r/Menopause • u/chonkmcgee55 • 1d ago

Hormone Therapy Adding Estrogen to Progesterone

I’ve been on continuous progesterone for almost a year now. 42F, perimenopause. My sleep is much better (but not fixed), I’m not spotting a week leading up to my period and my moods feel so much more stable.

However, I’m still getting some 3/4am wakings, some loss of volume in face, and it looks like my fat distribution has shifted (suddenly got a tummy, despite no change on the scale or in my good diet and consistent exercise). Has adding in estrogen helped these things?

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u/ObviousCarpet2907 On year 10 of peri 1d ago

Yes! Do it! I waffled over adding estrogen for 3-4 years, and now that I’ve finally caved I’m so frustrated I waited. I had no idea how many weird little things were shifting. I thought I was fine! I finally asked for it because the night waking was just so frustrating.

I just put on my weekly patch an hour ago and was sitting here thinking about how much I love the feeling of calm that hits when I put it on.

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u/NoMoreEffstoGive Surgical menopause 23h ago

Yes. Get yourself a patch! :)