Hello
I'm new to all this! I like to think I'm the 'Queen of Googling' lol but for some reason this topic sees me failing! The more I google a symptom,the more confused I get!
So ... My story is basically that I've just turned 42, about 4 months ago I went to my GP and convinced her I wasn't 'just depressed' and to test my hormones as I thought (thanks to google of course!) that I might be perimenopausal. Turns out my hormone levels were so low I should be post menopausal, although I still get a light bleed. So, she started me off on Prempaq-C. Dear god that stuff has some side effects!! 6 weeks later I armed myself with more info and she happily switched me to Evorel 50 with Utrogestan 200mg for 12 days a month. I LOVE IT! I sleep, I'm not moody, my joints don't ache and I'm like a normal person! No side effects other than giant lumpy sore boobs
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and some ankle swelling the first 2 months but better so far this month (month 3).
My only issue is I don't think my dose is quite right and I can't work out what I need to do to sort it ... And I know my GP won't know either so will go with what I (you!) suggest!
I am still having a bleed but it's timed to my original cycle, pretty much 2 days before the progesterone phase starts... It's a bit heavier than it used to be but still 'light' by most people's standards. So far I haven't had a bleed after the progesterone stage... Although I feel a bit like I'm going to.
The other issue this month is for the last 2 days of progesterone and 2 days since I've been coughing and I think getting reflux... Particularly at night. I already take omeprazole (looking back this started when the peri symptoms started) but it doesn't touch it. Obviously I have now decided I have some terrible disease
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Does this mean I'm taking too much progesterone or too little estrogen do you think? I'm not sure if I should be shortening the number of progesterone days or reducing the dose or some other fine-tuning?
The one thing I don't want to do is swap to a different HRT ... I really want to make this one work as it is so nice compared to Prempaq-C!
I would be so grateful if anyone has any advice ... I really don't have any peers with any experience of this, my mum died a couple of years ago and I'm all out when it comes to knowing any menopause experts lol!
This forum is amazing ... So supportive and friendly and so much shared knowledge! Makes me feel a lot less lost while I try to get my head round this! Xx