Hi, I' m 48 and have been feeling exhausted, poor sleep, irritable. forgetfull, low mood, less regular periods, panicky and anxious, hot flushes and night sweats. This has been getting steadily worse over the last year and I've finally been to my GP and asked for HRT. i Have been taking menopace for the last 6 months too. GP did some bloods to check and it looks like I'm perimeonopausal. My mother took HRT for 20 years post hysterectomy and loved it and I think I'm low risk and want to feel like myself again.
GP didn't know very much about HRT but was very willing to prescribe , so I researched it (really didn't want to take horse urine HRT) and have been reading alot on here and listening to womens hour on radio 4 and decided I would like to try bioidentical HRT which is what I think I have got... Oestrogel 0.06 and utrogestan 100mg capsules. I think this has a good safety profile and few side effects. Please correct me if I am wrong.
I was waiting for my period to come to start the oestrogel on d1.
My period has not yet arrived and I'm currently on d44 .
I am definately not pregnant!!!!
I have felt for the last 2 weeks like my period is coming. Last month was d27 but over the year it has been erratic and cycle ranges from 27-45 days.
I have a few questions to experienced HRT users if possible.
Is is ok to start oestrogel at a random point mid erratic cycle or will this cause me problems?
I am going to start with one pump per inner thigh daily. Do I have to rub this in or does it have to sink into the skin and dry on its own. Tips greatfully received. I have read the info leaflet but its not that clear to me..
Is am or pm a better time to apply?
I think I'm supposed to take the progesterone 200mgs ( 2x100mg capsules) on day 15-26 and will them have a withdrawal bleed. Is this the standard dose of utrogeston as the info leaflet says only take one capsule on these days. I am presuming that d1 of of cycle is when I start the oestrogel ( unless I decide to wait it out for another period). I am supposed to take the progesterone at night as it might make me sleepy.
A longer term question is how will I know when I am post menopausal if I am having regular withdrawal bleeds? I would like to know this so I could at some point in the future switch to bleed free hrt.
Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong as I have done most of this research myself and via internet and don't really have a good knowledgable GP to go and ask these questions to.
Many thanks in advance.
Pinkfrocks --I do hope you see this as I have been impressed with your all things menopausal knowledge and helpful answers to others on here.
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perimenopausal / about to start HRT
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pippydoo · 24/01/2015 17:31
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