i tried prempro for 2 mos made me have bad stomach cramps so should i go back to gyn - Menopause Message Board

vickie45 · 01-06-2008, 10:16 PM

i took prempro hormone replacements for 2 mos at first they helped and i felt great but after the 1st month i started feeling bad my stomach hurt all the time and i cried nonstop so i stopped .and i have no motivation what so ever i can clean and stuff but i have to make myself do it i also suffer from seizures so would my gyn try me on something else i dont get hot alot im more cold then hot and i sleep ok but thats because i take a xanax at bedtime .my main thing going on is my crying i can go for like a month with no crying then boom i will have crying spells again .not sure if this is all meno but im also depressed because of my seizures i cant drive cant work cant go anywhere without passingout with a seizure i do see neuro dr the 10th i was going to try anti d's but my dr put me on welbrutin and the drugstore said not to if i been having seizures i tried paxil,zoloft,celexa and effexor xr .and is the HRT meds safe and a good choise see i smoke but im trying to quit but i just want my crying spells to stop and i have everything except for my left ovary and tube which was removed jan 31st 2006.
need some advice.
vickie

chriszie · 01-30-2008, 12:27 PM

vickie45 one thing I can suggest is that you quit smoking OR quit the hrt. as my doctor told me it is the same as taking birh control pills high risk if you take the hrt and still take hrt. Chris

corky21 · 01-30-2008, 04:25 PM

I only have the left ovary too; my right one and tube were removed in 2005 b/c of a complex cyst that got like wrapped in the ovary and the blood supply. ANyway I went downhill after that. I was 45 at the time. I had started having some peri issues, but a month or two after my surgery I noticed I started having sleeping issues, and bad mood swings. Anyway a year after that they took blood and gave me Prempro. I didn't take it b/c of all the bad press and also I didn't have any hot flashes. But I have had awful low back/hip and upper back aches every since and the rages, lack of sleep. Well a few months ago I finally decided to try the vitex/cohosh route and I have less mood swings, but still have the aches. I also take Rhodiola (just started a few weeks ago)and that does help with giving some energy. I also take Flaxseeds, fishoil, women's mega multi, cal/mag and evening primrose oil so maybe that keeps away the hot flashes? I am always chilled to the bone though, so maybe not. But those are the natural things I take and I think it's helping. I am going back for more blood work in a few weeks and I may at that time try some bio hrt cream for a short while.