Stupid pharmacist, stupid me!

[Violetviolin]

So I’m wide awake at 4am and have been since 1am and completely wired with anxiety. All because the pharmacist at my doctors did a hrt review last week and told me to double my dose of.Sandrena to 2mg a day ( backstory I’ve been getting anxiety and brain fog back with abundance as well as really bad pmt after being on 1mg Sandrena and 13 day progesterone for 2 years).

Stupidly I trusted him but putting two and two together, Insomnia is a side effect of oestrogen overdose as is anxiety. I started double dosing on Saturday.

im so cross as today is going to be a shit show now and I was meant to be meeting a lovely friend for a rare treat but will probably have to cancel. Why the heck wasn’t I be tested first to see what levels my hormones are actually at rather than being treated like a human guinea pig?. I’m so fed up with everything- I feel like knowledge of how to support peri/ menopausal women is just so poor. I just want to be able to function and look after my family and not feel like I’m losing my mind all the time! The tosser who consulted with me was obviously desperate to get me off the phone and batted away my concerns as to if is it safe to double the dose and if it was going to be effective. He didn’t go through any of the possible side effects of increasing. Do I have a case for complaint?!

They don’t do blood levels though, as they are up and down. This is why I prefer gel, you can control the dose easier.

So they suggested doubling the dose because you have symptoms it could help with (brain fog etc) and unfortunately you have suffered side effects. That's just unlucky; no-one is stupid in this situation, just a suggestion that didn't work for you but does for many women hence it being in the license.
Quite frankly I find your title offensive.

Zero point in testing hormone levels as oestrogen etc fluctuate wildly during peri. The pharmacist and Dr all should go by symptoms. Your symptoms were worse so they suggested increasing the dose. Unfortunately that didn't work for you.
No one was stupid. This is rhe fun and games in peri where you have to keep playing around with doses

Stupidly I trusted him but putting two and two together, Insomnia is a side effect of oestrogen overdose as is anxiety.

If your symptoms were not being controlled on the dose you were on, it is logical and routine to suggest a higher dose. There's no evidence that too much estrogen causes insomnia or anxiety.

You might have tried half a dose of Sandrena - half another sachet as moving up a whole sachet is quite a lot at once.

No one does blood tests- they aren't accurate as they vary over 24 hours.