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[Nas]

Hey you lovely lot,
Well, it’s been 5 weeks since the Mirena and I joined partnership.
I think it’s settling, got the occasional spotting/cramps etc but trying to ignore it.

Anyway, I’m still on the 75 patch and I’m beginning to think either I’m not absorbing well or I need more Oestrogen, i don’t know.

I feel “ okay” but anxiety is bubbling a bit, jittery, words a bit jumbled.

What I really want to do, is see where things are up to, without any HRT at all. I want to know if things will settle down ( 4 years post menopause) or whether I definitely require Oestrogen forever.

I would continue to use local Oestrogen.

Has anyone tapered off HRT slowly? Just stopped it immediately?

I know the obvious answer is to come off and see ( but scared 😱! )

Going to request a blood test to check absorption levels anyway.

 Nas  😊

[sheila99]

I thought there was a danger of thinning the lining too much if you take progesterone without oestrogen in meno? I thought you'd tried reducing to 50 but found you were worse than on 75? So logically 0 is likely to be worse not better.

[Dotty]

I think you’ve already tried to lower oestrogen and you felt worse. If I was you then I wouldn’t start messing around with the oestrogen dose. Only time will tell if you need oestrogen for the long term x

[Nas]

True Dotty.
Best leave well alone then.
I’ve stuck on a 50 and a pump of gel, until I can source some 75s again next week.

X

[joziel]

For me, it's not so much about current symptoms (although they are important) but preventing osteoporosis, dementia, heart disease, bowel cancer, and probably many other things we haven't done the research on yet...

New US study recently out found that women on HRT live on average SIX YEARS longer than women not on it.

[Nas]

Yep I’m with you on that one joziel.

Possibly I’m getting a bit fed up with trying to second guess what’s going on. I’ve been okay with the 75 patch, but I don’t feel that marvellous at the minute. More just “ okay “