Posted by kezia on December 31, 2007, at 19:17:30
Hi,
I didn't want to interrupt Dinah's thread with questions of my own, so I thought I would start a new thread. I hope you don't mind if I ask you a few questions.
Did you use the estrogen patch during peri and, if so, do you mind telling at what age you starting using it? Also, you mention using progesterone only every 3 months. Were you using oral, topical or vaginal progesterone and was it bio-identical?
I'm dealing with peri right now, and it is starting to take its toll on me. The mood swings, low moods and terrible fatigue are getting to be hard to take. For the past year, I have been having 2 or 3 periods a month (with the exception of 3 months). Low-dose bc pills have been bantied about by both my gp and my pdoc, but I have had bad reactions (both physical and emotional) to synthetic progesterone in the past, so I am very nervous and reluctant to even try that route. It was suggested to me that I try a bio-identical estrogen patch with pro every 3 months, and I think I may pursue that option.
Finally, could you tell me what symptoms the estrogen helped with (depression?, fatigue? brain fog?, apathy?)?
Thanks and sorry for all of the questions.
Happy New Year to you!
poster:kezia
thread:803485
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