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I’m away for 10 nights in the Caribbean and have just unpacked and realised that my sandrena gels are in my other make up bag (sat at home)
I only have 4 sachets that I keep as an emergency.
So annoyed with myself as I’ve just got my cycle right and feel good after 3 years.
I take one sachet a day usually and am due to start the progesterone pills in 2 days.
Would I better doing half the dose and miss the last 3 days or just every other day etc.
should I still take the progesterone too or delay?
I used to get massive headaches and bone ache, which is why I started HRT.
Any advice?

Really CLKD, is it your place to continually tell members how to use the forum. No, it isn't and I think best not to upset members who are going through bad times with their health issues.

Sometimes through anxiety you can dig yourself into a deep hole, I honestly don't think you have anything to worry about and the area is just susceptible to these kind of skin breaks.

Cruise  Dierdre cruise 

But when you are sat in a compromising position with someone putting a camera inside, you're hardly in a position to challenge.

I can be very assertive but when in these kind of situations I am like a lamb to the slaughter, nerves take over and its impossible for me to challenge anything.
The only time I was assertive was when after giving birth for the first time I needed stitches and that was the last straw, I told the doctor to bloody well hurry up I've had enough of all this, he didn't batter an eyelid, seen it all before I suppose.

MayB your GP should be referring U to a dedicated menopause clinic because Gynaes often don't have a clue about peri-menopause.

Hi Penguin it’s just so awful I cannot cope with even the smallest health niggle !

Still trying to get through to Gp

Thank you Penguin. I’m trying to
stay calm and reassure myself that what I saw was right ! My husband,bless him, looked at the area yesterday and said it looked like a very small abrasion on skin . I’m now worried GP will send me for more tests which I absolutely dread . My health anxiety is always worse in this part of cycle so trying to think rationally is impossible 😬
I’ve had CBT for my HA but hasn’t really helped. How did you overcome or manage yours ?

I haven't really, I am a work in progress. Tried citalopram, then added in hrt, neither really worked. Finally have paid privately to see a psychiatrist and I believe this is the game changer for me, he has me off the citalopram and onto a different one, but with support while I transition. I also stopped hrt as my levels came back so high for both E and P that it was surely contributing to it rather than helping as the estrogen spikes were horrendous as were the 12 days i had to do progesterone. I've tried all the natural routes for anxiety, plus various talking therapies and two rounds of CBT, and I could reel off a whole list of things that may work for some people but weren't sufficient for my looping, obsessional thoughts. Hoping this new drug helps, I do have glimpses of feeling better on occasions now and not like there is something seriously wrong with me which the psych says is a good indicator it is the right one for me.
If you can get in with your GP ASAP and they can see for themselves, or you can show the pic on your phone  hopefully that'll be an end to it. Or they may ask you to do another fit test. Bear in mind the GP threshold is much lower (10 or 20 depending where you live) vs the bowel screening threshold of 120 in England. Either way, I'm confident it'll be fine. When I get really bad I (and my husband) do my best to remind myself that this is a mental health issue rather than a physical one.
BTW, it's fine that you've started a new thread for the update xx

I am reluctant to put this up - for fear of being out off even more. But I think I'd benefit from information.

Please try and be positive -- if you have some experience to add. 

I'm 48 now. Been living through hell for 7 years. I'm now getting worse not better. I have no low E symptoms. Instead I am severely struggling with hormonal fluctuations/ estrogen highs and lows. Every single day.

I feel so ill. Not functioning. Barely eating.

I'm now looking at chemical menopause to shut down the fluctuations. My GP is supportive. Awaiting gynae appointment.

I'm scared.

I'll launch straight into meno symptoms.

Do you need to add back hrt at my age??? What if I can't tolerate any add back?

Thanks so much. Xxx

Thank you Penguin. I’m trying to
stay calm and reassure myself that what I saw was right ! My husband,bless him, looked at the area yesterday and said it looked like a very small abrasion on skin . I’m now worried GP will send me for more tests which I absolutely dread . My health anxiety is always worse in this part of cycle so trying to think rationally is impossible 😬
I’ve had CBT for my HA but hasn’t really helped. How did you overcome or manage yours ?