I went onto hrt in late 2013 starting with femoston, for a year, never worked.
Startetd on evorel patches, and 200mg utrogestan for 12 days a month in 2014.
Worked my way up the evorel doses, it took 100mcg to stop the awful flushes.
Anyway this summer I started getting abnormal bleeding.
I also started feeling as if my bladder was never empty, and am going for an ultrasound on the 27th of this month.
I also have a drug addiction problem, I am addicted to valium, I am doing well tapering though, have come down from 75mg a day to 57mg a day.
When I became addicted, I noticed that on the 16 days of my cycle, my mental health would really deteriorate, so, as I have been on hrt over three years, I decided to take 100mg utrogestan daily, this stabilised my mental health and enabled my valium taper to go a bit smoother.
This is because the metabolites of progesterone hit the same nerve receptors as valium.
I put myself on the conti regime in October, I got a really heavy period first cycle, then minor occasional spotting afterwards, but things dont feel normal down there.
Anyway, after much research on the internet and examining my symptoms, I think I might either have polyps or fibroids.
I don't want the doctors to mess about with my progesterone, I want to stay on the same hrt regime regardless of what treatment is required to remove whatever is making my bladder really full.
I am 50 and have never had children and I have heard that hysteroscopies (which is what I think I will need) are very painful, especially if you have never had kids.
I've read a few experiences on here, and theyre not too bad, but I feel that whatever is sat inside my womb is large.
If they mess around with my hrt, the flushes willl come back and I cannot bear them, plus the patches helped the anxiety as well as the utro.
I am worrying myself sick over this
1)Becausee of the pain associated with hysteroscopies, some women say they are agony.
2)Because i am worried they will either take away my evorel or change my progesterone to a synthetic.
3)They may give me a medication to reduce my womb lining, and I have looked at all the medications, and they, too, act on the same nerve receptors as valium, so, any changes in my current hrt regime will really negatively affect my mood, and I am already worried sick, not just because of the gynaecological aspect but I have other problems too.
Please can someone help. I dont want to go back on sequential, because, as progesterone acts on the same nerve receptors as valium, it would be like taking a bigger dose of valium 12 days a month, totally messing up my taper, which is the one thing that is going ok at the moment.
All help would be appreciated, thanks