I feel like a broken record but hoping to get some more advice on this.
Im 47, I have always suffered with hormonal chin acne. I took Dianette pill for years which was the only thing that worked but a few years ago, due to the headaches I was getting, my GP took me off it.
Acne didnt return, things were ok for about a year. Then I started with awful anxiety, irritability, rage, not hot flushes but these awful waves of doom, like a wave of pure sadness!!!
GP said I was in peri menopause. I started HRT and couldnt believe how much better I felt mood wise. No anxiety, I actually felt happy at times, something that I hadnt felt in a long time!!!
I started on the combined patch where I would take the one with progesterone in for the two weeks. However this made me feel sick, bloated, heartburn, all things Ive not had before. AND my skin- it was awful, acne on my chin, dry everywhere else.
I changed to Utrogestan which did help with the bloating and nausea but not the skin. I came off it in the end as although the oestrogen was making me feel so much better I just couldnt manage having such awful skin. I know it may seem vain but the spots were really getting me down and every painful cyst/whitehead leaves an awful scar.
The GP reluctantly put me back on Dianette pill and it has cleared my skin right up, however Im back to feeling so anxious and low again.
The GP would prefer I try the marina coil, however Im worried that this will flare my skin up again. I cant understand why there are combined pills with additional ingredients in to help acne, but nothing like this in HRT.
Any suggestions, advice would be welcomed, I just want to feel like me again!!