About to start HRT

[PeriChristmas]

Well I've finally convinced my doctor to give me a prescription.
She said to start on day 1 of my cycle. So waiting for that now. Will be another 3 weeks.

Anyone else at the start of trying HRT & want to compare notes?

But my understanding is that to take progesterone continually, you need to have stopped having periods no?

I don’t know, but was still having (irregular) periods when I was taking the Elleste Duet. I came off it and on to Oestrogel and Mirena because I was bleeding so heavily.

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But my understanding is that to take progesterone continually, you need to have stopped having periods no?

I don’t know, but was still having (irregular) periods when I was taking the Elleste Duet. I came off it and on to Oestrogel and Mirena because I was bleeding so heavily.

Elleste Duet is a sequential type that is for women in peri.

It is 14 days of estrogen only then the rest of the pack has tablets that are half estrogen and half progesterone.

I misremembered - it was Elleste Duet Conti

www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/9511/smpc#gref

But I was still bleeding, if irregularly

Each film-coated tablet contains 2 mg estradiol (as estradiol hemihydrate) and 1 mg norethisterone acetate.