I’ve been on tibolone for nearly four months and it’s going really well. I just had a follow up at the hospital (following hysteroscopy and biopsy earlier this year for post-meno bleeding) and have been discharged.
I was quite sceptical about taking tibolone at first as I’d read very differing opinions, but I’m thankfully one of the lucky ones. For me, it’s ‘just right’ and has made me feel normal again with no drama and no side effects – none of the bleeding and bloating from patches, or the spaced-out feeling I got from utrogestan.
I asked the consultant various questions about the safety of being on it long-term as it’s oral and a synthetic hormone. In his opinion I can take it as long as I want or need to, beyond the age of 60, and that clot/stroke risks were minimal.
While I don’t feel like I did five years ago, a lot of life has happened in that time and I wasn’t expecting to turn back the clock. However I do feel much more resilient and motivated to do positive things and look after myself. I wonder if my mood is better as a direct effect of the tibolone on my brain, or because it’s sorted out my physical symptoms, particularly the VA and frequent headaches, or a bit of both?
I realise on the menopause scale of no symptoms to absolutely awful I’ve had it relatively easy, but it was bad enough for me to seek treatment and join this forum when conventional HRT caused me new problems. Of course we are all unique in what works for us, but based on my experience, if anyone is considering trying tibolone and it’s medically safe to do so, I would encourage them to give it a go.