Hi ,
Me again, I recieved my bio's and have been researching intently on them. I read yesterday that your period will continue even if it would had stopped naturally yr's before? I guess it makes sense, but I never thought about it. I feel like so stuck between a rock and a hard place. I am afraid I won't be able to come off of them without going through this again and if I don't come off them is it natural for me to get a period until whenever?

I reviewed recent transcripts and saw one of the Dr.'s say well if you don't want a period monthly. we can make it so it comes every 3 mo.??? I remember when I would see those commercials for birth control and they wold say that you would get a period every few mo. ..I would just say is this ok to do, aren't you playing with the way the body's natural processes.

I would never be considering it if I didn't feel so bad. Also I am afraid of all the diseases that start at menopause. I'm 39 , however I eat healthy and exercise , don't smoke and so on...if you take measure now wouldn't that help with those diseases i the future? I am so confused as to what to do. Then I hear of women who never feel better well after meno. is gone even though Dr's say once things stabalize it gets better. Is it the lack of estrogen or the fluctuating that makes us feel so bad?

Anyway I am not sure what to do....HUGS Mikki

If you are still having fairly regular periods and are supplementing while in peri, most doctors will have you cycle your hormones and stop to allow for a monthly period. If you are postmeno, or have such severe symptoms that you can't stop hormones to cycle, most doctors will have you take the hormones continuously. If you are still producing enough hormones on your own to ovulate you may still have a period even on continuous hormone therapy. I don't know how many mainstream doctors are prescribing hormones for once every 3 months cycles but it seems that would work best if you are taking BCPs because it would prevent you from ovulating on your own in between. The low dose that HRT is prescribed at is probably not enough to prevent you from ovulating so you could end up with breakthrough bleeding before the 3 months are up. On the other hand, HRT dosages are probably not high enough to keep you having monthly periods long after you are postmeno. Most doctors would probably want to switch you to a continuous schedule if you are still on HRT in your mid-60's or so anyhow.