Hi Seven8Nine
Sorry to hear you are feeling rough.....
I presume you've been given 1 mg dose which would be the one to start on and then increase (after at least 3 months) if you find it is not sufficient?
Have you already been to Spain and returned or still there? The thing is there is nothing you can do if you want to wait for your period - but it sounds like it could be on the way? I would give it a couple of weeks and if it hasn't appeared then I would just start the oestrogen. If you are starting on oestrogen only anyway - this should not cause a bleed to come on early anyway, as you won't be taking the progesterone then, until after 16 days?
Hurdity x
Hi Hurdity
Thanks so much for getting back. I hope this finds you well.
I'm back from Spain, I had a lovely time away with my girlfriends (child free break) but it was pretty hard trying so hard to be upbeat when I felt so anxious and having so many symptoms but I faked it well
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I did confide with my girlfriends but no one is Perimenopausal like me. It hasn't helped I now have huge patches of brown (melasma?} on my face despite using very expensive anti dark spots factor 50 facial sunscreen, £42 for 50ml!!! 😩
Thing is I've been having these phantom symptoms like AF is about to begin for weeks now and really losing hope it will ever come, maybe it's just taken it's toll on me, my last AF was late too (actually thought I was pregnant!). No chance this time as no relations have been had.... I had no desire and the scare quickly put DH off to my relief!!
I'll see if I can give it another week or so as I really want to do this right but if it won't cause a bleed what harm could I do starting before a bleed? I am really clueless about all this.
I have 2mg of the elleste solo, I didn't actually see my GP as appointments where I am are difficult to get, I phoned and passed a message on to my GP explaining I didn't want to take the mares urine oestrogen and requested the elleste solo 2mg (don't ask me why!) and a prescription was faxed to my pharmacist for me to collect. I told them I was convinced AF would arrive on the weekend so would need to start hence their efficiency, I do have a great surgery and GP.
Do you think the 2mg is too much, I don't want to mess my GP about, she's already been so accommodating, I guess I could half the pills? What do you think?
Thanks so much Huridy and to all on here reading and that might know more than me.
Xx