Hi everyone
Any more advice would be fab please as life feels like hell at the moment!
Since I last posted in December I have seen a consultant and he suggested the mirena coil and sandrena gel. Although the ectopic beats were still a pain during the day my main symptom from January to March was sheer exhaustion. I was a bit unsure about the coil, but having spoken to a couple of friends who have it, decided to go ahead.
He said to stop the utrogestan - i initially thought that migth be causing my exhaustion - so i was just using my evorel 75 patch from January. desperate for an answer my GP allowed me to change to 0.5mg of sandrena gel which I started on February 12th. Round about this time I actually had 3 pretty good weeks, but this was because I was sleeping like a baby every night, Then on February 26th i suddenly stopped sleeping, being woken up by raised heartbeat. Nothing too fast, but enough to wake me up and keep me awake. I think I am so heart aware that i notice any change. Since then sleep has been hard to come by. I had my coil fitted on March 6th and my consultant said i could up my gel to 1.5mg. I decided I would do it gradually so for a few days just used 1mg. I then saw my GP in my desperation re sleep and she said to up it to 1.5mg. I did this for a couple of days but just felt like I was getting an initial hit and then it would wear off. I was thinking - not sure if this is right- that the gel then had come out of my system by the nighttime and so causing hormone fluctuations and so palpiations. I have a tall and then and have a high metabollic rate and need to eat little and often. I then decided to change back to my evorel 75 patch last Friday, as thought that was giving me a continuous amount and might be better. I slept pretty well on Friday, Saturday, but that may have just been coincidence as I was so shattered. I'm really at a lost to know what to do. My nights are just awful I go to sleep ok, but then generally wke up an hour and a half later with a raised heartbeat. At times it feels like a real adrenalin surge on and off all night. If I'm lucky I then resettle and sleep for another hour. Last night it just felt like I had palpitations all night. I'm signed off work at the moment as can barely function and feeling quite panicky at night sometimes. I know I'm in a real spiral of anxiety so its hard to now how mch is anxiety and how much is hormones. I'm also not sure if the coil is actually making things worse - althoug my sleep had fallen apat before that was fitted, but evertyting seems to be getting worse. My GP did give me mirtazapine at one appointment, which I took for one night, It did the job and I slept through but then felt really odd the next day and had a raised heartbeat all day so didnt want to take that again. I also have beta blockers 10mg propanolol which I have taken in the past, but they also make me feel odd.
So do I just stick with the patch which I have on now. Shall I supplement the patch with say 0.5mg of gel, maybe at night, or should I rip the patch off and give the gel a proper go. Or should I just strip back to nothing- which has gone through my mind on many occasions- athough I know my GP's not going to want to take the coil out so soon!
I have had blood tests to check everything and all is fine and I am definitely perimenopausal. I have read other posts on here about the adrenalin surges at night so I know I'm not alone.
In the meantime I am seeing an acupuncturist which has helped with keeping the adrenalin in check, although abviously not at nigth. Am wondering now if should actually see a hypnotherapist as I'm sure my anxiety is having an impact at night too. I live in near Staines in Surrey - can anyone recommend anyone? Has anyone ever used hypnotherapy?
Thanks everyone x