High estrogen is ... crazy

[Alainaluvsu]

This is a vent, not a cry for help or asking for advice. Just a hug and an "I know... I know" will do

My estrogen has been sky the hell through the roof high lately. My last test didn't show it but I can tell it's spiking / spiked. It's been high before and I'm getting all of the same symptoms.

My cat is acting like I'm her momma, I'm crying over the dumbest crap, my self confidence with whether I'm good at anything is bottomed out, my skin is ashy, my nails are going to crap, I'm starving 18 hours a day even though I do nothing but eat eat eat, I'm sleepy all the time (I'm up at 3 am because I slept about 10 hours today), I'm getting slight morning sickness and if I go 2 hours over without taking my dose I get headaches and hot flashes, I can go for 2 weeks without washing my hair and it's still dry (even though THANKFULLY it's still healthy!), mood swings are crazy dramatic (I'll go from happy la la land to verge of tears just from somebody asking me why I did something), my clothes smell like onions when I take them off (yes I wear deoderant), oddly, my sex drive is getting stronger (mmm men... WHY CAN'T I HAVE ONE?!! /cry ... I'm hungry) even though my T is WELL suppressed (18 ng / ml), my skin is paper thin... I'm sure I missed something.

Sounds fun huh? A bleeping joy ride I'm telling you! Being 12 again is freaking awesome!! If anybody wants to know the extreme effects of estrogen, live with me for a week or 2 and I bet you'll jump off of HRT because you'll be like "OH I DO NOT WANNA BE THAT ... GIRL!".

Before anybody says anything, I'm going to the doctor in a week. I'm sure everyone in my life is thankful that I am...

[Beverly]

What goes up can come down again.

Patience....

x x

[Alainaluvsu]

What goes up can come down again.

Patience....

x x

When I read that, I really read "Hot flashes and migranes are in your future!!" ... and idk if I'd rather have what I'm having now or those! lol!!

[MadelineB]

I had to pause in finishing this bucket of frozen yogurt on my lap so that I can type some encouragement. Thanks for giving me a moment to burp before I go back to digging in again. Hang in there Alaina! Nom nom nom. It gets better. Nom nom nom. Oh, it's only 1:30 where I am. Nom nom.

[Medusa]

Congrats you are pregnant   

Sorry just bad joke

Bug hug for you

[Alainaluvsu]

I had to pause in finishing this bucket of frozen yogurt on my lap so that I can type some encouragement. Thanks for giving me a moment to burp before I go back to digging in again. Hang in there Alaina! Nom nom nom. It gets better. Nom nom nom. Oh, it's only 1:30 where I am. Nom nom.

Umm... share before I end you!!

ILY

Congrats you are pregnant   

Sorry just bad joke

Bug hug for you

Thanks... the first one apparently was a miscarriage

lol yall 2 made me laugh, thanks!

[kelly_aus]

I've got low E and that can be just as crazy...

[spx_1112]

I have had slight morning sickness too.

[Alainaluvsu]

Are your dried skin and crummy nails a direct result of high e? I had the same symptoms when I was taking Spironolactone, my dr prescribed me androcur and although im taking the same daily dose in mgs of e, my skin is no longer "paper" thin and my nails exist now!

I'm pretty sure, I've been on Spiro for over a year and haven't had these symptoms persistently. Could be, but the skin and nails were just fine during the summer. It probably is low T that's causing that since nails are made of up to 25% water and skin dryness is a direct result of lack of sebum... and testosterone is needed for sebum production.

Really... I just wanted to B-word because apparently that's all that a person or 2 see me as in life, and the E makes me sooo emotional.

[Kelly J. P.]

 I must not have high estrogen, because HRT hasn't really made me feel any different. Mostly.

I hope things get sorted out for you... not much can be done other than enjoying the fact that it's not boring. :p

[Ms. OBrien CVT]

I know ... I know

Had hot flashes after my orchidectomy.  Not fun.  I would suggest having your E levels check after not being on any HRT.  A friend had similar symptoms and her doctor check her after being off E for about a month.  Her levels were still at the levels of a premenstrual woman. Evidently her body has decided to manufacture her own Estrogen.

[Ave]

Been there done that I know when I had high E levels I felt like godzilla ready to tear apart an unsuspecting city and the next moment feeling like I was going to cry...in class.

Interestingly enough, just got my T level back and it was pretty high yet I don't get the crazy highs that E gave me. E is some crazy stuff!

Hang in there!

[Alainaluvsu]

I know ... I know

Had hot flashes after my orchidectomy.  Not fun.  I would suggest having your E levels check after not being on any HRT.  A friend had similar symptoms and her doctor check her after being off E for about a month.  Her levels were still at the levels of a premenstrual woman. Evidently her body has decided to manufacture her own Estrogen.

Thanks love

I wish mine would do that.... no more pills!!

Been there done that I know when I had high E levels I felt like godzilla ready to tear apart an unsuspecting city and the next moment feeling like I was going to cry...in class.

Interestingly enough, just got my T level back and it was pretty high yet I don't get the crazy highs that E gave me. E is some crazy stuff!

Hang in there!

It's such an awkward feeling trying to hold back tears that ... to everybody else must seem spontaneous if you let them flow. I know if I started crying around people because a friend asked me "Why in the world would you turn on this street?" ... they'd look at me like I'm crazy! But that estradiol is wicked stuff!!

[Ave]

It's such an awkward feeling trying to hold back tears that ... to everybody else must seem spontaneous if you let them flow. I know if I started crying around people because a friend asked me "Why in the world would you turn on this street?" ... they'd look at me like I'm crazy! But that estradiol is wicked stuff!!

I remember when I was *just* starting out on the estro stuff and got back a quiz from my Stat's professor with a big ol' red 88 on it.

Words cannot describe the overwhelming fury and "I'm about to cry " that I felt...thank god I never felt like that again, those were some pretty scary swings .

[harmonic_dissonance]

Good lord, I am having like the same symptoms!

I had my levels checked last month and everything was right as rain.  She actually lowered my dosage by a tiny amount to see how I'd take to it.

Constantly feel exhausted, both hungry AND nauseated, insane mood swings (I may have tackled someone cough cough).  My sex drive is amusingly nearly non-existent as always, but more so now than ever.  Paper skin thin too, and I'm either freezing or burning up!

What gets me is that you mentioned your kitty getting clingy with attention, mine is too!  Maybe they can smell the pheromones?  I don't know, but she is stuck to me sitting on top of my desk or lap since I started the new dosing and wails at the door when I leave.

About that "onion" smell though, I did some researching since I have it as well.  Apparently that's just a sign of your formidable femininity, haha: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4378948/Men-smell-of-cheese-women-smell-of-onion.html

[Catherine Sarah]

Hi Alaina,

More over girl, I'm moving in. What you're doing is the only way to go.

Six weeks ago I changed from patches to 100mg implant. E levels have gone through the roof, (over 2,000 nm/mL) no T and just about to leave this planet. I cry over the TV news.

But geez, when you can get a hold of yourself, the insights and understanding you find are awesome.

Keep on keeping on.

Huggs
Catherine

[Rita]

That was me the first 2 weeks of getting a higher E dosage without the crummy nails.

[Violet Bloom]

  This stuff kinda scares me because I experience a number of these lousy conditions regularly (perhaps to lesser degrees) but I'm not on HRT.  Not being able to tell the difference between nauseated or hungry is always fun.  I never eat enough any more because of this.  I'm really hoping I get a good doctor soon.

[Alainaluvsu]

I would consider you to be lucky if that is all that is happening to you. When I had E levels that were too high I had heart palpitations. Talk about some truly scary stuff. I said "the hell with waiting to see the doctor, I'm dropping this dose back to what it was before." Once I did that I felt fine (other than some hot flashes but I can deal with that.)

Ick... that is nasty stuff. I'll take everything I'm experiencing over that any day!

[Tristan]

wait till they drop to fast (your E levels) and your nips start to lactate. lol