Hi all, just posting because I'm so frustrated with all thos silliness at the moment. When will this madness with all the Oestrogen shortages end?
My GP very helpfully gave me my first prescription for Oestrogel & Utrogestan to use sequentially back in March. Due to shortages, the Oestrogel was replaced with Sandrena and I only just got that first bottle of Oestrogel at the end of May.
Cue my follow up appointment and my GP happily agrees to 6 months of Sandrena and Utrogestan as I seem to be doing increasingly okay on that... But..... Yeah you guessed it::: No stock of virtually anything other than some patches that you stick on twice a week which I've reluctantly agreed to as I was rushed making a decision in the chemist queue. I'm kicking myself for failing to note what the patches were called, what strength they are and whether they are sequential or conti patches as I need sequential regime as I' m not postmenopausal yet and I REALLY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE TO ANOTHER PROGESTERONE. Sorry about the caps, I'm feeling somewhat deranged, angry and deflated by the whole thing. I've cut my current daily oestrogen down by half just so I won't run out and all this mucking about with my oestrogen levels is making me feel so shite. I'm not sleeping well at all and have started feeling really depressed again. I was feeling suicidal beforehand and i can feel it creeping back and I can't make decisions properly again.
Pharmacy also says I'm only allowed 3 months of any type of oestrogen as they are on the SSP (severe shortages protocol).
Tomorrow I'm meant to be going in and finding out which shitshow I've been given. Fully expecting to have to go back to the GP yet again.