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[Briony]

Sorry Nina - what is it that you do?! I was just trying to answer Briony's question but not intending to be alarmist - in fact the contrary I hope!!

Hurdity x

Thanks Hurdity. You have confirmed what I was hoping to be the case.
Nina, was it something I said? (I'm the one who referred to spotting). Apologies if I inadvertently upset you - that's genuinely the last thing I intended

[Nina]

No no no not at all - I was just referring to the question can you take too much progesterone.  I hope that I don't take too much by taking it every day 

[Briony]

Thinking about it logically, people take the Mirena and progesterone only pill, so we should be fine. My worry was more down to the fact I was concerned I wouldn't be getting enough (taking just 100mg, not 200) even though it would be for 25 days rather than 12. I asked this mainly because I would be taking a higher amount of estrogen than a lot of people (100mcg, perhaps more) yet the progesterone dose stays the same.   

Nina, what form of estrogen do you take with the Utro? What made you opt for 25 days rather than 12? Was it the same as me - how you felt when you stopped the 12 days of 200mg? Do you get much spotting?

[Nina]

Which preparation - cyclical or continuous systemic or local?
Women should be prescribed sequential combined HRT if:
their last menstrual period was less than one year ago.
Women can be prescribed continuous combined HRT if:
they have received sequential combined HRT for at least one year; or
it has been at least one year since their last menstrual period; or
it has been at least two years since their last menstrual period if they had a premature menopause.

I basically printed the above from the patient.co.uk website and said I'm changing to 1-25.  He said okay and that was that!

They are very open to patient research and proactiveness sp? So it was not a problem. So I think that as it doesn't cause me problems it is okay. It's just that when I see the worrying on here it wobbles me a little I guess.

I in fact take it every day with no break shhhhh. Even the 3 days drag me down a little, and anyway, conti patches don't have a break.

Sorry am rushing a bit at work!

So, no no spotting apart from one bleed at the beginning of conti. No booby issues. No mood swings. I do have to get up once a night for the loo though! Dreams a bit weird but used to them now.

Am 43 and use estradot 100. I did experiment with snipping a bit to 75 however my palps came back.

Got to go back to work sorry if typos!

[Briony]

Thanks Nina. I could have written your post - I too am 43, basically told my GP what I wanted after lots of research (even though I dont even fit into the categories above for continuous as I was on the pill, not hrt) and am generally convinced it's the best thing for me ... til I read the occasional post on here!