Hi there. I am 52 and hadn't had a period for at least two years. I started on the elleste duet conti just over a year ago. Everything wa seemed to be going ok, a bit of spotting but as that was during the first six months didn't worry too much. That stopped and then just after the year I started spotting again. I was advised by the doctor to stop the hrt and see what happens as this was the likely cause of the spotting. I stopped just over 2 weeks ago, the spotting got slightly more, then stopped completely. Since then fingers crossed, no bleeding and so far no horrible symptoms have returned...although that's early days.