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Violetta808

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The silly thing I did
« on: March 14, 2025, 11:22:03 AM »

Just wanted to share that I did a slightly silly thing which I am not going to do again.

I’m 5 years post meno and I’ve been on tibolone (oral HRT) for 11 months now - the reason I’m on it is because conventional oestrogen–progesterone patches/pills resulted in quite heavy bleeding. Various investigation show I have sub-mucosal fibroids that seem to be very sensitive and reactive.

All has been excellent on the tibolone until last week when I forgot to take one pill. I have only done this once before in 11 months and just skipped it as the instructions advise.

This time I wondered what would happen if I took two pills together, so in my wisdom, I did.

48 hours later I had a tiny, tiny amount of spotting.

Everything has been fine since then and I directly attribute this as a one-off to my poor decision so I’m not worried about it and won’t be reporting it to my GP. But I do seem to be treading quite a fine line in my HRT regime and I certainly won’t be doing anything daft like that again!
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CLKD

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Re: The silly thing I did
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2025, 11:34:22 AM »

Don't double the dose?
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Violetta808

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Re: The silly thing I did
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2025, 11:41:54 AM »

Don't double the dose?
exactly... that's me told!
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CLKD

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Re: The silly thing I did
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2025, 12:00:05 PM »

Did U feel many odd symptoms?  I can miss a dose of night time anti-depressant but my head is a bit woozy the. next day.
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Violetta808

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Re: The silly thing I did
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2025, 12:46:42 PM »

No symptoms at all. Apart from the tiny bleed. I guess I just wondered what would happen - now I know!
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bombsh3ll

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Re: The silly thing I did
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2025, 07:16:08 PM »

My money would be on the skipped pill not the extra pill triggering the spotting, but yes if you miss a dose and it's nearly time for the next one, don't double up.
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