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[GypsyRoseLee]

Attended a specialist PMS and Menopause clinic recently. My gynaecologist has made an educated guess that I'm peri menopausal even though my blood tests have come back 'normal'.

But my periods are now much lighter though still regular, and my PMS symptoms were just lasting longer and longer until finally they became pretty much constant about 6 months ago, with extra added anxiety which was dreadful.

I've been on ADs for last 6 months and my anxiety is now controlled but I don't feel like myself.

I am 44 and there is a history of early menopause in my close family.

But my gynaecologist wants to start me on oestrogen patches and promises they will cure my symptoms, but insists I also have to have progesterone too.

Really worried as I know it's progesterone that causes PMS, and when I had the Mirena fitted temporarily years ago my PMS was much worse.

[honeybun]

Unless you have had a hysterectomy which I take it you haven't you will always have to take progesterone to oppose the oestrogen other wise you would run the risk of endometrial cancer.

There is no doctor would prescribe one without the other.

You could try utrogestan which is a gentle well tolerated progesterone.


Honeyb
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[Limpy]

It's a bit of a s-ds law thing really.
If you have a womb, you have to use progesterone as well as oestrogen to stop the womb lining getting too thick.