Dear all,
My name is Katie, and I am a 33. I was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure/insufficiency at around 13/14 when I never naturally started my periods. At the time I felt a lot of "why me" and was advised to take the pill to fit in with my peers and it was discussed that HRT had lots of scary stigma regarding Breast Cancer etc (apologies if this is a trigger for anyone!) At the time, my mother was very against me going near HRT and it was also not very fitting for little 13 year old me to be taking it. I took the pill up until i was roughly 19, As a teen i was fed up with periods i felt i did not "need" as i was sexually active and the strength of pill i was on stopped working for me. I did however, start the pill again until i was in my early 20's. Once again i ditched it as i was fed up and never really got used to the bleeding it was so unnatural for me, I never could deal with it like all my friends. ( I know this all sounds pathetic, i was a typical hormone teen/young woman more obsessed with Men!
Fast forward almost 8 years and just over 2 years ago i reached out to the GP fed up with my irrational hormones, constant hot flushes and depression I explained that i have had no hormone replacement for a significant number of years! After a lengthy conversation with the GP she prescribed me with a starter of Evrol 25 (to increase, I am now on 75) with 100 Progesterone at night (GP recently advised to double to two at night which has not helped).
Since i have been on the HRT, I have been experiencing Menopausal symptoms more than ever! (understandably) I have gained so much weight, poor diet has not helped, my sex drive has almost completely disappeared. And i'm generally just more not me than ever, I can deal with the other side effects, but the worst thing that's happened is the bleeding. I have never experience such heavy bleeding, before I would have normal to light 'periods' if i ever did bleed. But now, more recently I have been for almost 6 weeks straight having a constant heavy bleed. I was wondering if anyone has experienced bleeding on a continuous HRT before? I have consulted the Gynaecologist and also my GP, I have had scans that show nothing and blood tests that are not out the ordinary. Another alarming symptom is severe heart palpitations, this seems to have started when the bleeding is happening and at its worse, the GP has told me that this is not linked to my medication nor is it related to the menopause.
I understand that this sounds like an issue i need to consult medical attention for but just for clarity I have reached out to the GP's many times and I have a Gynaecology appointment the start of July. I am just growing very concerned.
Thank you so much for reading x Newbie here, and a dyslexic one so apologies
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