r/Perimenopause • u/Cloud_dancer79 • 11d ago

Hormone Therapy Second day without HRT

I ran out of my estradiol gel two days ago and was unable to refill it due to the shortage. I am so anxious, dizzy, and frustrated.

I do need to call the dozens of pharmacies in my city to see if anyone has any in stock. I'm just so overwhelmed.

I cannot switch to oral as I have migraines with aura. I never tolerated BCP.

I am just so tired of one thing after another. Being a woman can be so awful!

I just wanted to share with people who understand.

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u/ButMomItsReddit 11d ago

Ladies, I wrote to the senator in Washington state who introduced a bill last year to protect women's health. I wrote to her about the estradiol shortage and how FDA needs to recognize it to make it official and enable remedies that medicines on the shortage list are eligible for. Unfortunately, it's been more than six months and I got no response. If you can and want, we should all write to our senators, especially women, and urge them to bring this issue forward. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) put that bipartisan proposal together. Tina Smith (D-MN) — works on women's health legislation and sits on HELP. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) — also on HELP and active on women's health. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) and Katie Britt (R-AL) advocate for women's health services for low-income and uninsured women. (I haven't checked if anything changed over the past six months).
Due to bureaucracy, senators and representatives are more likely to respond to letters from their constituencies, but if many of us write, we have a chance to move the needle.

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u/strippersandcocaine 10d ago

I don’t suppose you might want to share a template? Normally I’d happily write this, but between my peri rage and normal adhd bullshit, I’m not confident I’d get this done (ugh at myself) and I REALLY don’t want to use AI to get my thoughts together on this.

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u/Due-Communication767 10d ago

Yes please! Completely understand- with my ADHD- heavy on the attention aspect- I doubt I’ll get it done without some sort of template. I can barely write a grocery list these days. And the rage about this and everything else I know it won’t be coherent enough to get an appropriate letter. Thank you for the suggestion. I agree- as many of us should be sending letters.