Thats a very good point DancingGirl.
So sorry about your experience Honorsmum, having been down the unnecessary route I look back on it with confusion as to why we'd want to waste money like that when the answer is so simple.
If the country expects us to work longer till we get even a meagre pension.
Then they can pay ~50p per day for my HRT thru and beyond my 70th birthday.
Sorry to say but it may increase or invalidate your car insurance also.I have checked and most insurers will be quite happy to refuse a claim on the back of some medical item you don't tell them about.
They normally have a clause regarding drugs like AD's or any that can cause you to be drowsy.
If you tell them then you'll see your premiums go up.
If you don't then any claim they can refuse.
I love the comment "Itching to give me AD's" sort of reminds me of someone else.
In terms of Peri, your never to young to have something to protect you.
If your doc persists get back on the
Pill.
Its
free and will keep you going to till you get to a point where they agree.
Sort of a win win situation
and doc cant stop you
Family planning clinics will give you it for free and bypass your doc.
The monophasic contraceptive pills give you same amounts over the month so try that first.
Mini pill does not give any estrogen
Others have mentioned the Qlaira contraceptive pill is very close to HRT
However it has different measures of est and prog during the month so might not help level things out as a monophasic pill would.