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Can HRT mess up symptoms?

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Jodie782 · 02/09/2025 12:43

Hoping someone with more knowledge or has advice please.

I have been peri for around 10 years, I’m now 45 and started hrt patches 6 months ago which helped most of the awful symptoms. Recently In the heatwave my patches kept falling off, I think this made my menstrual cycle mess up and periods was very two weeks, now I have missed one. I just have a main one that is concerning me.

Every day I keep getting muscle twitches in random parts of my body usually when resting. Also a dull ache in my biceps and thighs. Pins and needles too and dry skin patches on my arms and legs. No motivation. I use to have health anxiety,
but I don’t anymore so the doctors assume everything is that now.

I do have benign thyroid nodules and currently on a waiting list to have ablation, but the twitches are driving me insane.

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PlanetSaturn · 02/09/2025 13:36

You could try eating foods high in potassium and see if that helps the twitching - bananas, avocados, sweet potatoes for example - or take a supplement.

Jodie782 · 02/09/2025 13:53

PlanetSaturn · 02/09/2025 13:36

You could try eating foods high in potassium and see if that helps the twitching - bananas, avocados, sweet potatoes for example - or take a supplement.

Thank you I will try this I’m trying to eat clean and drink more water. It’s just a very Annoying symptom.

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