Hi all I'm 40y/o UK based and peri. Has anyone suffered with the above and felt once the HRT estrogen/progesterone was at the correct dose this went away?
Obviously I'm aware we need our fight and flight as a normal stress hormone HOWEVER I feel like mines permanently on. My body will react to even the smallest amount of stress and I'll become jittery, overstimulated and anxious. I've found so far with my estrogen patches that the 50mcg and the 75mcg is not helping. If anything I feel like it's too much. At the moment I don't feel like it's helping me at all other than controlling my periods timing and with the lower dose my boobs hurt less and I'm less bloated! Hair is growing back slowly which is also good. I'm on mirtazapine to help chill me out in the evening but does absolutely nothing for the anxiety during the day and I've tried other SSRIs and not had much luck. It's definitely hormonal but just don't know how else to calm down this jitteriness
I've also had CBT therapy which has now ended. I've had an iron infusion and my iron is absolutely fine and all my other bloods including thyroid, vitamins D are normal!