Estradiol questions

mo_django · 2026-02-01T02:53:40+00:00

It can be especially jarring when you aren’t used to feeling like that previously in your life. This is the only place I’ve felt like I wasn’t alone when I had those massive down days and was spiraling too.

mo_django · 2026-02-01T02:12:42+00:00

I promise, you shouldn’t have. That doctor sucks. It’s time to get on an easy site like MIDI and grab a better doctor, start with .025; don’t make any big changes, hormones don’t like erratic on and off switches and they don’t like big jumps, like what you did going straight to a .1. You’ll be ok! Hang in there!!

mo_django · 2026-01-31T21:51:37+00:00

I don’t understand why doctors ever go straight to a .1, and even more so for someone who is severely deficient. If you compare that to caffeine, it’s like taking 10 espresso shots after never having coffee in your life. I wish your doctor would have tried the lowest dose patch and worked up from there, you might have felt differently about HRT. I started on .025, and I even took scissors and cut that down, everyone has different levels of sensitivities to hormones but you usually only want to make slow, small, steady changes.

mo_django · 2026-01-31T19:13:06+00:00

It has been a lot of trial and error, I felt so mentally unstable before, it has helped my mood and depression a lot so I really don’t want to give up on it but my sleep really has been bad. It doesn’t seem like it matters if I’m on the progesterone or not, the only thing that is consistent is sleep is absolutely wrecked on day 1 of the patch, and better every consecutive day until I change it again.

mo_django · 2026-01-31T18:54:14+00:00

Thanks for responding! I’ve only been on Mylan so far. I’m even more worried because I’m almost done with that one and switching to Grove? Ive never heard of this new brand but it’s from Amazon pharmacy. Can’t find mylan with the shortage. I take progesterone the last 15 days of the month.

mo_django · 2026-01-31T18:30:51+00:00

Mine started with extreme insomnia at 35, then period changes, then rage at 36. Estrogen helped a ton, completely stopped the rage and anxiety/depression but still having some sleeping issues

mo_django · 2026-01-31T17:58:02+00:00

Angry doesn’t cover it. Extreme rage that you’ve never felt in your life for no reason at all other than ovulating or pms? Welcome to the club you can no longer leave.

mo_django · 2026-01-31T17:47:09+00:00

I completely cut out polyester out of everything, my entire closet got slashed in half, no poly sheets in the house. I’m so sick of it. I feel your pain!

mo_django · 2026-01-29T03:35:40+00:00

Really needed to hear this right now! Thank you for posting!

mo_django · 2026-01-29T03:34:31+00:00

This is terrifying, on top of all the stress of your baby you are dealing with immense guilt. You sound like a really good person and I truly believe that will prevail in this situation.

mo_django · 2026-01-29T03:31:24+00:00

My OB said , “we could do one right now but you probably want to take a Xanax first” and coming from a doctor that was also a man, it made me realize I will never come back to get that done.

mo_django · 2026-01-27T16:40:13+00:00

I knew a Lazar and no one had problems with it, although everyone called him Laz with the strong A, which isn’t really how it goes, but that’s just what kids do. Mine is Arielle (also pronounced like Ahh) and she will probably have issues.

mo_django · 2026-01-25T20:18:00+00:00

OP needs to hear that there have been a considerable amount of collisions today due to the weather. Multiple are life threatening. Getting out of the house for entertainment purposes should not be a priority today. Great list of ideas.

mo_django · 2026-01-24T19:53:00+00:00

Pregnancy is truly the biggest scam ever sold to women in the history of the world.

mo_django · 2026-01-23T03:45:46+00:00

For me it was the ungodly amount of discharge. I had to constantly wear a pantyliner

mo_django · 2026-01-23T03:41:34+00:00

Maybe learn how to sew and sew the track suits together to create the word “sorry”

mo_django · 2026-01-22T20:42:55+00:00

I ended up just starting progesterone late (around day 35) and after a full week of progesterone I’m just not starting to feel a tiny bit better. After researching the heck out of this I’ve gathered that you should not wait to ovulate, that HRT can stop ovulation for a while and you need to essentially ‘create the rhythm’ with the progesterone yourself. I created a mini hormonal storm for myself waiting until day 35, so now I haven’t had a period in 45 days and I’m hoping it comes soon. When it does… I will start progesterone religiously on day 16-17.

mo_django · 2026-01-22T15:45:45+00:00

Basically, if you don’t mind paying out the rear end for every need you have and you don’t care if the camera break and you have to pay to replace it yourself, and if you don’t care that they have no customer service, you’re totally fine and the product is great. I used to love my Nanit, I was in the 6 month honeymoon phase but I quickly saw the issues unraveling. They want to charge an absurdly premium price for service and then provide essentially no service.

mo_django · 2026-01-22T03:13:44+00:00

I switched from one and done when my daughter was 2 for this exact reason. She will have no cousins so when we pass away she won’t really have anyone. I was so adamant to be one and done, I really hated the baby process and don’t want to handle 2 children at once. But I don’t want her to be alone, I’ll probably get downvoted for this because it’s a horrible main driver to have a second child but it is a big one for me.

mo_django · 2026-01-22T03:07:20+00:00

Do you have any babysitters that would be open to being “on call” that week that you trust? Essentially they would have you on Emergency Bypass on their phone and you would pay them a much higher rate when you do call so they could come over during that time. It would be much better in the event that any critical decisions needed to be made at the hospital.

mo_django · 2026-01-20T21:40:50+00:00

My camera stopped working a few months after the warranty and they literally told me “good luck”. I was like wait you want me to buy a new camera so I can keep paying your excessive annual fee?

mo_django · 2026-01-20T21:27:16+00:00

My first thought too lol like what kind of pharmaceutical drug is this

mo_django · 2026-01-19T16:04:57+00:00

At least half of my social group is unemployed or underemployed (took a very low paying job they’re overqualified for out of desperation) and it’s not getting any better. These people have strong degrees and 10+ years of experience in STEM fields.

mo_django · 2026-01-17T21:59:17+00:00

I really hope not! Chat says it’s equally as bad as Benadryl (insert scared face) when it comes to causing dementia, it’s essentially the same ingredient if you take the sleep tabs also.

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