This has a lot of moving parts so there's a high chance it's not just hrt but I wanted to know if anyone else has had similar issues.
I'm Bipolar and I have adhd. I'm on medication for both of those along with my hrt meds. My doctors know everything I'm on and have made sure none of them interact badly.
So for the first few months of hrt everything went nice and smooth and I was just enjoying the changes. Around 6ish months in I started having really bad anxiety and panic attacks randomly. At first we thought it could've been period related, but the anxiety was going far beyond a week.
But this is where things get complicated.
Around this time I also started having episodes of something called Akathisia. It's a common side effect of antipsychotics. Basically it's a near constant urge to move and stay active, being unable to sit still. Like restless leg syndrome, but with your whole body.
This did not mix well with my anxiety at all. The constant need to move and my increased anxiety would make me panic about not being able to sit down or relax, especially at night.
Now this went on for 2 months before we figured things out and how to get rid of akathisia, but the issue is the anxiety and panic was still there. It felt like I was in a near constant state of panic and I was always on the verge of freaking out and crying as hard as I could.
I talked to my doctors and the only thing that was wrong is my testosterone levels were too high. We tried a lot of things, but it was until I got on progesterone that I actually started to feel better. Not all the way though. My anxiety feels like it's miles ahead of what it used to be, and I just can't figure out how to help this panic and anxiety I get.
The only thing I can think of is hormonal imbalances? Since for a while my testosterone was too high. I did recently go down in my estradiol because I was too high in that area as well. It just seems like a lot for it to all be simply hormonal imbalances
So TL;DR I've had horrible anxiety and panic after starting hrt and it's only recently gotten a little better after balancing out my hormones. Is this normal for hrt?
This has a lot of moving parts so there's a high chance it's not just hrt but I wanted to know if anyone else has had similar issues.I'm Bipolar and I have adhd. I'm on medication for both of those along with my hrt meds. My doctors know everything I'm on and have made sure none of them interact badly.So for the first few months of hrt everything went nice and smooth and I was just enjoying the changes. Around 6ish months in I started having really bad anxiety and panic attacks randomly. At first we thought it could've been period related, but the anxiety was going far beyond a week. But this is where things get complicated.Around this time I also started having episodes of something called Akathisia. It's a common side effect of antipsychotics. Basically it's a near constant urge to move and stay active, being unable to sit still. Like restless leg syndrome, but with your whole body. This did not mix well with my anxiety at all. The constant need to move and my increased anxiety would make me panic about not being able to sit down or relax, especially at night.Now this went on for 2 months before we figured things out and how to get rid of akathisia, but the issue is the anxiety and panic was still there. It felt like I was in a near constant state of panic and I was always on the verge of freaking out and crying as hard as I could. I talked to my doctors and the only thing that was wrong is my testosterone levels were too high. We tried a lot of things, but it was until I got on progesterone that I actually started to feel better. Not all the way though. My anxiety feels like it's miles ahead of what it used to be, and I just can't figure out how to help this panic and anxiety I get.The only thing I can think of is hormonal imbalances? Since for a while my testosterone was too high. I did recently go down in my estradiol because I was too high in that area as well. It just seems like a lot for it to all be simply hormonal imbalances So TL;DR I've had horrible anxiety and panic after starting hrt and it's only recently gotten a little better after balancing out my hormones. Is this normal for hrt? https://ift.tt/hDg1inx https://ift.tt/b2NqgBF
Comments
Post a Comment