Spoke with GP this morning as the rash seems to be getting no better. She asked me to send in photos, which I did and she rang me straight back. She things it is an allergic reaction possible to the new HRT, so has asked me to come off it!!! I feel bad enough on it, what will I feel like in a few days..............HELP x
Two things, could this be histamine? Histamine and estrogen go around on a loop, prog is supposed to be mast cell (histamine) calming but isn't always.
Secondly, how is your iron? Reason I say that is I get horrific shaking, anxiety, inner vibrations, horrible, horrible horrific symptoms when iron is low, around my period I honestly feel like I'm going to die, fast pulse, shake like a leaf, feel mental. Really would not wish that on my worst enemy.
I've got a thread going about iron deficiency - last posted this afternoon so near the top of the forum, last post there today I link a paper 'iron deficiency without anaemia' which I really, really recommend. If your Hb is under 130 and your ferritin is under 100 honestly you will feel properly unwell but this is so poorly understood by docs, it won't get picked up. I've just had an iron infusion and all the shaking and DefCon 4 stuff has stopped. Iron and histamine are connected and I've also had a massive amelioration in histamine symptoms including rash. I now also seem to be tolerating progesterone better.
I get that it's complex but IRON seems to be the key factor for me, my gynae was fascinated by what I'd learned, turns out most of my 'hormone' symptoms are actually iron.
Hope that helps.
Reb
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