Can HRT make symptoms worse?

[Ginandtonic4all]

Hello All. I've just started woth oestrogen gel. Only two days of two pumps and my mental health has deteriorated.

It could be conisicidnece, as there has been another stressor but I haven't stopped crying, had my first physical anxiety attack and feel pretty terrible.

Just wondering if people can have a bad reaction?

It's highly unlikely because the tiny amount of estrogen you've had over 2 days will hardly be in your system yet. The levels take days and weeks to build up. It will be a fraction of the amount you'd have naturally if you were still 'fertile' anyway.

It's more likely your symptoms were going to happen anyway.

Thanks. That's what I thought but I was beginning to panic.