What HRT are you taking? Dosage and your age

[Anonymous]

Prempro, the lowest dosage, just a few days into it, I am feeling freaking amazing. Relaxed sort of like I am on Xanax and I slept like a baby for the first time in a while.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prempro, the lowest dosage, just a few days into it, I am feeling freaking amazing. Relaxed sort of like I am on Xanax and I slept like a baby for the first time in a while.

Why prempro instead of patch? Do you take progesterone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Estrogen patch 0.05mg
100mg progesterone nightly

47 yo

Same for me 51.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So no one takes testosterone?

I would love to but my gyn says they don’t prescribe it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Estrogen patch 0.05mg
100mg progesterone nightly

47 yo

This except I’m 50 and using the daily estrogen gel. I figured I was taking progesterone daily so preferred to do the gel daily vs having the remember to switch the patch.

When I started HRT I had such incredible brain fog I thought I might have dementia. My sleep was terrible—getting up multiple times to pee, sweats, or just awake for hours. Periods were all over the place in terms of cycle and flow. Initially did BC bc I was still getting my period but that did nothing to help regulate my cycle, mood, or sleep so that’s when I switched to HRT. I could not believe how quickly I felt so much better. I’d been dealing with these issues for at least two years.

Maybe it’s not for everyone but it absolutely has made me feel human again. Sleeping better than I’ve slept in decades. Rarely ever wake up for any reason. Thinking more clearly. Night sweats are gone. Period is still very irregular but so be it.

[Anonymous]

55
.05 estrogen patch
100 mg oral progesterone

I started at 48

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Estrogen patch 0.05mg
100mg progesterone nightly

47 yo

This except I’m 50 and using the daily estrogen gel. I figured I was taking progesterone daily so preferred to do the gel daily vs having the remember to switch the patch.

When I started HRT I had such incredible brain fog I thought I might have dementia. My sleep was terrible—getting up multiple times to pee, sweats, or just awake for hours. Periods were all over the place in terms of cycle and flow. Initially did BC bc I was still getting my period but that did nothing to help regulate my cycle, mood, or sleep so that’s when I switched to HRT. I could not believe how quickly I felt so much better. I’d been dealing with these issues for at least two years.

Maybe it’s not for everyone but it absolutely has made me feel human again. Sleeping better than I’ve slept in decades. Rarely ever wake up for any reason. Thinking more clearly. Night sweats are gone. Period is still very irregular but so be it.

Just wondering, did you start on the .05 patch, or something lower? My gyn started me on .025, it’s been 6 weeks and I’m not feeling much different. She won’t raise dose until I’m on it for 12 weeks because she says it takes time, and then only to .0375. I’m still miserable a lot of the time.

[Anonymous]

50
.75mg daily estradiol gel, about to move to 1mg
200mg progesterone capsules
Vaginal estrogen cream

Just started testosterone - 1/10 tube of gel per day

[Anonymous]

To all posters - What was your starting level dosage when you first started HRT?

[Anonymous]

Femring .05 and progesterone 100

[Anonymous]

I was on

Estrogen patch .025
Progesterone 100 mg nightly

But I was bleeding every two weeks so GYN took me off it. Which feels OK, my boobs feel better (they were in PMS all the time) and I hated taking medications daily, but my vagina is definitely more dry and sensitive. And my sleep is crappy again.

[Anonymous]

43.
.0375 mg estrogen patch
100 mg progesterone

Night sweats and irritability were my primary symptoms. Been taking it for 2 months now and it’s amazing. Tried BCPs (lo lo and then Yaz and they were awful for me).

[Anonymous]

70
Estrogen patch 0.05mg
Progesterone 100mg pill
Vitamins and Minerals supplements

Just started 3 months ago

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Estrogen patch 0.05mg
100mg progesterone nightly

47 yo

Same for me 51.

Same for me and I'm 48.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:70
Estrogen patch 0.05mg
Progesterone 100mg pill
Vitamins and Minerals supplements

Just started 3 months ago

What vitamins and mineral supplements are you taking?