Hallo all. Here is my sorry saga, in the hope that someone can give me some positivity.
I'm 44 and have recently started on bioidentical HRT. Until now, I had been trying to have a second child, but always knew my ovarian reserve was very low. I had several miscarriages in the last 18 months. My periods had changed over this period, becoming even more irregular than they always were, and becoming extremely heavy. I was investigated for extreme tiredness at the beginnng of the year, where I was often sleeping 12 hours a night.
Then my periods seem to have stopped for the last few months and I suddenly developed insomnia and extreme anxiety and depression. I had suffered something very similar after the birth of my son, and was hospitalised for a few momths, diagnosed as bipolar and put on an atypical antipsychotic, which I have continued to take at a low dose until recently, despite being unconvinced of my diagnosis. I'm not sure if my current issues are hormone-related or due to stopping my medication, or psychological because of the grief of the loss of my fertility. My sister also seems to be going through an early menopause although our mum was 55.
I've just completed one cycle of oestrogel and Utrogestan. I preferred the 12 days when I took Utrogestan as my sleep was much better - in fact I thought that I was really getting somewhere. But now I'm back on just the oestrogel, things have deteriorated again. I'm not sure if I'm just obsessed with the whole thing and making it much worse than it really is!
Does anyone else find such a difference between the oestrogen and progesterone phases?
Also, my bleed actually began while still taking the progesterone (day 11 of it). Is this normal? Does it matter?
I have an appointment with Dr Studd in June. Has anyone had success with him?