HRT Question

[Nicki S]

I have recently started HRT under a Dr's supervision. I have also been doing a lot of reading since I have started. My Dr has me on estrogen and micronized progesterone everyday and T blockers. I have read other place where they are on estrogen for a 21 day on and off 7 days to simulate a women's cycle. I have also seen only being on progesterone for 10 days in 30. Maybe that is regular progesterone and not micro. I know this is something that I need to talk to my Dr about, but I don't have an appointment for another 2 months yet.

[annabellejorden]

I have read other place where they are on estrogen for a 21 day on and off 7 days to simulate a women's cycle. I have also seen only being on progesterone for 10 days in 30.

The schedule that I am on is E patch for 21 days off for 7
P start on day 19 and goes till day 2 of the next cycle.

But I am using E paches and P cream.

[CharleneT]

Cycling progesterone is fairly common, estrogen, not so much. Micronized P is a good choice, kudo's to your doc for NOT going with any medroxyprogesterone compounds... Some methods of delivery naturally create a "cycle" of the estrogen. As far as I know, whether that works better or not hasn't been studied formally.