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[SueLW]

Think you've got to remember that there are lots of women who take utrogestan for 25 days but they don't come onto these sort of forums. You tend to only hear horror stories on forums.

I am happily taking Utrogestan for 25 days and I'm getting my life back after a horrendous 6 months.

You are so right Dotty!  I'm glad you are here to put your story forth.  I'm very happy to hear that you are getting your life back.  It's been 6 years of crap for me.  I really would like to get mine back too.  But I'm way better now than I was.  I just feel I need a change, stronger treatment I think.  Thank you for your story.

[SueLW]

In many respects, you either get on with the progesterone part of HRT or you don't.  If you do then yes, you can take shed loads of Utrogestan or other types of progesterone and not have any side effects.  If you don't get on with it then you have to seriously limit the amount of progesterone you take otherwise it throws out the oestrogen to such an extent it makes it virtually useless - that is what happens to me.  I also get silent migraines if I take too much progesterone but that's another issue. 

If you had a Mirena coil for 7 years without any side effects then why not try another one?  I was OK with the Mirena until my oestrogen levels tanked and I then made the mistake of using patches with it which were completely useless and didn't provide enough oestrogen to combat the side effects from the progesterone.  I didn't try Oestrogel with the coil but I think it might have worked if I had used a very high dose.

It's certainly one of the options on the table for me right now.  I was fine with the Mirena after the first 4 months.  I've also used the Wellsprings progesterone cream on my own before seeing a specialist and I was OK with that too.  Perhaps I should just drop my fear of the Utrogestan, mainly caused by reading too much on the Internet!