I have a recent thread re: qlaira and that it was making me utterly miserable, so this follows on from that.
Advice greatly appreciated! I'm 44 with regular periods- definitely perimenopausal.
I have stopped qlaira today as feel horrible- very low.
I was a week into month 3 so am thinking that ovulation reasonably well suppressed, maybe entirely?
I want to make the most of the fact that I'm likely suppressed and immediately begin some other treatment- if I wait, my own cycle will gather momentum and mess things up! At least, that's how I see it- I may be wrong.
Some time ago I saw a PMS doctor and she sanctioned the use of 200mcg estradiol patch (evorel, I think) to override my own cycle with separate (and not continuous) progestogen. I didn't get very far- I think I took the patch off on the second day as felt dreadful!!
However, I'm thinking a) my own cycle will also have been present (unlike now), and b) I've since read that 100mcg should be enough to suppress- so I could try half as much?
I still have the patches and really want to give it a go. Would it be best to do so immediately? I don't want to waste the fact that I may be suppressed at the moment!
Also, I need to know what I'm like without the dreaded progestogens! Thank you