postmenopausal symptoms
"Warning - Itchy/painful 

I used Estradiol Patch (Sandoz) .025 mg for 2 months changing 2x a week.  I also took Progesterone 100 mg daily.  I'm 52, perimenopausal  & suffer from hot flashes every hr during the night. Within a week the hot flashes disappeared BUT got my period every 9 days lasting 5 days so I only had a break of 3-4 days in between. 2 weeks ago I dropped Progesterone to 14 days a month and periods stopped. Shortly after I started to get very itchy & sore within a day of replacing the patch and the hot flashes came back with a vengeance. I now realize I developed an allergy to the patches and still have 8 rectangle discolored itchy patches that won't go away. I switched to Evamist 2 days ago and hope to get relief soon."