anxiety, depression, my moods were up and down I “despised “my husband and older children and would lose my patience alot faster than I should which wasn’t normal for me and for no reason gained a lot of weight literally over night, I had no energy and being very active with twins boys born in 2016 and my employment being very physical (trying to stay fit at the gym nothing i did worked) and really bad hormonal acne, very dry skin my moisturiser i had used for years wasn’t enough along with hair loss, aching joints and high blood pressure in general just struggling with everything physically and mentally. I resigned from my nursing job of 15 years due to my low mood and as I couldn’t function (brain fog and anxiety) properly and severely depressed and suicidal I took a year off working hoping that no longer working night shift would improve my sleep pattern and mental and physical health which it didn’t. I was constantly at the drs with all these symptoms for about 3 years had affected my mental health and blaming working night shift for 10 years was the reason and had affected me especially the insomnia and poor sleep patterns couldn’t sleep at night but would get sleepy during the day at around 3pm i was exhausted and would crash out and sleep for 3-4 hours. I was prescribed blood pressure medication (went to hospital numerous times with chest pains thinking I was having a heart attack from anxiety because I thought i was dying was told that it was stress and/or anxiety given great advice for weight loss(even though i was already exercising and eating healthy doing fitness challenges) took pain relief everyday for aching joints, tested for cushing disease and thyroid all came back negative, sadly never did the dr consider it could be perimenopause(maybe because i was in my mid to late 30s when this all was happening) so i started researching as I was concerned about my well being and why nothing was helping I came across perimenopausal symptoms which I had majority of them and ticked most of the boxes, thankfully my dr agreed and I started HRT. After starting HRT Estradot 0.25mg (i’m still currently taking this dose) at the beginning there was a bit of nausea, head aches and boob tenderness which wasn’t to bad, after about 3 weeks everything calmed and I gradually began to notice a difference in my moods I felt more positive and relaxed, no more anti depressants and anxiety medication, my energy and endurance improved, no aching joints and sore shoulder, after 3 months my sleep improved after 6 months physically noticed my exercise was starting to pay off and felt my muscle tone improving my acne improved and no longer needed antibiotics (had been taking antibiotics for 3 years daily for hormonal acne) I only get acne around when my period is due which is normal, skin feels hydrated and not itching all over, less hair loss hair feels like it has more volume and life my periods are regular and not every 2 weeks and flooding my pad, less brain fog and NO hot flushes! I have recently started on Oestrogen pessaries (6 weeks ago) for vaginal dryness which wasn’t an issue when first starting HRT until lately which has improved and feel more comfortable in my vaginal area when having intercourse. I feel that HRT has improved my life immensely and i feel like myself again and my family are alot happier too.

Perimenopause crept up on me, I hadn't linked the symptoms I was getting to hormonal changes. In hindsight I'd noticed changes 2/3years ago. I wasn't getting full on hot flushes,which was all I associated with menopause. Instead, I was getting painful,stiff joints - some days I felt like I was 100 not 45! Although I still haven't had a proper hot flush, I have had some night sweats and generally run hotter these days. I'd had a Mirena fitted after the birth of my last child age 31, so i didnt get periods for many years. I tried having it taken out, but heavy periods returned and I had another fitted. So, I still dont get periods and therefore couldn't track hormone changes via periods. I also noticed my sleep worsening, suddenly needed to get up to wee every night and then struggled with insomnia. I noticed reduced energy levels, which didn't improve even when I did manage to sleep and exercise. Added to this was vaginal dryness, recurring thrush and vulval discomfort/irritation. Then came mood issues - I noticed increasing irritability that was out of character and irrational. What finally made me join the dots was low mood, tearfulness and generally feeling a lack of enthusiasm for life. This led me to have a conversation with my GP. She was very understanding and agreed with my suggestion that the symptoms were likely perimenopausal. She was happy to prescribe oestrogen, but did caution that I could probably only have it safely for 10years,which I don't think is true. I went back a few months later as felt my vaginal dryness and irritation hadn't improved, she prescribed vaginal estrogen cream. I have had some improvement, but this is still an issue, as is low libido, so think at my next review I will ask for testosterone. I've also recently noticed a reoccurrence of the joint pain, and other symptoms, so might need my other HRT reviewing too.