Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Thank you so much for the information below about the patches. I have never heard this, but am going to try it. I hope your road to health gets easier and easier. It sounds as if you have found a good source in your doctor. Gael Oh, and the thing I wanted to say about the patches is this...she told me that most people use them wrong. When you get to day 3 or 3.5 and are ready to switch patches, you need to leave the old one on for 1/2 day after you apply the new one because it takes a little while for the new one to start letting E into your body. Then you remove the old one. Hope any of this helps... E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Super interesting report beth. Thank you! And the bit about the patches is good stuff too. LaurelHi all,beth here with an update on my withdrawl from the dreaded WP...This is month three of the detox and I say that since I know now how toxic the doses on WP really are! Anyway, as of the last cycle, Dr. Schwarbein had me drop the WP progesterone altogether and put me on 15 mg of vaginal P twice a day from day 15-28. On day 2 of this cycle, I had a four day bleed and I have to say that I bled more on day 1 and 2 than I have the whole time I was on the WP with so much less of both WP!We are tapering my E levels slowly AND I'm not doing a cycling thing...just a steady dose. I'm not on the patch yet because we can't take me from high levels of Wiley E to the low levels of the patch that fast. A stupid doctor tried to do that two years ago and I'm still experiencing the ramifications of that with the restless leg/cramp situation. I started at E+4 for those of you that know what that is. In February, knowing I was going to be seeing Dr. Schwarzbein, I lowered it to E+3. For two cycles I have been on E+2, the first month cycling and this past month just 6 lines morning and evening. Dr. S. has me doing 6 lines for this first week of this cycle and then I'm dropping it to 5 lines everyday to see how I feel.I'm having headaches sometimes and I get shaky morning and night but I think it's also because she has me on an anti-candida diet and I get really hungry sometimes. That's a whole 'nother story but we're detoxing from both at the same time...oh goody!Slow and steady gets us healthy I think...I'm grateful to be working with Dr. S.Oh, and the thing I wanted to say about the patches is this...she told me that most people use them wrong. When you get to day 3 or 3.5 and are ready to switch patches, you need to leave the old one on for 1/2 day after you apply the new one because it takes a little while for the new one to start letting E into your body. Then you remove the old one.Hope any of this helps...E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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