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Oestrogel giving me crushing fatigue - will this get better?

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Caroline77:
Hi, I am pretty sensitive to all hormonal changes including my own so I have started on only a half pump of oestrogel - within a couple of hours I am hit with crazy fatigue, I feel almost like I am drunk - wobbly and a bit fuzzy. I have tried splitting it into 1/4 pump in the morning and 1/4 pump in the evening but haven't had much improvement. Can anyone give me hope this will improve? I know my body needs to 'get used to it' but it doesn't seem to be that common a symptom when I am looking online for others experiences / reassurance. Any thoughts welcome! Thanks

CLKD:
Remind me: which symptom would you like to ease? 

Crushing fatigue is common even with ladies not using HRT.  I remember Mum suddenly switching off the cooking , sitting down and sleeping for hours  :-\ but I had no idea why.

Caroline77:
I'm taking it for mood swings and painful joints, I didn't have this fatigue before it comes on like a freight train within a couple of hours of using my gel.

Thank you for responding was feeling quite despondent about it and wondering if it'll pass as my body gets used to it

sheila99:
It isn't unusual for utro to do this but not oestrogen. If it's definitely the gel perhaps ask for a different form of oestrogen, either lenzetto spray or a patch. It might be something in the gel your body doesn't like rather than oestrogen itself.

CLKD:
Certainly as oestrogen levels drop naturally muscles may become lax = aches and pains.  R the mood swings cyclical?

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