Hello Everyone, I am so pleased I found this page. It’s very hard to find any kind of menopause expert in this country, my GP seems only to have a basic knowledge but on a positive, all the patches and pills are subsidised by our health department.
I have just turned 50 and have been on patches and progesterone since august. I have always had really heavy periods and fairly regular, but in the last couple of years I found they could sometimes be a week or 10 days late . Then I missed one and I swear my insides started to feel like they were drying up like a raisin. Needless to say, nobody here talks about it. I eventually hit up some friends who admitted they’d been dealing with it for years and were too embarrassed to say.
I researched and figured it out but can’t find a good website that is a bit more … “if your hormones read this number, then take this dose”. I really want a paint by numbers approach. Seems I’m dreaming.
Since being on progesterone 24/7, my first period 2 weeks later was just as heavy, without the clots, my second a month later was like being 13 again and since then…. Nothing…. 48 days late. Due to getting really spotty on my face and neck, after 6 weeks on it, I cut my 5mg tablet in half, my skin cleared up, I’ve now cut them in to 1/4 and it’s almost back to where it was. I do feel a pull cramping feeling like I’m going to get my period every night when I crawl in to bed and relax. Is there any kind of indication on how much progesterone you should have with a 50 patch? I don’t want to drop the patch as I couldn’t bare the dryness to come back.
So the worst I have is a lack of motivation, and a new invigorated pubic hairline. I now have zero discharge which is a new thing but I don’t feel dry and my light bladder weakness literally went overnight on starting HRT.
So, winning! Just hoping someone might explain progesterone ratio to me, or point me in the direction of decent websites that explain in more detail. Or add any great bits of advice like how to keep having a period so I’ll know when I’m in menopause.
Thanks, sisters!