Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: LaoiseK on January 05, 2022, 07:04:49 PM
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Hi
Hoping someone might be able to help me with the following situation. I have been on a continuous hrt regime for over the past two years. ( x3 oestrogel and utrogestron vaginally on alternate nights) Prior to this I had no periods for about a year and a half and undetectable oestrogen. Since September I have had difficulty falling and staying asleep and as I’m taking no other medication I decided to stop hrt over three weeks ago to see if it would help. It hasn’t and I started a period a few days back. Unsure as to whether this period signifies a return of my own cycle or residual hormones from hrt. I know I need to go back on oestrogen as I feel my body gets tired more easily and I used to have really bad muscle aches and feel this returning but I’m unsure as to how to start up again. I was on a continuous regime and now that I’ve had a period I’m wondering do I have to go on a cyclical one as I imagine I might have breakthrough bleeds having had a period? Also should I wait till my period has finished to start back? I’ve also discovered that I don’t want to use the oestrogel anymore as it has been so drying on my skin, I only absorb on my upper arms and they had become really sensitised to the product.
Thanks
Laoise
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Difficult to decide to wait to see if the bleed stops or to begin immediately.
As oestrogen levels drop muscles maybe lax = aches and pains. Also the body may become dry: inside and out: skin, vagina, deep in the ears, eyes, between the toes ....... there are other ways to apply HRT if absorption is problematic.