So, I took off my estradiol patch during [my recent nervous breakdown](/2017/Mar/fresh-princess/). I still [don't think](/2017/Jan/hormones-day-33/) it had much, if any, real effect. (In particular, the stress and sleep-deprivation by themselves seem quite sufficient to explain the breakdown without attributing any of it to a nonstandard hormone balance, especially given how similar it felt to my 2013 nervous breakdown.)
So, I took off my estradiol patch during [my recent nervous breakdown](/2017/Mar/fresh-princess/). I still [don't think](/2017/Jan/hormones-day-33/) it had much, if any, real effect. (In particular, the stress and sleep-deprivation by themselves seem quite sufficient to explain the breakdown without attributing any of it to a nonstandard hormone balance, especially given how similar it felt to my 2013 nervous breakdown.)