I had a hysterectomy 20 years ago and have been on an estrogen patch for about 15 years- I am 66 years old. My Gp has thought I should go off the patch due to increased risk of breast cancer . After 2 months of no estrogen I am having at least 8-10 hot flushes per day but the worst thing is I seem to have developed depression. I already take 100mg of Endep at night as a migraine preventitive but over the last 10 years have felt depressed, sad and very unsettled with life but this has certainly increased since stopping the patch of estrogen. Just wondering if I need hormone advice, psychologist or even a geren tologist as I have become increasingly forgetful, especially short-term memory. My father actuallly died of Alzeimers Disease. Just wondering !!