I didn’t stay on the hormones very long but I would think that any side effects you experience will probably be at the start of HRT. If you are experiencing bleeding (if that’s what you meant by discharge) I would think that is not normal (you definitely need to let your doctor know) however I have read that some women start having periods again. (Not a pleasant thought) I would not have chosen the pellets either, because I am super sensitive to drugs and if I have a bad reaction, I want to stop. The transdermal compounded cream I was using was easily stopped. If your progesterone is oral, you can definitely lower the dose because initially I took the oral progesterone 100 mg but it affected my sleep negatively although I was really hoping for better sleep as I read it sometimes helps. I ended up using the transdermal progesterone but not for more than a couple weeks or so because I didn’t want to have cramps every day that felt like I was going to start my period! From everything I have read, HRT will stabilize bone loss which was one of the reasons I was thinking about seeing a new doc and trying it again. I only have osteoporosis in two spinal vertebrae and I do not want to take the meds. Maybe someone else on this forum can let us know if they experienced side effects after being on the HRT for awhile.