Hi ladies, does anyone else use only half a pump of the gel?
I have in the past few months, cut back on my gel to half a pump, well it is of course difficult to determine exactly how much but I do not push the plunger right down, so just a little squish of gel. I decided to cut back as I have been on HRT since aged 40 for early meno and am now almost 60, but my Dr did say I could stay on it as long as I want but I have never had bad symptoms so decided to try half a dose, for the past few weeks. Of late, I have noticed quite a bit of itching and dryness and just recently I had slight cramping like period pains and noticed my bladder felt a bit sore. I am not spotting or bleeding but when I wipe the loo paper looks a bit darker than normal but not everytime. I read that if ones lining becomes thin from too little oestrogen this can cause a brown discharge, and thought perhaps this is whats happening and I should up to 1 plunge of the pump again. I am about to start my 12 days of Utrogestan but was wondering is anyone else on such a low dosage, I worked out I am getting about 0.35mg of oestradiol daily, not sure if this is too little and I should up it back to 1 plunge. Any thoughts?
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