I am 50, had a hysterectomy 6 years ago and started on patches about a year ago.
I started off on 25mcg, then up to 50 mcg in about May, then up to 75 mcg in September and the doctor prescribed Estradot which suited me very well. However, Estradot are very hard to source round my way (Glasgow) and so my repeat prescription was for generic "estradiol" and I am now on 75 mcg of Evorel. I am finding my symptoms have come back - not completely, but I am waking early, mild anxiety/restlessness, serious itching.
I am thinking that my body is just not absorbing the hormone as well from the Evorel as it did from the Estradot - is this a "thing"? Is it worth asking to go up to the 100 mcg patch of the Evorel (which is about the size of an A4 sheet of paper
) Or any other tips? In an ideal world I'd be back on the Estradot in a flash, but the pharmacy will only give a box at a time as supply is so restricted and I can't face phoning round half of Glasgow every 4 weeks looking for stock.
Urgh. And to complicate matters, I have an underactive thyroid too and wonder if I should be upping my thyroxine dose too.