Very interesting Scampi. So basically, looking at those symptoms, they are the exact same as meno symptoms anyway? So the only diagnosable thing is that, as you increased estrogen, things got worse?
Did you try both patches and gel? And what were you estrogen blood results? Are symptoms better now you are on the antihistamines and ketotifen? What dose of estrogen are you on, can you take any? Sorry for all the questions.
For me, I stopped desogestrel and started all 3 HRT hormones at the same time a year ago. Then I increased from 25mcg patch to 50 after just 2 weeks at 25. (Newson dr, who I've since switched from gave that advice!). My ovaries ached constantly and fired out these electric stabby pains into my hips, waking up after 10 years on desogestrel. So I feel like my own body had estrogen production going all over the place, combined with the HRT estrogen. So that's my theory as to what caused all of this back then (insomnia, heart beating hard at night and inner tremors). (Stupid doctor question of the time was "But how do you KNOW it's your ovaries?", said in a v sceptical way. Er..... because I know where my ovaries are and what they feel like!? Honestly, that was a female GP as well. Does she not feel her own ovaries hurt at ovulation or sometime or other?!)
Anyway, I don't know why it didn't all stop again when I stopped everything for 5 months - but at least it gave my own ovaries a chance to settle down. Then I began a very low dose patch (12.5) and increased gradually up to 50mcg and then 62.5 - and this time round all those increases made pretty much zero difference in terms of the symptoms and I still had other low estrogen symptoms like migraines at start and end of cycle and vaginal dryness. It was like the patches just weren't doing anything much, that time round.
After I switched to gel, I experienced an improvement after 3 nights on just 1 pump - 1 pump of gel was better for it all than 62.5 patches. And I'm now on 2 pumps and it's still okay/improved. I am still not getting perfect sleep and still don't have zero of these symptoms but I've not even been on 2 pumps for a week yet so it's early days. (However I do think these symptoms are quick to respond, compared to other things like joint pain etc with more processes involved. I notice a difference from 3-7 days after a dose change.)
I am v nervous about increasing gel dose after what happened when I tried to increase patches last year though, but I have to at least try...