Feel cuckoo on new HRT patch 😖😖😖 does it get better ?

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Only been on this new estrogen only patch 5 days and woke up this morning (too early) and felt really anxious wired . I’m thinking of cutting it in half unless it gets better ? Or maybe just too strong for me? 

I’m finding with ALL these patches that they don’t let me sleep a proper sleep I’m waking up too early . 

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    Hi Lori

    I'm going to do a post on mine as 5th week atm and since Sunday I've had my anxiety return in the mornings and keep waking up to early to. My itching got really bad last week to, its like I'm coming on as had start of a period today(didn't think we're supposed to have pmt and periods on hrt) so I know some people say it can take 3 months to start feeling better and some it's 6 months. I guess we are all different.

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      Don’t think I can stand 6 months of this .... just don’t feel grounded . Plain weird. Maybe I will just bite the bullet try 1/2 patch and if that doesn’t work try to do this naturally which I know from before any medication will be tough ... but at least I know I’m not putting anything foreign in my body . 
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    I’m the same Lori, wake up at 4am and can’t get back to sleep, so I’m gradually coming off mine, after 2 months it’s jist made me feel worse, though I’m in peri and oestrogen levels are erratic rather than low, so you might want to give it a bit longer to settle ??
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      Yes I had that back in October waking up at 4.30am unable to get back to sleep .i had no idea it was connected to hormones .  Dr finally gave me sleeping pills and dont use all the time but they set me straight and was back to normal after a few weeks . Not waking up at early but for me 7am is too early I don’t work so it’s a long day and then I’m tired all day . 

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    Hi Lori, I'm not on any kind of hormones because I had the pre cancer cells and had to have a hysterectomy when I was 27 and grandmother had breast cancer so just to risky for me so can't take , but just wanted to let you know that, I did experience this too the waking up at like 430 5 am wired for like 6 months straight it wasn't fun, I just made myself get up and for like 2 to 3 hours I would have to do something where I was physically moving every single day, so I would take a shower , do some laundry , let the dogs out, cook some food , wash floors dust, it was crazy , thought I was going insane... But that's what I had to do to get this wired feeling to calm down.. I think its cortisol at that time of the day is at its highest.. And extra cortisol dumping into bloodstream equals anxiety wired feeling.. So as you know the only way to burn it off is exercise... I think its just all part of menopause its a symptom and these symptoms come and do go, they usually come back to visit you again later but they will leave you for a while.. I don't think there is any way around this particular symptom when it happens you just have yo learn how to deal with it until it goes away , and another nasty one replaces it.. Its all part of the roller coaster ride we are all on.. And from what ive read the hormones don't help it that much if at all And sometimes can even intensify all the symptoms, but either way ,whether your the hormones or not, pretty sure you just have to find a way to go through it.. Maybe since you are a runner, you could run at that time of day, I know its early but you can always take a nap after you burn off all the anxiety and cortisol, when you crash a couple hours later which is what happens, I always took a nap after all this, everyday around noon when I crashed.. So just some friendly advice here.. And it will change for you, it was awful but I'm sleeping through the 4 o'clock hour again and it feels good.. Hope it stays that way.. Better days are ahead??

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      Hi gypsy

      Yes happened to me too in October waking up at 4.30am wired. Got through that and back to normal after a few weeks. I didn’t know it was hormones and I wonder if that is better ‘not knowing ‘ as I just thought it was a ‘phase’ . This time not as bad 7.00am but it’s still too early for me . 

      Now I know it’s all hormones and I’ve learned so much ..... but kind of feel it’s better being in the dark and being ignorant . 

      We start to obsess get stressed out instead of just riding the wave  .

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    I had to come off mine day 10, 50cm evorel, breast tenderness nervousness, and tiredness, didn't feel right

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      Well thanks for saying that ... as from what I’ve read it’s literally changed peoples lives for the better . I guess not us . I think it’s all about dosage but you can’t running bs k to the drs every day ! 
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    I am 58 ,bin menopausel about 10 years, also on prozac 10mg, I am trying turmeric capsules , they have arrived though post today for my joint aches, also have fibromyalgia, also B12, soya yoget s, will see what tomorrow brings, everyday is different for me,

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