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[hanbanan]

Hi - my levels are high. My e was around 1300 last week, and my t was 7.5 but these had dropped from over 1900 and 14.5 respectively. My e was 800 (I found out today when I checked a letter from my consultant) and my t was 0.3 when my implants were inserted in April. My consultant toyed with the idea of no e at all this time but went for 25mg in the end, which is probably why I am where I am now. Hey ho. It's frustrating that I get symptoms when I'm high, low or fluctuating. I'm too damn sensitive! I've been told this is why lots of women don't use implants long term (ie the fluctuations are too great when they're inserted and again when they start dropping off again) but they obviously suit some, and I had no option as I'd tried all other routes.

Out of interest, what symptoms did you have when your t was too high?

CLKD - sorry you're so tired. Fatigue and brain fog are so so miserable

[lancashirelass]

I felt snappy as if.i could have a fight with a paper bag also went hairy.  Have they kept your ovaries i really.dont get.why you would be so.high on a 25 with none.   Have they checked your thyroid?

[hanbanan]

No, my ovaries were removed. Supra-physiological levels can happen with any dose of implant apparently and old implants can keep excreting for a couple of years according to my consultant, so weird things can happen.

I am having my thyroid checked next week.

[lancashirelass]

So this wasnt your first implant ?  I thought it was odd.  He prob shouldnt have topped you up then until you dropped to around 600.  Might be worth adding some prog to balance things

[hanbanan]

No, not my first. I would consider progesterone but I'm completely intolerant to it which was part of the reason for my surgery.

[San Fairy Ann]

Hi,
Not been here for ages but wanted to say that when I first started experiencing meno symptoms, burning feet was the first thing I noticed.  HRT (oestrogen part) was the only thing that stopped this and as soon as I added the progesterone part the burning feet came back every month. I always thought that my burning feet was caused by my lowering oestrogen, may be you need increase yours? I now use utrogestan for the progesterone part and this doesn't cause my feet to burn even though I am using much less oestrogen these days. Hope this helps 
San Fairy Ann x

[mandy43]

Get your B12 levels tested.  One of my main symptoms before I was diagnosed with a deficiency was hot buzzing feet.  Other symptoms were:  falling asleep in the middle of the day at work, a feeling like I was losing my mind and really bad balance.  Worth checking out, as it is easily fixed with injections. xx

[hanbanan]

Thank you San Fairy Anm. My levels are still high, but I think it's a relative drop causing all the symptoms (at least I can't work out what else it is!!).

Thanks mandy43 - will see if I can add them to my tests this week x