I've been using gel for a while (2 pumps a day) with no issues. But my specialist wants to up my dose and move me to patches as I have a connective tissue disorder causing me really bad joint problems and she thinks I need to have my dose spread out more consistently to help my symptoms. So she's moved me to patches. But they are making me feel weird - I feel like I've had 20 cups of coffee, my eyes are twitching, I can't sleep, I've got a lingering headache and I just feel a bit wired. I've gone down to a really small dose cutting a 50 patch in half and only using half, but it makes no difference.
I can spread the gel out throughout the day and go up to 3 pumps without it having the same effect. The specialist is a bit baffled other than saying she thinks I must be really sensitive. Google isn't telling me why this might be happening. Any ideas?
Patches would be much preferred as spreading the gel dose out is pretty difficult when you're out during the day - I find myself undressing in the toilets then having to stand there for ages waiting for the gel to dry. Not exactly good!
Happy to persevere if I might get used to it, but the not sleeping is horrible.