This thread might be done with but I thought I would add a bit more.
I was on 150mcg oestrogen and got a blood test shortly after my last post on this thread.
My doctor said 289, better than 112, March's result, (I was only on 75mcg, had been increasing from 25mcg), like before but still not good enough to cover symptoms.
I meet with her tomorrow.
I increased my dose to 175, I don't think she'll mind, she is very up-to-date on HRT & T prescribing and understanding 🙏.
Dr Louise Newson said in a recent video that some women feel a difference in days, well, I am one of those, I noticed in perimenopause when I was titrating oestrogen upwards, I felt a little better the day after, until I reached my sweet spot of 100mcg. With the upward titration in postmenopause, not so. I can look back on my post menopause treatment over the last few months, and definitely see gradual improvements for sure, but not the "straight from good to better" I got in peri.
Why did I reduce my oestrogen from 100mcg to 25mcg? Bleeding. At the time, my GPs and me believed the oestrogen dose needs reducing when we bleed. I now know that is out of date.
Takeaway for future reader of this, never assume your GP knows best with HRT, they're too busy to keep up-to-date with the currently, rapidly evolving menopause information.
