Cat's claw/Samento and hormones

So I've been suffering w/ horrible sleep the past month and a half since I switched to herbals. When I was taking abx I'd started cat's claw capsules and that's when I first noticed some sleep disturbances.

At first I felt great taking cat's claw, it really gave me a boost of energy in the morning. But the week before my period I lost the ability to sleep and did not sleep for about 10 days. It felt like there was an internal furnace on constantly and I got depression out of nowhere. It was horrible. I was also herxing due to other treatments, so I stopped those and went back to the basics to narrow down what was causing the sleep issues.

Fast forward this month, I began slowly starting Samento...built up to five drops. Still not sleeping great but getting some sleep and now here it is, a week before my period and same symptoms- hot flashes, insomnia, depression. I got hormones tested two weeks ago and still waiting on results.

Prior to taking cat's claw or Samento I had no hormonal issues while I was on abx. From what I've researched cat's claw can lower estrogen and progesterone, but I can't find more info other than that one statement.

Has anyone else had this experience? I've decided to stop taking it for several days and see how I feel. I'm super bummed because I was really hopeful about this herb.

I didn't think it was a herx because w/ a herx I usually get headaches, pain/stiffness in my neck, as well as an increase of neuro symptoms. This has been just feeling hot, but no night sweats at night and exactly a week before my period. The first two weeks of my cycle I sleep relatively ok.

I'll see how it goes the next few days and may try a much lower dose again.

Thanks for the input :)