Hi Hurdity,
I tried patches and they didn't seem to suit. Nothing but the progesterone in Elleste seemed to control my cycle. Do you think I should wait and see what happens with this bleed or take a 12 day course of utrogestan? I looked back over my diary. I had a faulty pump in March that seemed to send me haywire again. I had already reduced to one and a half pumps in February. Since then I have gone down to one pump, then half, then nothing, so I've effectively been weaning off for 4-5 months, probably without giving each change time to take effect. I have just been so fed up! I used 12 days of vaginal utrogestan each month apart from this final one. I last used it around 10th July and I came off Oestrogel 4 days ago having not started the utrogestan around the 10th of this month. I couldn't bear the thought of another bleed as have done so off and on for four weeks, but maybe I should have? Looking back over the last few months, I have consistently had a cyclical blip, pmt symptoms, headache, or light bleed at this time of the month which made me feel that was my cycle kicking in, out of synch with the withdrawal bleed. I felt this erratic pattern all began when the practice nurse started me on Oestrogel. She told me to continue with my current regime and start Oestrogel on the first day of my withdrawal bleed after patches even though I told her I had just started a hormonal bleed (migraine and low mood preceding it). I felt had I followed my instinct I may have synched my own cycle and the withdrawal bleed. Some months I only have a day of minimal spotting when my bleed would be due, others nothing, and some a full bleed. I always get the withdrawal bleed. I've figured I just want to see where I am now.
Thanks for listening.
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