Not sure where to start really.
I am 46 and post meno and have been for 5 years. I have been battling all this time to get the right combination of HRT for all this time. Off the top of my head I have had at least 8 different types but because I am progesterone intolerant couldn't find anything that agreed with me. So after 3 extremely painful hysterscopies and several scans decided the last option was the mirena coil and Oestrogen patch, I completely objected to this regime a while ago but had run out of options so was willing to try.
All went really well and for the first time in years I actually felt human again, hardly any side effects with the mirena, I thought I had cracked it! Oestrogen patch was .75mcg and at the time thought this was a bit high to start off with so have been cutting a tiny bit of off as I intended to build up rather than starting on a high dose if needed. This all started in April 2016.
For a least the last few weeks I have been feeling pretty terrible and am wondering is it my regime. It seems unlikely but I feel a little like I did when I took other progesterone's, lethargic, low mood, sore eyes, foggy head, lack of concentration and a banding headache all the time. I know this may sound crazy but I have started to have really bad thoughts and feelings and some days wake up thinking its going to be my last for no reason at all. I feel really anxious a lot of the time. Is this normal or could there be something else going on? I also appreciate the way I am feeling could be meno symptoms.
I am really frightened about increasing the oestrogen dose because a couple of years ago I had a terrible episode where I was shaking uncontrollably for 20 minutes and my poor husband had no idea what was happening so called an ambulance. The only explanation for this was too much oestrogen as it was no coincidence I had just started a high dose at the time.
I am normally fit and healthy active, recently had sugar, cholesterol and heart checks at doctors and all came back great, so am baffled again. Only other thing I have noticed is I have been having some discharge the past couple of months that I didn't have before.
I would really appreciate people's views and advice on what I should do next.
Thank you