can someone tell me what post meno means??? and what does HRT do to help???? - Menopause Message Board

vickie45 · 09-26-2007, 05:29 AM

hi im in postmeno according to my gyn and im going to be started on HRT she said for life which dont bother me if they work,i know HRT replaces the hormones we loose i have everything except 1 ovary and tube ,she said my good ovary and all the other stuff is producing the hormones but not enough im 45 and i want to know if any of you ladies out there have ever tried HRT and how well does it do for you my gyn a woman dr told me it will help with my hotflushes ,mood swings ,depression,crying and also sexdrive i dont have pain im just not too interested in it but im also under ALOT of stress so can any of you give me some advice on how well it dose i think shes putting me on premera if thats how you spell it .and the lowest dose too and why would she want me on it for life thats confusing but my sister who hasnt had anything removed told me her gyn told her the same thing for life im not scared to take it since we have no breast cancer in the family .so can anyone tell me how thery feel on it plus do you have to be weened off this med or what and is it anything like anti d's i was told its not cause i cant take anti d's
vickie

Titchou · 09-26-2007, 11:27 AM

Post menopause means you have not have a period in 12 months or more. I have been on HRT for almost 5 years and wouldn't consider getting off! Takes care of all my symptoms! I was on Femhrt but recently switched to Activella due to a change in insurance. So far, so good.

And you can get off it any time. No need to wean. The only thing is that you will get all the symptoms back and they can last from 1-3 years. No thank you!

vickie45 · 09-27-2007, 05:33 AM

TITCHOU...thanks for responding well i havent went 12 mos yet but im going on 10 mos so thats pretty close .im deep;y depressed which i think meno does this plus under alot of stress but thats a totally different story i will write that on the stress boards.so being on them 5 yrs makes you feel like yourself again ? like im asking it helpes with hotfluses,depression,crying,mood swings,crabbiness .sleep .and what anout the energy i do have some energy and the strange thing with me is this for allmost 2 yrs i suffered with thyrold disoder well i stopped my meds cause they were causing me alot of trouble so i stopped them for 8 weeks and all the symtons went away and went to gyn and my tsh is normal 2.8 and t4 is midrange 8.2 and i mfeel good except for the stress my husband dont even want to try to understand whats going on plus does the HRT help with the panic attacks? if not i take xanax i was told i have a panic disorder.so i get mine next week and onemore question does it help with the anxiety /panic or is this something totally different?? and what about the sexdrive ? as of right now i dont care if i have it or not later i will write on the stress boards and you can see why im so stressed if you would like ,i will write sometime today not sure when but keep checking and find me and you will see all my stress my level of stress is skyhigh.....
GODS PRESIOUS

THANKS SO MUCH ..oh and if taking them for life is this also save??? if gyn says to take for life they must be right,,, and they are totally different then way back when my mother took them .i get mine next week when husband gets paid as i cant afford them till then and how soon till they start working???
VICKIE

Titchou · 09-27-2007, 06:09 AM

Well, I had: severe mood swings, losing urine when I coughed or laughed, no sex drive, nervous/anxious, husband threatened to hide the kitchen knives from me, etc. This was when I was in perimenopause. Two weeks after a change in bcp, I was back to normal. Once my body wanted to stop having periods (would skip them even on the bcp), we put me on HRT and have been on it ever since. Everything still fine.

vickie45 · 09-27-2007, 06:32 AM

thats great news to hear so the HRT is working wonders for you ? im starting mine next week i think shes putting me on premera if thats how you spell it and yes at times i am so bad i want to just die its so horrible so how soon did it take for your HRT'S to start working oh believe me i have been through enough of this meno now on the hotness i dont have them real bad most of my trouble is the depression ,crying nonstop ,wake early sometimes and the crabbiness .and over anything i understand my hubby dont understand but like i told him its not my fault so i hope they start working FASTTTTT,and also no sexdrive .and yes im taking HRT for life i even got to the point where i wanted to kill myself and ended up in mental ward because of it but i didnt know what was wrong and i had thyrold disoder my endo tried to say id have it for life well she was wrong i no longer have thyrold i stopped my thyrold meds for 8 weeks and my tsh is now normal its 2.8 and my t4 is 8.2 and it went down without the meds and my gyn says i most likely dont have thyrold anymore and all those drs were giving me thyrold meds when i didnt need it all along my troubles were meno onething its so unfair we women have to go through all this and men dont .the women suffer because of eve in the bible anyways thats what i was told .
the husbands say they go through it dealing with us lol if a man could go through meno even for a day then they'd maybe understand the troubles we go through its horrible .i cant wait to start my HRT
thanks mistyfor responding.
VICKIE ((((GODS

))))))