How do you tell it's over if you are on the pill?

[Crosbybeach]

I'm 46, been perimenopausal for what seems most of my life (8/9 years) - on the pill to manage mood, bleeding, anxiety etc so using it as HRT - which is great. It's Qlaira a combined pill.

But periods are fading out. Is the only way to know if I'm through it by coming off the pill and seeing what happens?

[pinkfrocks]

In a word, yes.

[Crosbybeach]

Right o. Not doing that any time soon then!

[Whatevva]

I had about 4 years on the pill where I thought things were winding down. I came off it at 49 and had 5 months period-free (took pop for 12 weeks of that time). Then loads of periods.

I wouldn't give it up before 50, if I had the chance .

[Whatevva]

Qlaira is supposed to be a good one to take when you are perimenopausal as it has the same oestrogen as HRT, which is more like our own. KOKO.

[Crosbybeach]

I'm going to stay on it as long as I can!

[Whatevva]

You are supposed to be able to stay on the pill until you are 50, as long as you are fit and healthy and don't smoke.

I was unlucky in that they suddenly found out I had migraines just after I was 49 and pulled the plug on me (it was their fault, the guidelines had changed 5 years before and they did not check. In fact I don't think anyone ever asked me in the 26 years I was at that surgery so obviously they had to stop prescribing it to me in case I had a stroke in the next 9 months. It seems fine to have hrt though...)