Hi,
I could do with a bit of help again. As some of you may know my meno journey, I'm post meno, (4yrs ish), I started HRT in august, main symptoms were really bad anxiety, low mood and insomnia.
I started on 25mcg estraderm, 100g utrogestan PV. I increased patches to 37.5 on 13th September.
A couple of weeks ago I could only get 50mcg patches so my gp said try the 50's I tried them for a couple of days but felt wired for a couple of days and literally did not sleep at all, so I went back down to 37.5mcg.
Problem is, my sleep is getting better at a snails' pace, half of the week, I get 7hrs the other half 4 - 5hrs sleep.
But my anxiety is sooo very very bad at the moment. it's got to the point now where i cannot go out on my own, need to have OH with me. (not at all like me)
What I'm wondering is, I think I haven't been giving the increase in patches long enough. However, I understand that some women say to go low and slow and that post meno ladies dont' need as much estrogen, and others who say that you need as much as you need.
My plan is to stick with the 37.5mcg for the moment come what may as I think I just need a bit of consistency, what do others think about going up to 50mcg patches and when do you think I should do that.
I'm a bit concerned as when i cut the patches they're obviously not accurate everytime and I'm worried that the fluctuations may not be helping me either when I cut them.
sorry for the long post and thank you if you've read this far!!!!
