Hi all and thank you for reading!! I am (relatively) new to HRT, around month 4 and struggling! I was under the illusion that HRT would help me sleep, however my experience is different. I started on the Oestrogen Gel and changed to the patches as I find them more convenient. I can't increase above Evorel 25 due to head pains and lightheadedness which is so severe I can't function. Although this has helped my mood no end, I feel so wired and I just can't cope! I am waking at 5am each day and spend the rest of the day shattered. I wake after a period of heavy dreams so feel like I haven't slept at all. Just completely at my wits end when the general consensus is HRT helps sleep! It has wrecked mine. Does anyone have any suggestions please? Thank you.