I just increased mine before doctors appointment… I honestly felt like I was going to have a nervous breakdown and couldn’t wait… I noticed a change overnight… I haven’t cried or felt like dying for the past two days and sleeping better, still not great sleep but better sleep and I can function. I upped progesterone to 200mg (I have always been low and I started at 100mg) and I was doing 2 pumps of estrogen gel and upped it to 3…. I definitely feel better than I did and just hope my doctor will rewrite scripts or I’ll be finding a new quickly… it’s the lack of sleep and mental stuff for me, I honestly felt like I didn’t want to live anymore and not kidding, overnight with increase I feel more functioning & not as heavy hearted as I did.

How do you know how much you are taking? My doctor prescribed it but just told me to use a pea size amount everyday. Mine says Testosterone Gel 1% and under that: 50mg testosterone per 5 gram tube and I probably use one tube for 5ish days?

Holy shit, yes.

I had no idea this was another peri menopause issue … I was at the doctor about 7 years ago for itching on my legs that would keep me up at night, absolutely maddening, no one told me this could be hormone related. I get sad and angry every time I discover a new symptom I’ve had along the way with no explanation, just a med thrown at me, had I known it was hormone related and hormones were safe if taken correctly I think my quality of life would have been much better and I wouldn’t be in this predicament now..

I am using an estradiol cream 3 times a week but I am leaking at times, just a little but enough that I have to wear a pantiliner, I didn’t even have vaginal births and have never had this before. Why is this happening? Is this preventable and do I need an increase or something different?

I feel like I’m on the verge of a nervous breakdown and I know it’s because of my ADHD and peri menopause; not to sound dramatic but I honestly have been feeling like I might not make it out of this and will be another statistic, I don’t know how much more of this I can take. I was once hospitalized after a miscarriage for this same feeling; of course I was sad about the miscarriage but this and that is a different kind of feeling, it’s not a sad because of loss feeling; I feel empty inside, can’t sleep (for over 10 years), I can’t function, feel hollow inside, brain fog that is almost inexplainable, joint pain, you name it. I now know this is hormones but doesn’t stop me from wishing to not wake up; I have been dealing with these hormone issues my whole life and add the ADHD to it and I honestly feel like, game over, I’m done, someone please take me out.

I’ve downloaded three apps for this and still can’t figure it out, lol! I downloaded GitHub, Mlem & Test Flight but still only able to get here using the link they sent to verify my email; I’m okay with getting here this way but I suspect will deter a lot of people.

Completely agree!!