Hi everyone,
A huge thanks to those of you who read or replied to my post yesterday about my doctor taking me completely off HRT. I felt so heard and understood.
(TL;DR: I have recently had a re-emergence of symptoms after taking HRT for 2 years. My doctor did a blood test and instead of increasing my HRT, he took me off it because the blood tests showed me oestrogen levels were now "good" but my progesterone was low, so he put me on Agnus Castus.)
I am even more furious this morning than I was yesterday that he did that. On Monday, I'll call him and demand to know some answers before asking to be put back on the HRT he took me off.
A question has been ping-ponging around my brain all night and it's this: When he did the blood test to test my hormone levels, he did so while I was still taking the HRT, so surely the results would be skewed. If my oestrogen levels were “good” is that not because I had oestrogen in my system because of the HRT? Or does it not work that way? #science
This is something I would like to raise with him, so I want to make sure I am on the right track here!
Thank you all in advance for your thoughts and opinions!