Hello ladies,
In my previous post, I had been trying to stop postmenopausal bleeding. Everything was checked out and it’s just a HRT imbalance. Anyway, I increased my dose of Utrogestan and everything stopped bleeding for almost a month. I didn’t take my progesterone last night. I woke up this morning and I’m having a full period like bleed. I’m thinking I may fare better doing a cyclical regimen. My reasons are two; my body seems to want to bleed anyway so I may as well let it, and the higher dose of progesterone was making me very depressed. I may consider the coil, but I’m reluctant because I don’t like the idea of having something in me that I can’t remove if I get depressed from it. I have some questions.
1. For those in post menopause, do you keep your oestrogen patch on for the time that you are not taking progesterone?
2. How quickly does your withdrawal bleed begin and last after stopping taking your progesterone?
3. Do you do two weeks on 200 mg progesterone and two weeks off or do you use a different schedule?
4. I noticed my mood is much better this morning after stopping progesterone for only one night and starting a bleed. Do any of you experience something similar? Improved mood when you’re not using the progesterone?
Obviously, I will discuss with my gynaecologist too, but I’m very interested to hear feedback from other women who are progesterone sensitive and get on well with the cyclical regimen in Postmenopause. Many thanks in advance.