Hello All

This is my first time posting on the board. I have been reading different posts for a few months, and thank everyone for their openness!

A little about me I am 37 and strugling with dizzy/migraine/anxiety issues for past few years someone finally mentioned hormones and well I got
started the Vivelle Dot for perimen type migraines and anxiety and fatigue a few months ago, but have some concerns about the dosage and if I am on to much or to little. Summary

-last month I got up to .06 during my luteal phase. Bu my ovulation was horrible, felt a lot of stomach issues and back pain almost like I had a cysts. On the .06 of estrogen i felt like I gained 10 pounds, my breasts were sore and everything felt big

-period came and felt very tired, changed my patch and had massive frontal HA and anxiety, brought patch dosage down and it helped, could not seem to get it back up, everytime felt very edgy and HA, around day 14 tried a .05 again and had massive leg and hip pain. Went back down, tried again day 18 t bring it up, have only made it to .0375 and feel tired, breasts feel swollen. Is this estrogen def or excess? Usually when I am estrogen def I get dry itchy eyes and more HA in my eye... ugh...not sure...

The other think concerning me is I am not on progesterone. Seems to be two different schools of thought. The practitioner I am seeing blames all symptoms on progesterone, but she also works with mostly meno not perimeno where levels are fluctuating? Anyone have opinion on progesterone? She also says estrogen should help with energy level but sometimes I think it makes me feel heavy and bloated and sluggish, but then maybe I need more and its the progesterone...She also said it will not cause you to gain weight but I was not this heavy before estrogen?? I am also concerned that my problems with ovulation are coming from to much estrogen.

Any input or suggestions would be appreciated. What a road.......
Thank you
Kahlan