Hi Hurdity,
Thanks so much for your message.
Yes, I have taken continuous HRT at 75 Estradot and 100 progesterone orally for the whole 7 years, after a few trial and errors at the very beginning.
The increase in Eostrogen was because I reported some minor bleeding a couple of months before, as well as sleep disturbance, foggy brain etc, and a blood test showed very low estrogen levels. The clinic thought I was not absorbing the estrogen properly, so they increased it to 100, and told me to move the patch to my behind, rather than the front of my lower abdomen.
4 weeks later I was given the Ultrasound, and a womb thickness of 4mm was recorded (that did not affect the already prescribed increased Estrodot). A regular DEXA scan also showed a decrease in bone density, having already been told I had osteopenia.
Bleeding started again, so a different doctor at the clinic, over the phone, increased progesterone to 200, to counteract the oestrogen she said. After a month of further heavier bleeding followed, and after another call, the doctor said the Utrogestan progesterone was not strong enough, and I should try Progestin or Coil. I felt terrible with the additional Utrogestan.
I decided to try taking the same 200mg micronised Progesterone vaginally to see if that was better, but 2 weeks later, no improvement at all.
If a higher dose eostrogen patch would increase bleeding, then maybe I should try going back to what I was on, 75 Estradot and 100 progesterone?
Thank you so much for any thoughts on this.