Hi, I was on Evorel 50mcg and not feeling great benefit so was put on Sandrena 1mg gel. I felt terrible with this - awful anxiety, felt flat and down, very tearful one minute and ok the next. I asked my GP to change me back to Evorel (although he just wanted to give me antidepressants) and have recently been cutting the patches in half so I can use one and half for 75mcg. I feel so much better on this dose. My mood is so much brighter, I can laugh again and I feel like I have been walking around under a dark cloud and it’s just lifted. I still have some symptoms like joint pain and terrible atrophy and burning but I feel better able to cope with everything else now.
My question is, is this okay to be doing? I cut the patch diagonally and keep the other half in its packaging. I’m on Utrogestan 200mg 12 nights per month and haven’t had a bleed in 3-4 months. I’m also worried if I go back to my GP he’ll refuse to up the dose to 75mcg. My last conversation with him wasn’t great as he didn’t believe my anxiety and mood could possibly be related to HRT.
Thanks for reading.