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Has anyone had thyroid-like symptoms after starting HRT and progesterone?

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Sleepy21 · 05/07/2026 08:22

This is my third post this week HRT related so clear I am having an adjustment period!! - wondering if sometime may be able to offer some insight on this for me - I started HRT 19 days ago - 1 pump of oestrogel to start and 4 days ago I started on progesterone for days 15-26. I am also hypothyroid and on 87.5mg of thyroxine. The last few days I have been having hyperthyroid symptoms - since the progesterone it seems - anxious symptoms even though I don’t feel anxious about anything, increased heart rate, hot flashes, awful sleep unable to fall and stay asleep, nervous stomach feeling like I’m about to go into a job interview- all the same symptoms I had when I had sub acute thyroiditis and my TSH dropped to 0 - has anyone else experienced this with HRT? I feel wired but tired. I am thinking of stopping as it’s making me feel worse not better. I am 43 and it was a bit of an experiment due to a few peri symptoms but always hard to tell as they overlap often with thyroid problems. Thanks - any input/advice welcome!

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weirdoexincident · 05/07/2026 08:47

You need to get bloods done ASAP.
I have no thyroid, after throidectomy. I’m usually on 100 of Levo, although it varies.
I‘be been hyper and hypo at various times. Nobody has been able to explain why, but meds are adjusted and it levels out.

Hormone changes do impact thyroid function for some reason. Mine went nuts post childbirth. The anxiety is terrifying.

I can’t comment on HRT. I don’t take HRT, because I had breast cancer.

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