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Have Widespread Endometriosis

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Ireland, IN

Hi I hope someone can help I've been to my GP he did blood test and my estrogen levels are low I'm 47 it's causing a lot of problems down below he has prescribed 10mg of vagifem weekly to help I was a bit concerned because I said to him I taught that estrogen feeds endometriosis he said it was fine because it is a low dose and I'm not taking it by mouth so it's just helping the problem below has anyone tried this before as I'm getting really depressed cause I've tried all of the creams and… read more

November 10, 2019
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A MyEndometriosisTeam Member

Yes I was talking a low estrogen pill orally, it made everything so much worse than it would have been if I was just using my progesterone implant. The implant wasn’t controlling my bleeding so we decided to try a low estrogen pill and it worked for a little bit then my endo symptoms got way worse (I’m only 24) I had five cysts ranging from the size of large grapes to golf balls on my ovaries because of the mixture of medications. I was taken off the pill, put on Orilissa and my symptoms are now not as bad as they were.

November 12, 2019
A MyEndometriosisTeam Member

Forgot to say I'm on cerezette mini pill the last 5 years

November 11, 2019
A MyEndometriosisTeam Member

Thank you krysMarie can I ask you about the estrogen pill did you take it by mouth the doctor said taking it the other way it's only treating the problem down below and not going into the bloodstream

November 11, 2019
A MyEndometriosisTeam Member

I am on the nexplanon and orilissa now but previously I had a doctor put me on an estrogen pill with my nexplanon and it caused me to have multiple cysts on top of my endo and the pain put me in the hospital four times (where they did absolutely nothing for me and treated it was though I had a stomach virus). The pain was so bad that I was vomiting and it was non stop. So I would maybe consult with another doctor because the estrogen made my symptoms so much worse and I am doing a lot better now.

November 10, 2019

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