After discussion with a menopause specialist GP, I've changed from Elleste Duet 2mg to a regime of Evorel 50 patches, and utrogestan 100mg nightly for 25 days of a 28 day cycle.
I'm 56, and was hoping for no bleeds, but I'm now on day 5 of this new regime, and I've been bleeding quite heavily, with cramps, since day 2!
Could this settle, and just be due to changing over from the Elleste Duet?
The last Elleste Duet tablet that I took was the one for day 24 in the pack: I started the Evorel patches and utrogestan the following day ( the specialist GP advised this as the way to change over, ie as soon as I received my new medication, regardless of where I was up to in the Elleste packet, and as long as I didn't take old and new meds on the same day.
Can anyone reassure me that it's just the initial"shock" to my body that's caused the bleeding?