Hello ladies.
I thought I would post a brief update on my quest to lower my Sandrena gel to keep my tender breasts and heavy bleeding at bay. I was also hoping that at my age a lower dose of Oestrogen would be sufficient for my needs.
About eighteen months ago I was using three 1 mg sachets of Sandrena daily. From January this year I moved to two and a half sachets and all the above symptoms resolved. At the end of March I reduced to two sachets and at the end of June I reduced again to one and a half. At the beginning of July I was down to one sachet and at the beginning of September I was experimenting with half a sachet only, this lasted until the beginning of November when I reduced again to a quarter of a sachet. Throughout this time I have also been using Cyclogest pessaries for my progesterone.
For all of November I have been using only about a quarter of a sachet and during this time I have noticed various Meno symptoms returning, namely night sweats and more disturbed sleep, mild flushes and sweating, headaches, a tiny bit of muscle soreness and the beginnings of VA ( it's not only the dryness but also I start to feel my episiotomy scar from thirty three years ago).
Throughout this whole experiment my moods have been up and down along with episodes of the jitters and tearfulness. Disappointedly no HRT seems to have evened out the mood swings.
Having had a miserable day yesterday ( though a very good one last Thursday - go figure lol) I have decided this morning to increase to half a sachet this morning and see how things go from there.
Apologies for the long winded post but the information may be of interest to some ladies and the time line might provide some useful information.
Wishing you all well ladies and take care.
K.
