Thanks Hurdity for collating the relevant research into one thread and for all replies since. Helpful to see the key research in one place to compare with one another and my own ‘experiments’. I recently asked my GP to switch me from Evorel Conti (which I cut in half) to Evorel 25 combined with 100mg Utro. Mainly because it didn’t sit right with me to be taking synthetic P.
Anyway, I took Utro vaginally every 3 days and felt fine. But three weeks in I started to spot so, as per previous specialist advice, changed to vaginally every other day. Symptoms wise, no difference as I’m fine HOWEVER a week later and heavy spotting continues - like a lightish period. This is new to me as, of the various regimes I tried over the past year, I haven’t had any bleeding apart from when once trying to stop estrogen.
I should say - I’ve been a little erratic since starting HRT and haven’t taken estrogen consistently as I originally thought it could be causing all the weight gain, bloating etc which depressed me.
So, is it normal to bleed when we change HRT regime? I’m thinking I couldn't have built up much lining surely, as never taken estrogen alone and I’m on such a low dose? Getting paranoid
Once again, thanks ladies for sharing your honest and ‘real’ experiences - kinda comforting through this dark HRT minefield x