Hi jax
Welcome back - I remember you from back then! Lots of new members since of course.... Do I remember you are/were in a band or have I got the wrong person completely?! Glad your BC scare is over and all is OK?
Re menopause and HRT I can't remember how old you are?
Well I would have thought you would have had a bleed by now if you were going to - although that's not to say you are completely past menopause ( depending how old you are) because for example you could still be late peri-menopause but also depends on what your periods had been doing in the months/years leading up to your starting HRT?
Unfortunately a resumption of symptoms does happen for some of us when we stop - they did with me when I stopped completely in 2011 for 3 months and a couple p=of years ago I reduced dose for a few months - and both times symptoms came back so I am back on the oroginal dose i started ( 50 mcg patch).
As you stopped completely - now might be the time to have a patch instead of a tabelt - and if you are post-menopausal you could go onto a continuous combined HRT. The only disadvantage is that you are then on progestogen all the time (no bleed). If you were OK on the Elleste including the combi pills in the second half of the month - then fingers crossed you could be OK. The closest patch is Evorel which comes as sequi (with withdrawal bleed like Elleste) or Evorel conti ( no bleed - but sometimes spotting at first for a few weeks/months). If you don't mind having a bleed then you could start with the Evorel sequi type for a few months and if you are fine on both patches all through the month - then you could transfer to conti. Otherwise there is Femseven ( sequi or conti) or separate oestrogen and progesterone. All the different types are listed under peri and post (2nd tab along - treatments/HRT preparations)
Hope this helps!
Do ask more Qs if you want more help!!
Hurdity x
