Hello everyone,
I don't know where to start except by saying thank you to all contributors esp Hurdity and latterly Mary G and Night Owl... a heartfelt thank you all, because I have been scanning this website for help since 2015 I think when it all started. It helped to educate me about what was happening. So I have now joined because it seems like this is never over... Have been badly served by two gps and now found a third who has some understanding but after the first two help was so deliberately unhelpful I just came off combined sequential hrt because I was so progesterone intolerant. Norithisterone had been better but I came off it all because half a month I felt so drepssed. Then I gradually ground to a halt. Joint aches, such dryness down below I thought I had some form of thrush, rampant insommnia, my mouth went white and puckered, no energy and depression and anxiety. I write them down for anyone to view because I myself did not know at the time that these were symptoms of hormone deficiency. It took a passing remark by Jo Brand and an article by Trinny woodall who explicitly stated her hrt regime that made me realise what was possible and what I could actually try if I sought it. So I went to Prof Studd and saw Neale Watson. By this time I new I was post menopausal anyway. Can't say much for his beside manner I'm afraid. But I paid £350 basically for a perscription of estrogel and Utrogestan (7 pills each month) and testosterone and a firm hand betwen the shoulder blades. But he did suggest a bone scan which showed I had osteopenia so that was something. The symptoms passed within two or three weeks, after six months I was able to reduce the estrogel to 50 and I felt myself again but since then ie since a year of the regime the reaction to the progesterone has got steadily worse. Sorry this is so long but I feel a bit desperate!! I have been taking less Utrogestan and using it internally and that helped for a while but now I feel like Im going mad. Can't stop weeping, over reacting so making poor decisions, negative thinking, constantly anxious and to be honest suicidal thoughts. There, I have admitted it. So when I read Nigfht Owl's post I realised that it must be the build up of the progesterone.
Don't know what to do about it. I have considered now taking even less Utrogestan and hoping for hte best and getting a scan done after six months or so. A couple of years ago I paid and emailed Dr Currie and she said I should be taking 200 mg of Utrogestan for about 12 days a month I think and I thought crikey if I do that I will never get out bed.. I cant face the mirena though maybe that's my only choice. Has anyone drastically reduced the progesterone and found a way to cope with thickenng of the womb lining? Thank you for stopping by anyone bless you x