Hi
I started on HRT due to feeling absolutely terrible, very low and anxious and having peri menopause symptoms.
I started to feel a lot better, I’m taking the oestrogen and utrogestan tablets & testosterone.
However, I noticed a pattern emerging, whenever I took the utrogestan tablets 2 x100mcg orally,( 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off) I would start questioning myself, being tearful and lost confidence. I ended up dreading the time to take them, and referred to them as the “devil tablets”
I spoke to my menopause clinic and they suggested taking 1 x 100mcg vaginally, as I only take a small amount of gel 1/2 -1 pump a day.
I have made a marker on the pump indicating half pump.
I feel so much better for it, I did try two vaginally but had stomach problems. I insert it with an applicator that came with some thrush medicine, and wash the applicator with hot water after each use.
However, a member put a post on when replying to a similar post, stating this is not advice given by the NHS, and the advice is two tablets taken orally unless scans are offered.
It has definitely helped me and I feel so much better, I suppose it’s all down to the individual.
Best wishes & good luck.