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[discogirl]

Morning everyone,

I moved from patches 50mcg to gel (2 pumps) around 7th Nov and I much prefer the gel. I put the gel on first thing in the morning.

A few days ago I felt I needed a bit more so I put on an extra half pump, yesterday, early evening my head felt completely wired and I had butterflies in my tummy. My anxiety is much better, but I wondered with the wired feeling, does that mean I need to go up to 3 pumps, stay at 2 1/2 pumps of go down to 2 pumps x

Thanks so much for any replies x

[Flossieteacake]

Hello Disco. Sounds to me like you need to get used to the increase. If you felt you need the increase then hopefully it is just a matter of waiting for your body to get used to the new dose.

[discogirl]

Morning flossieteacake,

Thanks for the reply; so do you think I should stick at 2 1/2 pumps then?

How are you feeling now by the way xx

[Clarella]

I have to go v slowly between patches and go up by half a 25 patch for a few weeks. Perhaps take it more slowly?

[Flossieteacake]

Morning flossieteacake,

Thanks for the reply; so do you think I should stick at 2 1/2 pumps then?

How are you feeling now by the way xx

I feel you should stick to this now so your body is not having to keep adjusting. If you felt you needed the extra then I would say it means you do so I would try to carry on as long as you do not feel too bad.

I am not well but thank you for asking. 

[discogirl]

I have to go v slowly between patches and go up by half a 25 patch for a few weeks. Perhaps take it more slowly?

Hi Clarella,

Yes I'm on the gel but I will see how it goes;

Hope your doing ok and thanks for the reply x

[discogirl]

Morning flossieteacake,

Thanks for the reply; so do you think I should stick at 2 1/2 pumps then?

How are you feeling now by the way xx

I feel you should stick to this now so your body is not having to keep adjusting. If you felt you needed the extra then I would say it means you do so I would try to carry on as long as you do not feel too bad.

I am not well but thank you for asking. 

Thanks for your reply flossie.

Have you managed to get a doctors appt xx

[Flossieteacake]

Morning flossieteacake,

Thanks for the reply; so do you think I should stick at 2 1/2 pumps then?

How are you feeling now by the way xx

I feel you should stick to this now so your body is not having to keep adjusting. If you felt you needed the extra then I would say it means you do so I would try to carry on as long as you do not feel too bad.

I am not well but thank you for asking. 

Thanks for your reply flossie.

Have you managed to get a doctors appt xx

I do not need one as I am pretty sure it is Covid. I just have to wait for it to pass. I am better then I was last week so at least that is a good sign. Thank you for caring. You are very kind.

[discogirl]

Thats good that you feel better than you did last week.

And yes covid takes it's time.

Make sure you rest and have plenty of fluids.

Message me whenever you want xx

[Flossieteacake]

Thats good that you feel better than you did last week.

And yes covid takes it's time.

Make sure you rest and have plenty of fluids.

Message me whenever you want xx

Aw thank you so much. 

[discogirl]

 

get better soon x

[Katherine]

Hi flossieteacake, sorry to hear you are unwell, I’m thinking of you and hope you look after yourself really well and feel better really soon xxxxxx

[Flossieteacake]

Hi flossieteacake, sorry to hear you are unwell, I’m thinking of you and hope you look after yourself really well and feel better really soon xxxxxx

Aww thank you. That is so sweet.

[Katherine]

Hi disco girl, assuming it was definitely the increase in gel that made you feel wired, if it was me I would ask myself which feeling is worse, feeling like I need a bit more gel, or the wired feeling and hen adjust the gel accordingly, or not. I would rather feel low on energy than wired but everyone is different. My gp seems to go by the principle of taking as much gel as you need and topping up during the day with a pump if necessary while not exceeding the max dose of course. I’m glad you like the gel though, I knew you would 

[MIS71MUM]

Disco girl - I’ve had the tired but wired feeling from increasing the gel before.  I think it’s a sign that your body is accepting and adjusting to the new dose.

It definitely settles given time, so try and take it gently until it does.

Im doing the opposite to you, going from gel to patches. Hopefully we can both see some improvements soon.

Take care x