I am so sorry, I know I am a nuisance with all my posts but I am desperate for advice
57, now post meno 6yrs. I was on the Evorel Conti patch for 2yrs but moved onto the gel and 100mg Utrogestan (vaginally) at the very beginning of March because of poor absorption issues according to blood test results. I moved up to 3 squirts in June due to more blood tests showing that I wasn't at "therapeutic" levels according to my meno specialist. Things went very much downhill from there and my anxiety symptoms are absolutely debilitating. After reading on here a few weeks ago that a lot of women are intolerant to the Utrogestan I experimented by missing the odd one over the last month or so and I strongly believe I am intolerant to it and I want off asap, because my symptoms wern't so severe the following mornings. I missed one again last night and again symptoms not quite so bad.
I have been bleeding now for 8 days which started as a trickle here and there throughout the day but the last 3 days it's more of a full blown period with cramps and some clotting and I am panicking a little because it's not easing off and getting a little heavier each day. My meno specialist said that it suggests that my current bleed is due to not having enough progesterone due to my 1 pump increase of gel a few weeks ago. She wants me to increase the Utrogestan but I feel sure I am intolerant and am not willing to take that route.
If I wanted to come off it my meno specialist told me to decrease by one pump per week and then stop completely but I feel it's too quick and I should wean off slower but I cannot stay on the Utrogestan a day longer than necessary and if I stop it I am absolutely terrified of the withdrawal from it as I already feel so ill on it.
My thoughts are that when I get down to 1 pump of Estrogel to go back onto the Evorel Conti patch. Even though I wasn't absorbing the full dose from it, at least I will still be getting some progesterone and from memory the patch didn't cause me the severe issues that I am experiencing now to the point of feeling suicidal. I am scared and alone with no friends or support. I can't think straight most of the time either
Can someone advise me as to whether this would be a good route to take and do you think I will still experience withdrawal from the Utrogestan even though I am getting a little progesterone from the patch please? As I was originally on one patch I was thinking of restarting on say 1 1/4 or 1 1/2 patch to try and tie in with my current levels so it's not too much of a shock to my system in dosage drop.
I have actually managed to source a box of the patches after phoning lots of pharmacies and they are holding them for me until I can get a script from my GP