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Spots on my chin and hot flashes all the fucking time

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Honper · 05/12/2022 22:54

Hi all. In the hope I do get an appointment with my GP what the fuck can I do about all of this?

I had a mirena fitted for heavy periods which completely fucked me up emotionally. Got put on oestradiol which evened it out a bit but I was still really angry and aggressive. Filled in a form for the GP but it's a six week wait to see anyone and I was frightened I was going to kill someone or myself so I went to a private GP and got the coil took out. GP rang me after but I missed the call as I was working. The private GP said I had to stop the oestrogen because I no longer had the mirena ok fine I've done that.

But since then I've had insane amounts of hot flashes, sometimes several an hour, it is horrible and I struggle to function. After one finishes I feel freezing cold, exhausted and overwhelmed. They happen all the time. When I'm driving, when I'm in meetings, when I'm just sat about reading. Also my periods have stopped and I have fucking ACNE on my fucking chin.

I've filled in another form to try and get a GP appointment. If I can, what the fuck should I ask for? I can't go on like this it is doing my head in.

OP posts:
Honper · 06/12/2022 00:18

No one? Should I pay for a private GP again? I don't even know what I'm after. Obviously the mirena was a disaster. Is it worth trying oestrogen plus progesterone tablets or would that be even worse?

I can't go on having these flashes all the time it is debilitating. I have no interest whatsoever in getting headpills like anti depressants or whatever. But this is just unbearable.

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Insaneinthemembraneee · 06/12/2022 05:07

You definitely need oestrogen to stop the hot flushes.
Ask your gp for oestrogen patches or gel and get progesterone in the micronised tablet form. You have my sympathy hot flushes are dreadful

Mollyplop999 · 06/12/2022 05:47

Watching this thread with interest as I'm 58 and now getting a better on my chin and the flushes have returned!

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