Hi everyone
First of all I've had sufficient heart checks by a cardiologist in the past and told not to worry re anything serious as heart structurally normal.
The last few days I've had some weird symptoms and not sure if people recognise these as menopause or not, would value your thoughts.
Firstly I put my first oestrogen patch of the month on 12 hours too early..........a few hours into it I was driving around with my mother and I had a really weird head, migrainey, etc. Then I was having lots of headaches, the type you get when you stand up too quick and head pounds, only it happened a few times when I was sat down and just changed position. All through this I was having my period as well.
It's gradually got better over the last few days, still happening but getting better. I've been getting a fluttering in the chest also and what I describe as a feeling like a 'blowtorch' firing up in my chest and a feeling of adrenalin surges.
I'm slightly worried as I increased my thyroid meds, only a tiny amount, but I'm on a high dose already and it's a risk factor for Atrial Fibrillation (heart arrythmia for those who don't know, not life threatening but not good). I was woken this morning with adrenalin surges, I got them under control with deep breathing and went back to sleep.
None of these symptoms are new to me, I've had them in the past, they are not normal at all, but the doctors told me all tests were normal. I trust that, but the symptoms are still not normal and quite distressing, though fleeting each time. The symptoms stopped completely when I started HRT 2 years ago.................so I'm just wondering whether I need more oestrogen now. I've got supplemental patches (Evorel 25) and told I can raise them to Evorel 50...........
I'll talk to the doctor, but just wondering what others think from this description. I'm now on the second oestrogen patch and starting to feel better than I did, which is making me wonder if my oestrogen levels have just dropped lower. Thanks for any thoughts on this
