Anyone find Viville Dot better than pills

Hi! I had a TAH/BSO in August, 2007. I am 41. My gyn. started me on estridiol 2mg. which I still sat around and cried daily. She has now put me on the Viville Dot. Since I have been using the patch, I am feeling much more like myself. Anyone with the same experiences or thoughts about this? Thanks.

Maxicat
That's great that you are doing better on the Vivelle Dot patch. Hrt is not one size fits all so it's not unusual to have to do a bit of tweaking. Some women do better on oral, while others do better on the transdermal.

I was put on patch right out of surgery in 2004. Only problem I had was that they loose strength in hot tub. The heat and water distroy the potancy. (?) We have a hot tub so I asked for oral meds. Big mistake, my triglyceride went up to 598 on oral meds. Dr said was rare but does happen. I do get leg cramps from them but that is better than the triglyceride issue. I am back on Vivell dot and staying there,

Maxicat - Had my surgery this past Nov., was on Vivelle Dot 1 mg, was fine for 5 wks, then became depressed. My Dr. is on vaca, but I talked to his nurse & went down to .05 mg. Not feeling any btr. I'm at the crying daily point. Was hoping I could escape this hormonal tweaking! What dose of Vivelle Dot are you on? I'm wondering if I need a combo of hormones to feel btr.

Depression can be a side effect of viville dot. I was on 1mg until recent change to .5mg. Are you putting on stomach or behind. I heard that you get more hormone putting on the tummy. That is where I put mine. Maybe you needed your dosage increased instead of decreased. Try putting two patches on at once and see if you feel better.
Are you having other issues, night sweats, hot flashes, mood swings?

I've been on the Vivelle patch since 2004, I like it, I don't break out like I did when i was taking estratest. Problem I have though is keeping them on. I will be supplementing the patch with some compound testosterone, DR told me it may help my metabolism which has come to a complete halt.

I am on the 0.75 dose of Viville Dot. Sorry for the delay in replying. Good luck!

Grettab - interesting that you said that V. Dot can cause depression. I didn't have hot flashes or nite sweats. My Dr. switched me to an estrogen/testosterone combo pill and I feel much btr. Hoping that this is the hormonal potion that I need!
Maxicat - Glad V. Dot's working for you!

Just an update. Seen my gyn today and she switched me from the .075 tp the .1 Viville. Wish me luck!

Good luck, (((Maxicat)))! I hope you do well on the new dose. I'm 51 and the 0.1 Vivelle Dot is what I'm using. It's been great for me!

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