Advice please

[funmamamoo]

Hello all,

So I've just started HRT.

I was told to use gel daily (2 pumps) for oestrogen and then progesterone tablets for 2 weeks.

Stupidly I misunderstood and took the tablets on day 1-14 of my cycle. I have now got bleeding (day 16)

I haven't found the HRT have helped symptoms at all. In fact - I'm more low, weepy, lacking energy and miserable.

I'm not sure what to do... whether to stop completely and wait for cycle to regulate and start on day 15 with both pump and gel or preserve with gel and then wait to take tablets again when cycle normalised - wait until day 15. This could take 6 weeks....

Any advice appreciated.

I was on it continuous since. July 24, 43, told ovulating as a joke
who knows, stopped the gel a week ago and feels ok.

There is no instant fix. It may take months to get it right. But hang on in there.

Start again and follow the regime. If you don't want bleeding then ask your doctor to give you HRT that won't bring on bleeding.

I would start again from whenever you were told to start originally ie from day 1 of your cycle /day 15 of your cycle etc

You will feel worse if you've taken them in the wrong order, but don't worry you'll feel an improvement once you start to take your dosages correctly!

Just don't panic - you will get through this once you get the hang of it :)

Thank you for the advice -

I will treat this bleed as the start of a new cycle as it is like a regular period. I will then start progesterone again on day 15 (two weeks ish after last as directed) and continue with oestrogen as regime suggests.

I assume progesterone withdrawal has changed cycles around.