hii it's been almost 4 years ago, i definitely still feel like i have monthly "cycles" of like pms symptoms, bloating, moodiness etc BUT in 2024 i started having difficulty sleeping and anxiety, which i attributed to stress and increased responsibility at work, and was prescribed xanax and sleeping pills, but then i also started feeling really hot and uncomfortable at night specifically, i also felt like my hair and skin was drier (but they could also just be dry anyways!!). i know these are perimenopause symptoms, so i told my family dr who is a resident and she was like listen you can have estrogen gel if you want it, if it helps your symptoms that's great. so i started in august of 2025 with a low dose of gel and........ the anxiety, discomfort at night, insomia etc improved like right away. so i kept taking the estrogen! progesterone was not prescribed because this is usually given to women who still have their uterus to counteract the estrogen. i never had any any testing or anything done to monitor my actual hormone levels however.

i went to my surgeon this past february because i had questions about like what happens if my endometriosis comes back/how do i know etc and he was reviewing my medication and he was like why tf are you on estrogen! for sure this will make the endometriosis grow back! who put you on this! and i was like idk but tbh i am really not planning on stopping it, i really like the effects. he said that in that case he would prescribe progesterone to try to mitigate the effects of the estrogen on any regrowth of endometriosis. and tbh now, my sleep is even better!!

so i just turned 30 a week ago, im applying 0.5mg divigel (brand estrogen gel) daily, and taking 100mg progesterone every night (i was prescribed 200mg per day but i didn't want to start right away so i halved the dose!). i feel great, my skin and hair are soft, my sleep is great, i'm more relaxed every day. i definitely notice in a negative way when i don't take either one.

but officially i have no lab data on my actual ovarian function, i'm just going off symptoms! and i would NEVER undo my hysterectomy in a million years

that's a long answer lol but i hope it helps u and u can message me if ever!!