Prempro withdrawal?

I am feeling pretty bad and I think it might have something to do with me running out of HRT. I've been off it for a couple of weeks now. Today, I started turning the a/c on and off. This is real misery.

I thought that Fall (Autumn) would be a good time of the year to see if I can do without the Prempro that I've been taking daily for a number of years. In the past, times when I've run out, I've found that I can go for quite a few days without any symptoms returning. (My reason for HRT was distressing hot flushes occurring over and over in a day.) I did find, in the past, that the symptoms would come back.

I don't know why the heck I thought this time would be any better. In the past, I blamed the weather. Well, the weather is absolutely ideal. I am having those uncomfortable warm flushes, and I am feeling absolutely miserable.

I don't really mind the warm flushes all that much. However, I have been unable to move all day. Normally, I would attribute that to being depressed. I am not all that depressed. I feel "physically" depressed in a way that does not feel normal. I feel horrendously fatigued. It's been getting worse for a few days. Now that the flushes are getting more and more noticeable, something dawned on me. I thought maybe I feel so very crummy because of not taking the Prempro tabs for a couple of weeks now.

That didn't even dawn on me until today. I just googled the subject. Apparently, stopping HRT can make you feel miserable. I feel dumb for not having thought of that, but I really didn't think that could be the cause.

I am posting this because what I am going through is so bad. I do get bad bouts of depression, but I usually have thinking/anxiety that is typical of when I am depressed. Nothing like that is going through my mind. I just feel so bad that I feel too tired to do anything. I have not hardly been eating even.

If anyone knows anything about this, I'ld be glad to hear. I feel so lousy and I never dreamed that stopping the Prempro could do this much to me.

I'll pick it up on Monday. If I feel better back on the HRT, then I will know what the cause of me being like this is.

That stuff is supposed to be dangerous, and I am scared to find out that I might need it as a permanent crutch.

I'm sorry you're going through this. I was taking a Chinese herb for menopause symptoms, and when I'd run out, I'd be so hot I couldn't sleep. I've been able to go off it after having some vitamin infusions for some other health issues, but I can certainly relate to what you're going through. I hope you get feeling better.

I plan to pick up by prescription for Prempro today. If after a week, more or less, I find myself feeling a lot better, then I will tend to think that running out for 2 weeks did cause me to feel as bad as I feel now.

When I read about how dangerous this medication is thought to be, I wish I could find another solution.