Started on a higher dose (50mg) of Estradot just over 3 weeks ago. Initially felt better for it. More myself, no anxiety and sleep was better etc.
A week last Sunday I applied a patch then went for a spray tan, but was careful to keep my patch covered during. Flew on holiday on the Monday. First few days of holiday were fine and I enjoyed myself. Changed my patch on the Thursday, but had to apply it to skin that had been spray tanned. Within 36 hours I just wasn't feeling as good anymore. Felt flat and tense
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Changed my patch on the Sunday morning and again had to apply it to skin that had been spray tanned. By the evening my mood had really dipped and the anxiety was back. Slept very poorly. Monday and Tuesday were quite grim, as I felt so low.
Travelled back on Wednesday and I felt so bad that I had to take diazepam to get on the plane, we flew through the night on Wednesday and the diazepam helped. But yesterday morning I felt awful. couldn't even look forward to seeing my children again
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Went to change my patch yesterday afternoon and it wasn't there! I checked and it had come off and was stuck to the inside of my pants! Don't know when it came off, could have been as early as the Wednesday morning as that was when I last showered and put clean pants on!
Could this explain why I felt so dreadful before boarding the plane?
I am also now wondering if the oestrogen in the two patches I applied while away just wasn't being absorbed properly because of the spray tan on my skin, and that's why I started feeling progressively worse during the second half of the holiday?
Yesterday I managed to apply my patch to a little area of skin, right near my crotch that hadn't been spray tanned and today I am slowly starting to feel better. This can't be a coincidence can it?
Does this make sense to anyone else? And has anyone else experienced something similar when oestrogen wasn't being properly absorbed?