Intense itching at night

[PixieElv]

Hello there

I have been taking 4 pumps of Oestrogel at 8am since November and I have intense itching at night. I wake up with night sweats around 2-3am and my torso und inner thighs are super itchy. It lasts for about 1 hour.

I wonder if anyone has a similar problem? And if so, is there anything that will help with that?

Thank you so much

[EvieJ70]

My itching was getting me down as it disturbed my sleep so much and I ended up scratching legs. My symptoms only disappeared after having my hrt increased.

[PixieElv in reply to EvieJ70]

I’m the same, it keeps me up and I have to use all my will power not to scratch

I’m on 4 pumps already. So I’m not sure they can/will increase 😞

[DylanTheRabbit in reply to PixieElv]

Sometimes a different route of oestrogen works better. I have found that gel works much better for me than patches, but for others it might be the other way round. It's a pain switching, but you know fairly quickly whether you feel better or worse on a different preparation.

[PixieElv in reply to DylanTheRabbit]

Thank you.

I started on the patches but wasn’t absorbing them. Now on the gel and I feel better than before, but I still have the itching, but only at night.

[DylanTheRabbit in reply to PixieElv]

Bad luck 🙁