does sweating and the heat reduce your estrogen?

Its been so hot around here like alot of places.
I have been outside the last two days working outdoors and then indoors.
I put my patch on early Tues. this week. I was sweating alot those past two days when I worked outside. It feels like my patch is really not doing much at all. I had restless sleep, increased muscle tension in the arms and shoulders and neck, feel like I could cry at times.
Did I sweat my estrogen right out of the patch?

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Originally Posted by amar Its been so hot around here like alot of places. I have been outside the last two days working outdoors and then indoors. I put my patch on early Tues. this week. I was sweating alot those past two days when I worked outside. It feels like my patch is really not doing much at all. I had restless sleep, increased muscle tension in the arms and shoulders and neck, feel like I could cry at times. Did I sweat my estrogen right out of the patch?

My pharmacist told me to use that Estrogel in the pm when I won't be so active & sweating. With the triple digits & humidity, I was just sweating it off my arm when applying a dose in the a.m., particularly if I went outside to do yard work. Plus, if you are active and small with low body fat/BMI, my doctor said the estrogen seems to be utilized a lot faster; smaller active women often have problems maintaining ample estrogen as with difficulty with sleep. Figures my sole issue is getting sleep.

I wear a patch and mine was fine for a month then one fri morn I changed it but when I woke up Saturday it just had stopped. I have gone up to 1 1/2 patches. Im not having any problems except getting sleep ugh!! I even take ambien and the most I sleep is 4-5 hrs. I have a gyne appt this tues and hopefully I can get this straightened out.

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Originally Posted by calleesky I wear a patch and mine was fine for a month then one fri morn I changed it but when I woke up Saturday it just had stopped. I have gone up to 1 1/2 patches. Im not having any problems except getting sleep ugh!! I even take ambien and the most I sleep is 4-5 hrs. I have a gyne appt this tues and hopefully I can get this straightened out.

Did you bump your patch all the way up from 1 to 1 and 1/2. Maybe, you should try a 1/4. Too much estrogen interferes with my sleep. The least little increase or decrease can make a world of difference! The dose that seems to fit me best consistently is a patch and a 1/4 of one. That's using the Vivelle Dot 1...the highest dose Vivelle Dot has on the market. I'm not sure which patch you are on.