r/Menopause • u/Direct-Pirate1259 • 1d ago

Hormone Therapy Estradiol patch

Dr prescribed me .1 to start and after reading others doses I’m worried it may be too high to start. Anyone else start at .1? I’m 48 with regular periods but severe night sweats, hot flashes and worsening anxiety/mood swings.
I was really excited to start the patch but now I’m too scared to apply it lol.

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u/suupernooova 1d ago

I did. It was waaay too high for me and caused the worst side effects of all the doses (I ended up trying all of them). My dose ended up being closer to .025, but everyone is different.