My doctor has prescribed me Livial for menopause.I am very nervious about taking it but the night sweats and all the other menopause symtoms are just to much!! I have tolerated it all for nearly two years and am over it. Please tell me how you found this and did you put on wieght using this.

Hi HannahKate.
I went on it for a short time but synthetic progesterone does not agree with me...spots and irritable. I know what you mean about the hot flushes...especially those ones at night!! You did well to last for nearly two years. What with the hot flushes, brain fog/lack of concentration, generally feeling overwhelmed and a dive in libido...I did not last six months. I tried Harmony(wanting to deal with it naturally), Livial and then Premarin(lowest dose). No, the literature about Premarin does not thrill me but then I think that this hormone replacement has been around the longest so they know more about it, the hot flushes have disappeared and I am much more focussed. As for the libido...my testosterone is very low so I am trialling a low dose testosterone cream. I am still tempted to try a natural estrogen "tri-est" or "bi-est" to see if it would be sufficent but I have a feeling that will be like trading a porsche for a mini!!