Hi all, I just thought I'd post and do a kind of survey to see if anyone else is doing the continuous daily 100mg oral Utrogestan who has also experienced worsening bladder issues..?
I am on Estradot 50mcg, vagifem x 5, and the above progesterone. Since starting 4 months ago some of my old bladder symptoms have returned... worse urgency/surging feeling, irritation after voiding (resulting in vaginal pain), sometimes a feeling of not emptying bladder fully and discomfort when lying flat.
I have managed to get an appointment with the menopause specialist on Monday so am gathering some background information to put to her my suggestion to try decreasing the progesterone. She's talking about testing for histamine intolerance and wants me to get a NHS urine culture (HA HA - useless), but currently my money is on the progesterone. I did tell her I was diagnosed earlier in the year with a low level biofilm bacterial infection (via Broth culture) but was put on the daily Utrogestan to stop any bleeds as I did have problems with them.
Basically I am looking into the progesterone/irritable bladder connection, and if there's enough evidence to suggest it's the progesterone, then I won't bother with more urine tests or histamine tests and just decrease the progesterone, or drop the systemic and just do vagifem. Although I as diagnosed in May with VA, which is improving. xxx