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[Taz2]

You may be right! My last blood test showed a slightly high morning cortisol!

To be fair morning cortisol should be high - it's a high evening cortisol which causes problems I think?

Taz x

[Tempest]

Hi, Menomale! I think, from your last two posts, that you may be starting to turn a corner! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you! If your flushes and anxiety are decreasing and you're seeing a slight improvement in your hair then your regime is probably kicking in! These are very encouraging signs.

[Tempest]

That's true, Menomale! Any whiff of estrogen, and my one ugly varicose vein throbs! I saw a vascular surgeon to get it assessed, and he said it was nothing to worry about so I'm taking his word on that.

As for clumsy - me too!!! It must be an age thing (it's true - youth IS wasted on the young)! xxxxxx

[Tempest]

Ah, I get you!!! My son is autistic spectrum too - he is Semantic Pragmatic which is on the high functioning end of the scale. He still has dyspraxia at 20 (he was hoping he would grow out of it). So there are two clumsy ones in this house! 

[Chikabee]

Hi Menomale,

My bleeds arrive about 2-5 days after stopping Utrogestan.

Chikabee

[Hurdity]

Sorry I missed this Menomale! My bleed almost always starts the day after I stop ie the day after the first missed dose. I am post-menopausal and in my 60's, with progesterone (Utrogestan) taken vaginally on a long cycle of 6-8 weeks.

However if you are still peri-menopausal it can come at any time as your own cycle kicks in!

Hurdity x

[Hurdity]

Looking back at your thread in fact you didn't take oestrogen on its own for very long - and if you had been without a period for 9 months then it is likely that your lining had not built up enough during that very short time (and it would likely have been thin) to be shed. As you take HRT for longer (are you still using the 2 pumps of estrogel?) then gradually it will build up and you will experience a withdrawal bleed if you take Utrogestan for part of the month. Is it available over the counter in Brazil as you managed to get hold of it almost immediately we mentioned it unless I misunderstood?! That is very different from UK!

Your flushes should stop with the correct dose of oestrogen, so hope it works for you

Hurdity x

[Hurdity]

Boa noite Menomale 

I've lost track of what you're doing. Looking at your signature - you are taking 1 mg oestrogen - (is that a tablet or gel?), but almost no progesterone (the cream does not really count as it is unlikely to thin the lining at that amount - well - even if reputable compounding pharmacy it is less than what would be the licensed amount at least of oral prog. It might be sufficient if it was 50 mg of utrogestan inserted vaginally, but I understand cream is not absorbed in the same way. How will you know whether your lining is being kept sufficiently thin?

Hurdity x

[Hurdity]

Once you have started HRT as you have - it is difficult to say whether any bleeding is due to your own cycle or due to the HRT, although signs should indicate whether you've had an oestrogen surge! I don't think you can start counting again from your bleed, but it could be your own cycle. You asked about a scan - I would suggest you have a scan immediately following your bleed - which would determine its thickness and hopefully any problems or pathology , but not necessarily whether it is due to your own cycle or hormones breaking through?

Hurdity x

[Hurdity]

Your bleeding is also likely to be heavier because you are taking extra oestrogen and almost no progesterone so there may well be more lining built up that needs to be shed, especially as you have not had your own cycle for 10 months.

Hurdity x

[Elizabethrose]

Menomale, you and I discussed this adrenal surge happening just before a night sweat/flush, do you remember?. I like you would wake suddenly a couple of minutes before a flush started. I was suddenly wide awake as if midday and totally unable to go back to sleep again. I read somewhere that it's been suggested that blood sugar drops can exacerbate adrenal surges in peri/meno so decided to eat a slow release carb just before bedtime. I've been doing it for about  3/4 weeks and although I still wake before a flush I can immediately go back to sleep again. I've forgotten to do it a few times and I immediately reverted to sudden wakefulness.

Give it a try, it won't kill you. I'm eating a banana at bedtime and sleep well until about 6ish when again I wake before a flush but am wide awake then and have to rise. Good luck x

[Elizabethrose]

I started with a small bowl of porridge but it was too heavy to go to bed on and caused acid reflux. Good luck! x

[Charlotte ...]

Oh those headaches are awful Menomale, thankfully those and my anxiety have flown the coop now.
I'm just a newbie so don't know your story,  what does your doc say about them?

[Tempest]

Oh, Menomale! I really feel for you. I'm so sorry you're feeling so rotten at the moment and am sending you biggest hugs.

[Charlotte ...]

Next year, that's awful