still cannot figure out estrogen dosage!!

Hi!
I am still on the roller coaster. I have been on the 5 patch, the 37.5 patch, 2 pumps, 1.5 pumps and 1 pump. I am now on one pump per day after getting cramps in my legs from the 37.5 patch - behind the knees and charlie horses. Now I am back on the one pump BUT now I am getting aching behind my knees and aching in my arms at my elbows!!! (no charlie horses though.) I am also using a dab of .25 testosterone cream as well. Whenever I switch to the higher dose of estrogen, I bloat up like a beached whale from water retention as well. Does anyone have any idea why I am getting these body aches??? I am so used to them now that I am beginning to think that this is just the way it is. HELP!!

When I added progesterone, my joint pain and swelling went away. Have you tried progesterone?


Kay

Hi!
I tried 100mg prometrium at bedtime, but I could barely wake up and then the nausea was overwhelming until about noon. I felt half drunk most of the time too.The only thing I did like about it was I did sleep like a log and hence the circles under my eyes disappeared. I tried it for 3 months but the stomach thing never went away so I stopped. Any other suggestions?

Hi Anne!

Maybe you'd do better with progesterone cream so that you could control the dosing. I use compounded progesterone cream as a part of my hormone therapy but I don't use very much--just about the size of a pea each night before I go to sleep.

You can check with your doctor and see if that would be an option for you to try.

s

You sound just like me! My body aches so bad on the patch I can barely move. I am on .05 mg (the minimum to keep hot flashes away) but any time I tried to increase the dose I had bloating, worse fatigue and aches, and extremely sore breasts. I tried compounded progesterone troches and also cream and it made me extremely nauseated and I broke out all over with acne. My body is extremely sensitive to hormones and this is really frustrating. I wish I had something new to offer but I am struggling with the same issues. I don't know, maybe a different form of estrogen?