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GeordieGirl

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Re: Progesterone only?
« Reply #30 on: April 08, 2015, 02:31:13 PM »

A bit of feedback - it's been around 3 weeks now since I started using progesterone cream and my sleeping is getting soooo much better. It's been stressful at work this past couple of weeks and yet I'm still managing to get a good night's sleep, almost unheard of in the last 10 months or so. It's not every night, some nights I've been sleeping for 5 hours before needing the toilet, but it's 4 nights out of 5 which I'm pretty delighted with. It's actually 40mg per day I'm using which I'm happy with and it seems to suit me without any side effects, I'm splitting this into morning and night time doses. I'm not tired in the day either so it's a good balance.

I'm also wondering (a bit random this) if my pubes are thickening. I did get rather sparse and the epilator was retired but I'm feeling a little bushier. That may just be my imagination but I'll see how it goes - when I need to plait my pubes I'll know for certain  ;D . My head hair did thin out a fair bit and doesn't take me half as long with the straighteners as it used to, it'll be interesting to see if the progesterone effects this in any way.

My memory doesn't seem any better at all, does HRT usually help this or would that be another hormone? Perhaps a slightly higher dose may help.

Anyway, up to now I'm relatively pleased with the results.
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Annie0710

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Re: Progesterone only?
« Reply #31 on: April 08, 2015, 05:45:18 PM »

GG

that's good you've got no side effects. Do you mean head hair has thinned more since the cream ?
I can't afford to thin anymore, I've never had thick hair but in recent pics I think I can see through mine :-(

In off everything now til end of April when they do more bloods

Last couple of days severe exhaustion has set in.  I'm on day 3 of vagifem and so far no problems (but no noticeable improvement either)

My double vision is getting worse and I'm struggling using pc and reading spreadsheets at work but seeing the specialist tomorrow so hoping for more info

Hope you continue to sleep well
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GeordieGirl

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Re: Progesterone only?
« Reply #32 on: April 08, 2015, 05:56:26 PM »

that's good you've got no side effects. Do you mean head hair has thinned more since the cream ?
I can't afford to thin anymore, I've never had thick hair but in recent pics I think I can see through mine :-(

No, mine thinned before using the cream. It's always been really  thick and bushy, it's more manageable now but I'm hoping it'll stop there or even regrow (probably a bit ambitious that last bit but who knows...).  I've read that progesterone deficiency can cause thinning hair so I'm watching closely - I suspect I wouldn't really notice any great change until much further down the line with head hair though, probably a good few months for any change to take effect. 

My eyesight was great until recently when it took a huge dive and although I can see fine at whatever level I'm focusing at, I struggle adjusting one distance to another, ie if I'm reading my phone for 15 minutes, anything a further distance away is blurry. I  guess that's as good as an excuse as any not to read the news on my phone on a morning.

I am tempted to try a very small DHEA supplement (10mg) but I want to be able to isolate what is and isn't helping me so I'll leave that until further down the line. A friend is prescribed DHEA for fibromyalgia and it's really helped her, I'm just not sure if I actually will need it.

Have you tried progesterone yet Annie?  I've never had problems with periods or PMT or anything hormonal until the menopause so I guess I tolerate progesterone well. That could also be due to the very low dose I'm using too though?  I think Utrogestan is prescribed in 100mg and 200mg amounts so I'm only using less than a half of that currently.

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Annie0710

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Re: Progesterone only?
« Reply #33 on: April 09, 2015, 12:38:54 AM »

No I haven't yet because he's stopped my oestrogen too :-(
I'm on nothing because he says he wants MY hormone levels tested end April

I've been reading up tonight, my muscles are hurting everywhere and I'm wondering whether testosterone (or lack of it ) is to blame, very disappointing to read that there's no real help on the NHS (hip and back are painful too)

I've had terrible exhaustion today, I work half day on a Wednesday and couldn't wait to get home to sleep, each time I roused I couldn't stay awake so drifted off again, came to bed about 10.45 drifted off and the toe/ankle cramps kicked in and I've been awake since

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