Positive stories of Evorel Conti.

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I’ve just started on the patches and am now 4 days in. I feel a bit more positive and less lethargic. I also seem to have less of a sugar craving for some reason. No reduction in hot flushes yet though. The patch seems to stick very well on my thigh.
Anyone else recently started?
Anyone with positive feedback?
I’m just trying to counter the negativity on other threads. I do realise that you’re far more likely to post if you do have issues rather than if you’re happy. But I really do want this to work for me and any experiences will be useful.

Sadly no...I had a 30 day bleed.
I would persevere with it...so far so good!!!!

i'm just on day one with it so not sure what's going to happen. Am alittle apprehensive but if it stops these bloody hot flushes I will be very happy

Nearly a year using.
Pretty much instantly - moods improved, much improved sleeping ( no longer waking in the night) therefore more energy, reduction in flushes.

After 19 days the night sweats are not as severe - heat rather than sweat if that makes sense. I definitely have less of a craving for carbs.I am exercising 3 times a week but the lethargy is still there. Partially due to my sleep still being disturbed.
I am going to request a swop to oestrogen patches and Bio- identical Progesterone tablets next week. Due to the slightly better safety profile.I’m hoping my gp will be happy to prescribe .
It’s nice to hear some positive feedback.
I’m sorry Evorel hasn’t worked for everyone.

I've been using for a year. My sleep improved to a regular 7 hours a night, and my hot flushes all but disappeared within a week. These were my main symptoms.

This was my first prescription of HRT so I don't know if this is the way it's supposed to work (although I'm very glad it did) but it was recommended to allow 2-3 months before changing.

i started it 3 years ago, had two hot flushes the day I started it, and none since.

I had to come off it for a year because of heavy bleeding, but back on it now and no spotting, nothing. It's changed my life.

Hello
I replied up thread.
To those who are content with it - are you just using the patches?
As a friend told me I need to get some progesterone to go along side it too? ( I think as a measure to combat breast cancer if I recall right?) but if this is the case why did my doc not prescribe this? - should I go back?
Interesting that the OP mentioned similar.

i think there is progesterone in the patch along with oestrogen.
I am praying it works. I cannot bear these flushes and lack of sleep

Just started it today, so am interested in how it goes. Tried hrt tablets a couple of years ago and stopped because I put on weight and still felt rotten. I so hope these patches work as anxiety/exhaustion is overwhelming me at the moment and I feel like an alien!!

Thanks dementedma I hadn’t realised that!

Been using them for 5 weeks. Thankfully no negative side effects so far. I'm much older than the usual profile and post menopause by some years but was experiencing poor sleep, hot flushes and loss of libido and gp suggested HRT. Since starting no hot flushes, sleep improved but then went down with severe flu and secondary infections so can't really judge further at the moment, hopefully I'll get a better feel for it's effect over the coming weeks. Another plus my nails are growing like stink and not breaking all the time.

I'm 55 and have been on sequential HRT before but am giving continuous a try due to my age. I am pleased to hear that they are stopping hot flushes for some people. I had so many today in work it was embarrassing.

I seem to be very blessed in the boob department today. I’m going to stay on the patches for the month as I’m sleeping much better. Still have the lethargy though, but much less anxiety. I have a theory that you track back through your menopausal symptoms in the reverse order you had them. I’m then switching to a oestrogen patch and bioidentical progesterone. I’m hoping there will be no difference in effect.

Can I ask what form the bio identical progesterone comes in and the brand name? I have been prescribed Evorel Sequi (not started it yet) but thinking of going the bio identical route instead.

It’s called Utrogestan cocoachic.

bio identical progesterone

It's called body-identical. Drs are working hard to zap the use of bio- it was a marketing not a medical term, devised in the US for compounded HRT (not licensed in UK.)

I'm 49, been on HRT for around 18 months... started off with Evorel Sequi (am peri so still need progesterone) - loved the 2 weeks of oestrogen only but suffered a bit (low mood) with the progesterone mix...

Played about with a lot of different options (the other patch - name escapes me - but the one that falls off all the time!) .... went to see the fab local menopause clinic - had the mirena coil fitted and went onto oestrogel... felt bloody awful (very low mood) was worried it was the coil... added in antidepressants... didn't sleep... came off the anti depressants - swapped the oestrogel back to Evorel (but the conti because I now have mirena for the progesterone) and eventually things settled down...

So I find that the Evorel Conti plus coil has helped me feel better - I'm sleeping, I'm not anxious - they were my main symptoms. Don't have hot flushes and although occasionally I have night sweats they are not really bad... Brain still foggy though... For me, the dose of oestrogen is critical. I started off on 50mg - increased to 75 but suffered from tender breasts and headaches - dropped back again... then increased it by adding 1/3 of a patch which was fine until maybe 6 months later I wasn't sleeping so I'm back up to 75mg, no side effects and back to sleeping normally.

I've also now been prescribed testosterone gel - had to play around with the other HRT first for the doctor to agree - and that's really helped with mood and energy too... so it's always another option going forward if you end up feeling 'ok but could be better'....

@scottishdaisy Great you feel better BUT you are not on the right prescription. You do not need a Mirena AND progestogen in the patch- it's one or the other.

You really need to go back to the clinic and get this sorted. You are having far too much progestogen.

The addition of progestogen is to keep the womb lining thin and you need it whether you are in peri or post menopause (no one uses only estrogen unless they have had a hysterectomy.)

If you keep the Mirena, you only need either gel or an estrogen-only patch.

Unless I've misunderstood your post :)?

Hello.. sorry, @Hellsbells - have I called the patches the wrong thing? I'm on Conti - which I thought was oestrogen only! (Isn't the sequi the combination?). Whichever is the eostrogen only patch is the one I'm on!

If I can put it another way, the symptoms you are still having will most likely be down to far too much progestogen - the Mirena has one type (Levenorgestrel) and the patch has Norethisterone. Both these can contribute to low mood, etc and brain fog, and to counteract that you would need (as you have found) a much higher dose of estrogen.

Really shocked to be honest you have been given both by experts (?) It's basic knowledge this, not anything complicated.

You are on a conti-regime ( because the Mirena releases progestogen all the time) but you are not on a conti patch! You are on an estrogen-only patch plus Mirena.

Combined HRT = estrogen plus one type of progestogen

Combined continuous HRT= estrogen + progestogen each taken daily.

Combined sequential HRT = estrogen + progestogen (estrogen every day, progestogen 12 days each month._

Estrogen only HRT= for women with no womb.

Thank you... just didn't have the correct terminology then - didn't realise the conti was a continuous mixture!

Anyone else on Sequi who finds the week 3 and 4 patches nightmarish?

I'm in the first month of Evorel Sequi. For the first 2 weeks on Evorel 50 (Oestrogen only) I felt great. My family kept asking me why I was in such a good mood.

This week I've started the Sequi patches and I want to fucking kill everybody and cry all day long. It's quite amazing how my family have reacted to me being on progesterone by being so much more annoying.

I really hope for the family's sake that this PMT++ feeling will settle and I can tolerate the patches. Will it get better?

Hi @Hafdonga.... I was the same on Evorel Sequi 50... although perhaps not quite as severe in weeks 3 and 4... kept it up for 3 months then switched. Eventually ended up with the mirena coil plus evorel for oestrogen only, which has suited me much better but it might settle down for you? The doctor didn't want to change me immediately....

Been on the conti patch a couple of weeks now and hot flushes/night sweats hugely reduced, probably by about 80%. Not as effective as Elleste sequi but no periods so a fair trade. I just seem to be very very hungry!