Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: Clazzy123 on June 11, 2023, 12:22:21 PM
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What are the symptoms of too much oestrogen?
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Hello Clazzy and welcome to the forum. Strangely, the symptoms of high oestrogen can be similar to low oestrogen. I believe it is things like feeling jittery (although that can happen in meno anyway).
You may want to pop that into the search bar and have a browse of the threads that come up. :)
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For me, feeling jittery, acid reflux, extra white discharge and sore burny breasts (diffferent to the pre menstrual heavy breast feeling i get). I agree though, there is crossover with low estrogen symptoms so often it umis hard to tell. I know when my estrogen is rising though, as my finger joints stop hurting.
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What are the symptoms of too much oestrogen?
For me when I went up to 4 pumps of gel, my breasts were big, sore and sort of hot (sorry if that sounds weird!); I also felt jittery and wired, when I dropped back down to 3 pumps within a week I felt better. However, I believe headaches and feeling nausea are also symptoms xxx
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Hello Clazzy123 and welcome to the forum.
When my Oestrogen was at its highest I had sore breasts that became more and more tender as time went on, they then felt swollen and taking off my bra at night was painful.
I had been prescribed three 1mg sachets of Sandrena gel which I think is the equivalent of six pumps of Oestrogel or 150mcg patch. I was also using a minimum of progesterone. Not long after I began spotting and bleeding and too much Oestrogen was identified as the reason. When I lowered my Oestrogen my breasts returned to normal after a few weeks.
I have not used so much Oestrogen since and I have had no further issues with my breasts.
My emotional state was also variable but that has been a frequent symptom for me during the menopause. I seem to swing between feeling anxious and jittery then calm and composed no matter how much Oestrogen I am taking!
In summary I would say that tender and swollen breasts are a very good indicator of too much Oestrogen.
I hope this helps you in some way and take care.
K.
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Thanks all, your replies have helped me too!
xxx
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Me too. I reduced my oestrogel dosage earlier this year when the dreaded jitters returned and that seemed to calm them down. I've now got incredibly large, swollen, tender breasts - the biggest they have ever been - and it really is uncomfortable and unpleasant. I have just started reducing my gel again to see if that has any effect. I am hoping it is too much oestrogen and not insufficient as I dont want to increase my dosage again and see the return of other symptoms. It's all a continual balancing act with HRT as our own levels change.