Questions

I went for my 6 weeks this past Tuesday. I had hyst w/BSO. He increased my Vivelle dot from .05 to .075. I applied it Fri. evening and this evening while having dinner, I had a sense of feeling really strange in my head. I had to abruptly get up and leave the table. It's really hard to describe but it was almost like anxiety w/panic that worsened when I tried to just sit there and let it pass. I had to get up and leave because I couldn't set still. My head felt kinda lightheaded but also a fatigue feeling all at one time. Have any of you ever had things like this to happen? Also, are any of you on progesterone, like prometrium, athough you've had your ovaries removed. I wonder if the increase of the Vivelle wasn't too much. I really would rather have blood work when changing my hormones rather than someone taking a guess at them. I know hormones can change from day to day, but I don't have ovaries so what I'm getting is from patch only. Today is the first day I've really cleaned the house this well as I did since surgery so I dont' know if I'm just really tired or what. Any input or suggestions would be great.

hello rose i just changed from the Vivelle .0375 to the .05 and i experienced lightheadedness and a bit of nausea for the first few days and i still get tired if i do too much, so my advice would be to give it a few days and if you still feel odd call your Dr. mine told me i might feel some physical adjustments...

I just had my post op this week too. My dr put me on premarin cuz I have nite sweats and felt kinda weepy. I have taken it for 3 day and my nose has 3 giant ZITS. Actually its roseasia, but what am I doing switching from sweating to ZITTING. I now have swelly belly and zits. I look awful. I went to the hairdresser thursday to get my hair colored and she was 1 hour behind so I did't wait cuz I can't sit upright for long or my stomach aches..........so...I really look awful with roots hanging out too.........Oh well

At 6 weeks I know I was still recovering and had periods of weakness.
Almost everything you describe I believe could be attributed to the ongoing recovery process and not necessarily the change in hormone application.
I am on the vivelle dot as well and have not had the side effects you mention as the dosage has been increased.. but I did have the symptoms you describe when I was early in my recovery as you are now.
Peace and good health