Morning everyone. After my mirena fitting in December I was given an estradot 100 patch, (an increase from a 50 patch and 1 pump estrogel) but after a month my anxiety/panic really ramped up and the nurse suggested a change to estrogel 4 pumps to try to provide a more regular dose and have some control, along with low dose beta blockers to be used as and when.
During the review a week later I mentioned my very sore breasts and she advised to give it a week and if there was no change to reduce to 3 pumps (2 in the morning and 1 in the evening). If anything the pain got worse so I went down to 3 pumps around 10 days ago. After a few days my breasts are back to normal and pain free but I am waking up hot in the night with the most horrendous feelings of panic as soon as I open my eyes. Yesterday I couldn’t find my debit card in a shop and started having a panic attack and got really warm-it seems to take literally nothing much for my heart to start pounding and panic to appear.
I am really confused-it seemed as though the 4 pumps were too much because of the sore breasts but now I’m down to 3 I feel like I need to increase again. I am 51 and still peri and believe that my symptoms are being caused by huge fluctuations. Would a higher dose of estrogel help override the fluctuations or exacerbate them? Hope someone can help 🙏