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[Sue1967]

Hi, just wondering if any one has ever noticed a difference in their periods on HRT, by this I mean I was heavy and regular as clock work. I started Elleste Duet last June and have still had slightly heavy periods every month. I originally missed a couple of months before going on HRT.
Now this month and last month they have been light and last month only lasted for two days, so are these lighter periods due to being on HRT and not true period, was just thinking about it quietly to myself and thought I'd ask.

I mean how would I actually know if my periods had ceased or not while being on this HRT.

Many thanks in advance.

Sue 

[Dancinggirl]

You're not having periods - HRT is controlling your hormones and so you are just getting a withdrawal bleed each month to protect your womb lining and this will often be quite light when on sequential HRT.
You won't know when you own cycle stops completely but you may find some meno symptoms emerge as your own hormone levels drop - you may need to increase the dosage at some stage.   Dg x

[Sue1967]

You're not having periods - HRT is controlling your hormones and so you are just getting a withdrawal bleed each month to protect your womb lining and this will often be quite light when on sequential HRT.
You won't know when you own cycle stops completely but you may find some meno symptoms emerge as your own hormone levels drop - you may need to increase the dosage at some stage.   Dg x

Thank you for answering Dancing Girl, I thought that is what was happening lol wasn't sure.....I have had some stronger hot flushes now and again so that sounds about right. Thank you again. x

[peegeetip]

My own experience was similar.

Periods were almost gone prior to HRT.

Then back to monthly sequi HRT due to doc being antagonistic about long cycle HRT (tridestra).
Initial periods heavy and sore then progressed to similar to what your experiencing.

Was so glad when it settled down

[Wanderer]

Morning ladies! I agree, it is not a real period. I had no periods for 18 months, then against all the "rules" had an avalanche of ALL the known symptoms! After hesitation and so many conflicting opinions I started on Evorel 50 Sequi for 3 months, along with Venlafaxine 75 (I know, "how could you!!", cleared all the brain fog though!), sort of started to feel better, but then had to go onto Conti for the Progesterone, then had a period, albeit very, very light, and then one very other month, and now every two weeks! Decided to cut patch in half, and heyho, the periods have stopped! But the other symptoms have returned, so I guess I am very sensitive to Progesterone, what do I do? Is there another patch for post menopause with less Progesterone?

The periods don't make me feel better either, so they are not like the old days! Ha!

Advice please! I will post this as another thread too.

WANDERER  xxx

[dogdoc]

Wanderer you could try a mirena coil. The upside is that done women who are sensitive yo orogesterone tolerate the coil well because very little goes into your whole body, most is localized to the uterus where you need it. However done women who are very sensitive to orogesterone end up with 'permanent' pms symptoms, bloating , food cravings, mood swings and it diesnt seem to work for them.

On the plus side  you may be one of the lucky ones for whom it works and you stop having periods altogether.