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Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: racjen on May 08, 2019, 05:33:53 PM
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I just thought it might be useful to someone out there to hear my experience with Provera. I'd been on Utrogestan, 100mg vaginally for 10 days every month alongside Evorel 100 patches, for at least a year. But always struggled to get thru the full 10 days - I think 8 was the most I ever managed, I found the insomnia and gradually worsening depression too much to cope with. Needless to say my GP was initially sceptical about me trying anything else, but I insisted I wanted to try Provera as I'd heard good things about it. After doing a bit of research she agreed, and I'm now on Day 11 of oral Provera (10mg) with no sleep disturbance, no additional depression or any other side effects. Aiming for 14 days but we'll see. Just goes to show that body-identical isn't always best - Provera is synthentic, but a gynaecologist told me it was the gentlest of the progestins she'd recommend (by which she meant the most 'female'). Many women seem to have terrible struggles with Utrogestan but stick with it because it's body identical so it must be best....not necessarily so. Mind you, I haven't been thru the withdrawal bit yet, but synthetic progestins have a longer half-life than Utrogestan so that should make withdrawal easier, as it takes longer to leave the body. Am I right Hurdity, or have I completely misunderstood the science?
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I used to have the depo Provera many moons ago, as I couldn't go on the pill, it gave me high blood pressure, so down to the clinic I'd go every 3 months to get my injection.
If it is the same thing, then I didn't have any trouble with it back then.
In hindsight, I did think I'd put weight on, but now think that was due to having 2 kids, and it took a little time to shift the weight.
I'm so glad you've found something that shows a hint of it working for you Racjen.
Hope it continues for you.....xx
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Well that's just one bit of the jigsaw ie being able to tolerate progesterone at all. I still have the daily anxiety and fluctuating depression to deal with - no further forward with that unfortunately :(
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Hi racjen
Thanks for the update pleased to hear it appears to suit you. Good luck.
Lanzalover x
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Hi
I've just started provera this mirning and I feel awful !!!!
Anxiety through the roof heart feels like it's pumping out my chest , skin is burning , body feels on fire pains in tummy almost like diarrhoea cramps , have been doing fine on the eastrol gel
Don't know if it's just the start up effects or is this my body saying it can't handle provera ??
Kaz
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Tbh I get that kind of feeling regardless of whether I'm taking progesterone or not, just really acute anxiety for several hours every morning. Have done for around 18 months now, since the first time I took Utrogestan, and nothing (change in progesterone, change in oestrogen dose, complete break from progesterone for 3 months, various ADs and other drugs) makes any difference at all. It's like something has been switched on in my brain which is causing the fight or flight reaction automatically, with no outside stimulus. And nobody can find the off switch. IT's horrible :'(
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I never suffered anxiety in my life until post menopause
I have been on antidepressants for yrs abd they do help me but on them for depression
My anxiety levels are just unreal last few yrs abd to be honest this was one of the reasons I am back onto hrt to see if I can lower the anxiety
I've been using the gel from start of April abd was feeling pretty well until today so I'm blaming the provera on it with out knowing for a fact that's what has kicked anxiety of again
I go on hols end of the month and I was really praying I would be feeling better but at this rate don't look like it
Just a bloody awful long journey this menopause I thought after five yrs list meno I'd be starting to get over the worse of the bloody thing
Kaz x
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Karen max Like you I had never suffered from anxiety until post meno but since using gel and Provera it's disappeared don't know if it's the HRT or just that I'm further into my meno journey but in my mind it's the HRT and I don't intend stopping anytime soon.
While Provera is not perfect for me it's the best of a bad bunch and I think I've tried them all !
I do however take mine early evening after I've had my dinner perhaps you could try taking it then rather than in morning and hopefully you'll sleep through any side effects it's worth a try.
Good luck.
racjen
Well done you for getting to day 11 of Provera when I first started I could only get to day 10 and that was a struggle but Igradually managed over about 6 months to get to 14 days and now use it for 14 days every time I take it as it's important I take the full course as I use it long cycle.
Good luck and do let me know how you get on.
Lanzalover x
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Thank you
Hopeits just a side effect which only last few few days with me , its on my box of provera to take one tab every morning so I've already taken the pill now Z, but tomorrow I will defleave it to bedtime and give it a try
I think it's the hrt helping my anxiety also as I'm much better on the gel than I was when I wasn't taking hrt so definitely a good sign it's just this bloody pill getting through into the mix has knocked me into full anxiety again
Looking back when I started birth control pill I felt awful for first few months so guess it's just my body accepting the new hormones..
Took tablet around hour ago and the sickness is creeping back again
Kaz xx
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Lanzalover, I'm interested to know what length of cycle you're on with Provera? I've decided to stop today at day 12 because the insomnia is creeping back in and I suspect my body is reaching max toleration level...
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Hi racjen
If it's any help my mixture of it is 12 days of provera along side 4 pumps of gel 2 pumps in morning 2 again at night
I don't feel to bad now after today's provera so praying it's starting to level itself out in my. System
I called hrt clinic today but no doctors to speak to me theyr phoning me back tomorrow so I will let yous know if anything changes
Kaz xx
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Hi racjen - so pleased to hear you are feeling better on Provera.
In fact it is not the closest to progesterone but the closest one that is available separately. Dydrogesterone (which is the progestin part of Femoston but not available separately in UK - formerly here as Duphaston) is an analogue of progesterone and structurally very close. However Provera is also derived from progesterone and is apparently fairly close. If you look at the website here this is what it says:
"Progestogens which can be used cyclically are of 3 main types:
Testosterone derived - Norgestrel, Norethisterone acetate and Levonorgestrel.
Less testosterone related - Medroxyprogesterone acetate(MPA).
Least testosterone related - Dydrogesterone and Micronised progesterone (Utrogestan)."
I'm not sure about the withdrawal - it depends how much the side effects are due to systemic levels of the progestogen (as measured in the blood) or the changes that take place at metabolic and cellular level and how quickly these respond to falls in levels in the blood? Theoretically that sounds right to me ie a more gradual withdrawal - but not really sure!
What is best biologically ( ie prgoesterone itself) is not necessarily the one with fewer side effects! The reason progesterone may not suit women is becaused we have to take it in very large doses in order for sufficient to reach the womb. The ovary would be producing low quantities continuously - starting very low, reaching a peak and then declining gradually) which have less effect on most women during mensturation - although many women do experience some effects from their own progesterone ( eg bloating or tiredness) during the second half of the natural menstrual cycle.
Twelve days may well be sufficient to protect the womb and give you a good bleed - this is the usual recommended duration for most progestogens although seems to be 14 for Provera for some reason! Hope it continues to work for you.
Hurdity x
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Thanks Hurdity, very interesting as always. I can only guess that the gynaecologist I mentioned meant that Provera was the gentlest progestin available separately - as I need a higher dose of estrogen than most combi products that would make sense. No idea where my GP got the 14 days a month of Provera from, but I'm going to try it for 12 days for a few months and see how I get on.
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Good morning racjen
Sorry missed your question below.
My GP had suggested Tridestra which gives you a withdrawal bleed every three months as I had never heard of it I did a little bit of research but decided against it due to a couple of things
1) It was a tablet
2) There was one placebo week of pills i.e. no oestrogen or progesterone that week and didn't fancy a week of no oestrogen
There were probably other reasons as well which I can't rember now but they were the main ones.
On doing a bit of research I discovered there were a few posters on here who did a similar thing with either gel,patch or tablet and separate progesterone plus I know one other person not on the forum who uses progesterone on a long cycle.
For me I try to have a withdrawal bleed every other month it's not an exact length of time as I try to work the bleed around holidays and family events i.e. Weddings, christenings etc. So it can sometimes be longer or shorter.
I am in my 60's and we'll post meno (sorry don't know how you are are how far into meno you are)so wouldn't suggest you try this without speaking to your gynaecologist or GP first.
My GP said to take for 14days plus the treatment bar at the top of the page also says to use it for 14 days so I just go with that dose but as I said in an earlier post it took me a good few months before I could get to 14 days. As Hurdity has said 12 days may be enough to protect your womb perhaps you could also ask your gynaecologist/ GP about this as I would be interested in the reply I just feel that as I'm using it long cycle I should take it for 14 days unfortunately my GP has just retired so can't ask her and I get the impression the other younger GP's aren't very HRT friendly so I'm not going to rock the boat. I'll just keep filling in the repeat scripts and keeping my fingers crossed they continue to be issued without any problems.
Hope this helps
Lanzalover x
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Just to throw in and confirm if we didn't already know this ;D that we are all so different - last year out of the 5 hrt's I was given I did 3 months on tridestra - ok first month/2nd month not so good and by the end of it - complete mess, no improvement whatsoever and last August they gave me provera 5mg on continuous alongside Premarin and to be honest the Provera is the absolute worst stuff I have ever taken in my hrt journey! Don't know if it was because the dose was continuous and I would be the same on utrogestan if I were to take that continuously, but I was permanently as you describe KarenMax, pretty much from day 1 for 6 weeks until the ladies here said "stop immediately" which I did and and moved to gel & utro which now suits fine.
I really hope it settles for you Karen. You probably have seen from my posts that it has taken a long time - it will be a year in August - to get my hrt regime to work and then to stay working. I could have easily given up but I wasn't prepared to and I'm glad I didn't. You may have seen a post about me being put on Sertraline on 5th April - well that's another story for another post - can't take them, side affects too awful to tolerate so after one month they are now gone but they worked quick which is unusual and I felt better in the first 2 weeks (when they should take a minimum of a month :-\ huh how did that work? anyway...)before the side affects took hold big time. The most interesting one which was back (I've had it before but wasnt aware it was associated with the AD's and lack of testosterone for me!) was I couldn't find my words to talk properly - mega scary! Jeeze - just when you think you cant learn anymore along comes something else you find out about your body!! - which I might add is going to be totally different to what everyone else finds out about their bodies Ahhhhgh!
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I think that's what makes this journey so difficult sometimes is the fact that we're all so different in our responses. I took 1 Provera and had a panic attack and haven't dared try it again. Glad it's working for you though Racjen. It really is a case of trial and error and as you say Ladybt28 not giving in x
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Hi
I spoke to hrt clinic and the doctor there said that I'd be fine taking the 12 provera one month missing it the next month as my surgery shouldn't be much longer ( won't hold my breath )
But anyways I have seemed to settle on provera I'm now on day 7 of them and been feeling ok , still haven't had a bleed yet ??
If I get to end if 12 days feeling ok while taking provera il try again next month with them and carry in monthly if I can as I'd rather take it monthly tan skipping a month ..
Hope to now the gel is definitely working better than the patch for me so fingers crossed I carry on like this ..
What I have noticed is provera is upsetting my tummy as in acid type ways but il plod on and hope for the best
My mood is definitely a lot better thankfully so here's hoping
Kaz x
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Good morning Karen max
Pleased to hear you are getting ok with the Provera and your mood is getting better.
I have never started bleeding while taking the tablets it starts a few days after I've finished the course.
Lanzalover x
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I started bleeding on Day 12 - decided to stop there this month to let my system get used to it. I felt OK while on it, but since the day after stopping (Sunday) I've been feeling awful - much worse anxiety and today I'm just staying in bed, the depression is that bad. If this is what the withdrawal is like I can't cope with it every month, maybe I should try taking it continuously?
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hi Karen, if you are taking them on a 12 day cycle you wont get your bleed until a few days after you stop. Glad its working.
Obviously you might get a bit of tummy troubles with the provera because you are taking it orally but if that's all that happening with the gel and provera regime then I'd say its a result!!! That might settle also if as your body gets more used the regime.
Racjen -I think you are the reverse of everyone else ;) Not a bad thing - my body doesn't do what a doctor expects for most stuff either! Seems like you need the progesterone but only at a certain level because you "felt ok for a while" and now you don't feel ok. Focus on what you were doing that "felt ok" and go back to that. That's how I learnt what I can and can't do and what works and what doesn't - its very time consuming but worth it when you work out "I feel ok on this - something is working" and the stick with it to see if it keeps working. CK
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Hi racjen
If you are post meno then you could try taking continuously you would need to lower the amount of Provera to either 2.5 mgs or 5 mgs daily I assume there are two amounts so if the 2.5 mgs doesn't control break through bleeding the dose is increased to 5 mgs.
Good luck with what you decide and do let us know how you get on.
Lanzalover x
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I'm post-meno in the sense that mine was brought about very suddenly by chemotherapy before it happened naturally. Although I've struggled with progesterone over the last couple of years I've always had the feeling that I do need a certain amount, it just has to be the right type in the right proportion. I was horrified when 2 different specialists started throwing around the idea of hysterectomy with no evidence that that would solve my problems (all mood-based), as all it would do is remove my physiological need for progesterone. No-one seems willing to acknowledge that progesterone can have a positive part to play for some women - it is after all the calming hormone, and if like me you're suffering horribly from anxiety it surely makes sense to include it in your regime?
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Good evening racjen
Thanks for the reply have you spoken to anyone about taking progesterone continuously in a relatively low dose ?
Lanzalover x
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No, I've seen numerous doctors now, some of them apparently 'experts', but none has suggested this - think they've just written me off as having emotional problems after breast cancer and that's that...the usual suggestions of anti-depressants and referral to mental health services.
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Hi
I'm on day 7 of provera and only problems I seem to be having up to now is my tummy , it's almost like acid reflex but I also take tummy protectors tabs so I can cope with it , (just about ) but if it stays like this for 12 days a month I can cope !!!!
No bleed up to now which it states on the leaflet you normally have bleed 3-5 day after starting so I was getting a bit worried but glad ladybt has said about the bleed after the 12 th .. aThank you ladybt..
The gel see,s to be suiting me better than the patches so at minute just waiting on the bleed to see how I get on with that but up to now my tummy is the only issue (fingers crossed it stays like this !!
I'm kind of feeling more like my old self , more motivation and mood definitely better ...
Ohh and less tears 😭
Kaz xx
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Good morning Karen max
Pleased to hear you are feeling more like your old self. Hopefully your tummy will settle down soon .
Lanzalover x
Good morning racjen
I think you need to speak to someone about taking progesterone in a low dose continuously sorry I don't have enough knowledge to give any advice.
Good luck and do let us know how you get on.
Lanzalover x
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Woo Hoo Karen :clapping: .... moving in the right direction...still early days and the tummy thing may settle as you're body gets used to the system. Stick with it.
I'd be with Lanza racjen - continuous low dose progesterone - sounds like your body might like it - certainly not the usual way to go, but then most of us are "unique" in some way ;) but what I would say is that it sound like you have learnt a bit more about how your body reacts since you have been playing around with the hrt systems and certainly since you first started posting. Much love sent cos you're still not feeling great but slightly more "in the know" than before. For some of us it's just try something for 3 months, learn something, tweak it, go 3 months, learn something - its a right Pain in backside and a real long haul but sometimes it's the only way to get to the destination of "feeling better". XXX
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Thanks for the support - tbh I've lost all confidence in 'experts' giving me advice. Having tried both private and NHS menopause specialists with no improvement whatsoever, I feel I'm better off working this out for myself on a trial and error basis (as I think you're suggesting Ladybt28). My GP is willing to work with me so I think that's the only way forward, I'm clearly a very atypical case.....
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You're not alone there racjen! How is anyone else going to understand what it really feels like for you inside? You just have to collect as much info as you can and then experiment using what you know and what you feel. The GP's didn't even pick up that I was a women over 45 and clearly losing my mind but then racjen have your read the posts about "Menopause Week" and that GP's are not mandatorily trained in medical school or after inmenopause, it is a "course choice" - no wonder we go through what we do! :steamed:
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Good morning racjen
If I were you I would make an appointment with your GP hopefully they will be willing for you to try low dose Provera on a continuous basis which may help. As it has been said previously everyone's different and what suits one person doesn't necessarily suit another. Unfortunately it's all trail and error for a lot of women and we have to do our own research, although my GP wasn't very knowledgeable she was at least willing to go along with suggestions I made and I eventually hit on the right combination for me.
Good luck and do let us know how you get on.
Lanzalover x
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Just got back from GP appointment and although she's open to the idea of me taking Provera continuously, she wasn't sure if it's licensed for that type of use. She also said something I really couldn't follow about how they normally change you over from sequential to continuous when your bleeding spontaneously starts to peter out; I wish I'd questioned her more now, because as far as I'm aware you could still be having 'periods' when you're 90 if you're on sequential HRT, the whole point is that it mimics the natural cycle. And since I've had this sudden menopause and am now decidedly post-menopause, I'd have thought there'd be no problem whatsoever with being on continuous HRT if it suits me better. Anyone on here taking Provera continuously?
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Good evening racjen
I despair of doctors if you go to the top of page and click on the Treatments section and then choose HRT preparations then post menopause it gives a list of treatment options Provera in 2.5 or 5 mgs dose
daily is shown there I can only suggest you print off the page and show it to your GP.
I'm not even going to comment on her comment on changing from sequential to continuous HRT :bang:
I can't recall anyone on the forum who is using Provera continuously Dana (I think that's her name) was thinking of changing to continuous use I'm pretty sure there's a thread about it somewhere but I think she's in Australia and doesn't post that often you could try doing a search on the forum.
Lanzalover x
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I have been on continuous provera for 4 odd years taken with premarin. I have felt like hell those 4 years and often wondered if it was the hrt. Tried to stop ct a couple of times but it was nasty. Just recently been getting lots of migraines and also vision issues. I decided to eliminate the provera to see if it makes a difference and am at day 7 off it. So far I have had a lot of stomach issues, flushing badly and feeling flat. I hope it subsides. My vision is much improved so it could be the provera contributing to this. Another reason I am experimenting is I have started having a bleed every couple of weeks. I guess I am perimenopausal still been on this rollercoaster 4 years. If I feel better off the provera I then have to find an alternative and therein lies the problem so many have. Anyway I didnt want to hijack your thread but let you know that I have taken provera 4 years straight and have felt terrible on it but was too scared to change it. X
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We're all so different aren't we - I've been taking Utrogestan on and off for 18 months and felt absolutely terrible on it, tried Provera last month and felt 100 times better. And yet others on here swear by Utrogestan. You can only know by trying...
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Good evening racjen
I despair of doctors if you go to the top of page and click on the Treatments section and then choose HRT preparations then post menopause it gives a list of treatment options Provera in 2.5 or 5 mgs dose
daily is shown there I can only suggest you print off the page and show it to your GP.
I'm not even going to comment on her comment on changing from sequential to continuous HRT :bang:
I can't recall anyone on the forum who is using Provera continuously Dana (I think that's her name) was thinking of changing to continuous use I'm pretty sure there's a thread about it somewhere but I think she's in Australia and doesn't post that often you could try doing a search on the forum.
Lanzalover x
Thanks Lanzalover
by now I should know to check on here first and go in armed with the facts, but I'll email the link to that page to her - she's already recommended this website to me, not knowing I was already using it, so she can hardly argue (but we'll see!)
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Good morning racjen
Your welcome hopefully she'll be agreeable now,
Good luck.
Lanzalover x
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Hi folks
Just a wee update today I stopped my last 12 day provera still no bleed , but guess it will arrive in s few days as tummy is crappy feeling
Provera has caused bad acid reflux and the sickness feeling
Don't know if I posted about phoning hrt clinic last week and doc from the clinic got back to me he's happy enough for me to use the provera every other month instead of every month , he said because my surgery for bladder bowel womb prolapse shoukd ve to much longer , so fingers crossed I get surgey soon then I can stop the provera altogether , as womb is being removed
The symptoms I was having before hrt seem to have died down and things are a lot better using the gel instead of the patch
Kaz xx
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Good morning Karen max
Thanks for the update hopefully the surgery won't be to long now.
Pleased to hear the gel is working well for you.
Lanzalover x
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Hi
Thank you abd I hope my surgery will be with in next few months ,waiting list here is just unreal
Kaz xx
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Hi ladies
Just me looking some advice
I stopped the provera Sunday was the last of the 12 days and still I've had no bleed ???
Could this just be a start up thing ?
Or can it take this long for a bleed to come ?
Hrt clinic told me after 3-5 of starting the provera I'd have a bleed but I know a few of yous said some times the bleed don't come to after you stop provera
I'm even wondering did they tell me to stop the gel while using the provera for the 12 days but surely they didn't ? I'd of remembered that (I think )
Gel is definitely helping me as I've had no hit flushes plus me head seems much clearer no mushy mixed up head feelings , still tearful at times but I can cope with that
Kaz x
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Could be its a start up thing. You still keep using your gel when you stop the provera.
You should be due to start bleeding today or tomorrow. Mine starts with a bit of mucky coloured discharge which gives me a clue but then it comes on real quick after that on the Utrogestan.
glad the gel's helping - its still early days yet, the tearfulness should subside after a bit longer use.
You're getting there Kaz x
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Hi ladybt
Thank you for getting back to me , yes I had wrote everything down that day at hrt clinic as my head remember nothing so it clearly said used 4 pumps gel every day then add the provera fir 12 days and the bleed will arrive 3-5 days into the provera
But you had said it could come after the provera so I've been waiting still nothing , so hopefully with in next few days it will arrive as I go on my hols start of June and I'd honestly not want to be bleeding but nothing can be down
Yes the gel seems to be agreeing with me up to now and the muzzy crazy feeling in my head has gone so that's alone is a plus also I've nit had hot flush in weeks now thankfully
Thank you for all you good advice ladybt xx
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Is it possible you could've written it down wrong and they actually said 3 - 5 days after you'd stopped the Provera? You wouldn't normally expect to get a bleed until you've finished the progesterone, whatever type it is - it's the withdrawal of progesterone that causes the bleed. I find it normally starts within 3 days of finishing progesterone.
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Hi racjen
No the nurse wrote the notes out for me regarding the way provera works , she said the bleed would start 3-5 days after I started provera , I just wrote dates out , but up until now no bleeding tho I have like tiny cramp in lower tummy so maybe it's on it's way ??
I'm honestly not sure as I was on hrt patch then when I went to hrt clinic they swapped me to the gel and provera so I had a few days I'd staining when I swapped over so maybe that's what is holding it back ?
Oh flip I give up i confuse myself with this bloody hrt .
Just don't want the bleed while on my hols at end of the month
Are you feeling any better ?
Kaz x
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I think she has written the wrong thing down (getting started and stopped confused)I have checked and all info I can find and it all states bleed will start between 3-7 days after taking the course I usually start a bleed between day 5-7 after finishing the course hopefully it will start in the next few days and be over before you go away.
Lanzalover x
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Yes I agree - I think the nurse has got it wrong (wouldn't be the first time 'professionals' got the details of HRT wrong after all, happens all the time on here....) x
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Racjen
I'm thinking the same as still no bleed and my last pill was Saturday so I definitely think she has it wrote down wrong , I thought yesterday I was going to have it as cramps in lower tummy but nothing , maybe because this is my first month taking the pill ?
Kaz x
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Hi ladies
It's been a week today from I took last provera and still no bleeding ? I'm feeling very sick like my tummy is churning around plus anxiety is high ,anyone felt this while using the gel and provera ?
Or could it be I've picked up a bug which us causing the sickness ?
Only thing I can think of that's making anxiety high is the thought of going on holiday next week I do tend to be mite anxious over things such as holidays ect ..
Oh and my boobs are so so sore but I know that's coming from the hrt for sure !!
Kaz xx
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Hi birdy
It's definitely not the anxiety as it only came after the sickness feeling , to be honest I'm unsure myself as I've only started this hrt mix 1st April I use the gel 4 pumps every day then add the provera 10mg tabs for 12 days which they told me would bring a bleed on but it's been last Saturday from I took last tab and still no bleed might be because I've just started this mix last month ?
I'm post menopause last 5 yrs and I'm cluesless regarding hrt . I know the bleed is to stop lining of womb from thickening but that's all I know
I might give hrt clinic a call on Tuesday and see if they can offer any advice
kaz x
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Hi ladies
Just looking some advice please
As yous know I'm using 4 pumps of gel per day but last 3 days my anxiety is just sky high seems to get worse in the evening , I'm still feeling sick ( nit being sick just feeling sick )
Could it be I'm using to high of dose of gel ?
I phoned hrt clinic but as it's bank holiday it's closed
I thinking of drops g to 3 pumps to see if that helps but unsure if I should do this drop any advice on what yous lively ladies think ?
Thanks Kaz d
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Me again
This afternoon I took a bleed so I'm guessing that would be why anxiety was so high last few days ? I'm still anxious but definitely not as bad as what it has been over last few days ..
so that was 9 days after I stopped provera the bleed came now I'm in 2 minds why to phone hrt in morning ? I'm taking sweats not hit flyshes as such just breaking out in sweats anyone one else have this while using the gel ?
The sweats only started yesterday as I'd be feeling great using the 4 pumps of gel until yesterday surly if it was too hig of dose it would of happened before yesterday ? I'm on it from 3 rd April
Kaz x
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Still settling Kaz and the fact that the provera took a while to kick in - your body is not really in a routine, it's kinda just "still guessing" if you know what I'm getting at. Mine took ages to settle and I got all sorts of "odds" in the first 3 months. Took 5 months to get into a routine so my body "knows" what is expected of it.
The sweats are to do with the provera and it going through the stomach and actually having the bleed probably not the gel. I feel a bit out of sorts when I bleed (I'm on utrogestan) but I don't pay any attention really as I know it will pass. Stick with it - it sounds like you are on the right road you just need to keep going down it until a pattern occurs. x
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Hi ladybt
Thank you , yes I was glad the bleed appeared today as I really was starting to worry incase I'd have to be changed again to another hrt ..
It's my anxiety which so so high last night I never got any sleep at all and I was thinking of my gel 4 pumps per day might be too high ? But them I think I'd of felt anxiety even few weeks after starting it ?
As I've been fine from 2 of April with it ..
Fingers crossed it will settle in time
Kaz xx
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Hi all who have posted previously. I started Provera 5mg continuously alongside Everol 75 on Friday, I came across this thread through the search as I couldn't find much info on Provera continously for peri. I was originally on Everol sequi (3 months) although some improvement sleep still an issue, brain fog/concentration etc. How are those taking Provera getting on?
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I'm still on 5mg daily and doing OK; been about 6 weeks I think so early days yet, but hopeful this one will stick x
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Thanks racjen, hope it makes a posistive difference for you.
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ooh fingers crossed racjen….you just never know until you try do you?...which is why this is such a tortuous process...you just have to keep working through the prescription book till you hit the jackpot! XXX
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Thanks for the update racjen pleased to hear things are still going well for you hope it continues.
Lanzalover x