Insomnia, how long for oestrogel to work?

[HairyKitty]

I’m exhausted and so fed up with waking up every day before 5am. If my oestrogel dose is right how long might it take til I’m sleeping better? It’s only been a week, I think I was hoping for miracles!

the oestrogel made no difference to me......it was the proogesterone that helped a bit- sorry!

Yep same here - it’s the progesterone that helps me sleep not the oestrogel.

I think estrogel helps in that it stopped my hot flushes and night sweats. Like the others said though, it's the progesterone that is a sedative

The improvement in my sleep was the first benefit I noticed after starting HRT - I stopped piddling at night. IIRC I noticed that improvement after a month, maybe 6weeks.