Re: My period is late, should I start the P anyway?

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I do the higher dose of P days 14-28, a spike of the P days 20-22,

and a low dose days 7-14. I go off it completley for a few days

until I get my period.

My periods were doing the 35 days then 26 days thing, but the last

two periods I have spiked the progesterone days 20-22 and that seems

to jump start the period coming around day 28 last two months.

I just know if I were not on my hormones that I would be crazy

person. With the whole Christmas pressure thing, husband and children

doing nothing, I find my body seems to eat up even more estrogen. I

put on extra patch yesterday just so I would not bite off people's

heads.

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I haven't been here in quite a while and usually only lurked when I

> visited. I am hoping to hear from anyone who may have ideas on my

> situation.

>

> I am 49 yo (soon to be 50) and have been taking bio E & P by

> sublingual troche. My prescribed regimen is .5 mg E daily and 100

mg

> P for 3 weeks only (1 week off for my period). Prior to taking

this,

> my periods were regular but I struggled with depression, sleep

issues,

> mood swings, hot flashes, night sweats. My blood test which was

done

> over a year ago, showed E on the low end of the acceptable range

and P

> very low, everything else " normal " (I'm sorry, I don't have the

exact

> numbers handy at the moment).

>

> Since starting bios my cycle has become more and more irregular; my

> symptoms, however, have improved greatly. My cycles are either very

> long (about 40 days) or short (about 20 days); there's only been a

few

> cycles of 28-32 days. I take E daily but I've tried adjusting the

days

> I take P; when I start P later than day 7, my cycles are short;

when I

> take P from day 7-28, my cycles are long. This last time I started

P

> on day 7 and stopped on day 21; my period never started and it's

now 4

> weeks late. I've called my NP on several occasions but she doesn't

> seem concerned. This last episode she said to just go ahead and

start

> the P again but when I asked her if that would continue to delay my

> period, she changed her mind and said to take just the E for

another 2

> weeks (which is where I'm at), then start the P.

>

> My questions are: Do you think I should go ahead and start the P

even

> though my period hasn't started? Could my irregular cycle be part

of

> nearing menopause? Or are the bios supposed to help keep my cycle

> regular? Am I not taking enough E or P? I'm really confused and

not

> confident in the advice given by my NP, and would really appreciate

> hearing from others on this forum.

>

> Thank you so much for listening.

>