Hi , I'm going through the perimenopause and have been for about 7 years, im 50 in april and im still having irregular periods. My symptoms are so bad that ive spent the last 3 years in the house,i had to give up work because of the insomnia and other horrendous hrt problems. I kept going to the doctor to ask for hrt but she wont give it to me on the basis that i'm still having a period ,despite the nhs guidelines stating that perimenopausal women can be given cyclical hrt. I've had the same response from 5 other female docs at the same practise,in desperation I went to the gp on tues and lied and said that it had now been a year since my last period so I could get hrt(its been a year since my last gp visit) Ive now got a prescription for Kliovance which is a continious combined hrt,my question is _ will i do myself more harm than good if i take this? has anyone out there on kliovance who was still menstruating and if so did it help?Im wondering if its not prescribed to women still having a bleed because there is a risk of pregnancy,or if its not safe, has anyone out there who is perimenopausal taken continuous hrt and been ok on it,Help i really dont know whether to take them or put them in the bin,its my last resort as antidepressants don't work for me,