Hi All,
I’m hoping someone has been in a similar situation and knows the answer to this….
I increased my oestregen patch in desperation a week ago from Evorel 50 to Evorel 75. I am post menopausal and had been on a 50 patch equivalent for nearly 4 months, with no real improvement in many of my symptoms. My blood test in Late Oct, showed my estradiol levels were just 105 pmo/l so I was still the levels of a post menopausal woman, in fact below the levels.
I had been hesitant in changing, as my Dr worried me about increasing. I take a low dose of carbamazepine, for a neurological problem and have done so for 25 years. She advised that carbamazepine alters the way that it breaks down the progesterone, so I was getting a lesser dose of the Utrogestan , but she still prescribed them for me in the end. She said it would have to be reviewed again. They sat in my drawer for a few weeks, whilst I plucked up the courage to change. Last week was also a bad week as I’d been on an antidepressant (3rd one I tried) for just over a week, but was advised to stop due to severe side effects
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so it was in desperation that I upped the oestregen patch.
Within a day, I felt my anxiety symptoms improved and they have continued to do so. I am not expecting miracles overnight, but the fact I felt better was great….however my sleep has got so much worse
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I am now getting incredibly anxious during the night as I’m not sleeping at all. I slept about 3 hours the night before last and last night 1 hour. I can feel my heart increase when I did drop off at about 5 this morning, it’s like I jolt myself awake, and I’m in half sleep, which is really odd and then I get more anxious….it’s been awful.
I called the GP today and am expecting a call back later….however she is anti HRT and I’m really worried what she will say. Does it sound like I need to increase the utrogestan to 200 mg a day? Does anyone do that continuously?
Thankyou in advance,
Teresa
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