Joint pains after stopping hrt

Each to their own, paddyann - I can only say, doing research into HRT in my job, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole..

I came off hrt after 3years as I got scared as my mum got breast cancer due to them estrogen dominance of the hrt. It was for a year but was a year from hell. Panic and anxiety attack’s were horrendous, not sleeping, and then told i had developed fibromyalgia, the joint pains were terrible,because I was having no quality of life at 54 doc advised me to go back on. All I can say is they give me my life back. Actually worth taking the risk. In that year I tried just about every different remedy, alternative treatments which I believe in but nothing would work. Only hrt. Dont really want to be on synthetic hormones but cannot are away out of it.

I came off HRT quite a long time ago, cant remember exactly when, i still suffered hot flushes and sleeplessness, i was told by someone that NICE guidelines said it was ok to stay on for life
I saw my GP and he has put me back on Livial, feeling much better and more energy

I had an easy menopause (at 43) and therefore was never offered HRT. However, since my late 50s - I'm now 77 - I've had a lot of joint trouble resulting in a hip replacement, a partial shoulder replacement and surgery on one hand. So it has occurred to me that if I'd been prescribed HRT thirty years ago, I might have been a lot fitter now. Could I be right?

I might add that my knees are now making life very difficult for me!

annodomini.i have just gone 75, and was prescribed mine again last year might be worth asking your GP

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I have arthritis and I’m on HRT at 69. It makes so much improvement.,

I would have stayed on HRT as long as possible but had to come off it because of concerns at the time which I believe have been discredited now. I had breast cancer three years ago and was put on an oestrogen blocking medication after a lumpectomy. I had unpleasant side effects including joint pains and after talking with my GP and the consultant I came off it. It was my decision but the joint pains and other side effects have gone now and I also believe the medication affected my bones adversely. If I had the chance to go back on HRT I would without hesitation.

This thread is from 2014. I expect the OP has sorted herself out now. Many women are now on HRT for life.