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Last year I decreased my utrogestan and my anxiety went through the roof. I went back to the original dose I was on (100mg for 21 days of cycle) and stabilised, and then a few months ago I doubled the dose. I now have extreme anxiety again! Utrogestan always calmed me down before so I'm confused and wondered if anyone had similar experiences?
Hugs to all the warrior women out there

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Thank for sharing Birdy I'm glad I'm not the only one.
I was really well on a lower dose before - did you find that or are you progesterone intolerant?
Hope you feel level now and have found a regime that suits you?

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Here's hoping the increase helps you!

And I do get fatigued (but I prefer that to this being unable to sit still hell) and have had low blood pressure readings in the past; could that be relevant? I have anxiety for years but the progesterone (at least at the lower dose) seemed to help this at first.

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Estradot 100mcg patches (for the time being), and have been on this dose constantly since I started HRT (I've only changed the amount of progesterone).

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Just seen your edited post - very useful info, thanks!
And I'm actually taking HRT for PCOS, but a lot of the symptoms overlap (I may be peri for all I know).

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And I've always had high end of normal/high testosterone levels - could that be making me anxious?

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Our replies crossed! Yes, high testosterone is usually a major symptom of PCOS.

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Thanks Birdy! That's really kind of you, I appreciate your time Sounds like there's a lot of useful info - what's the name of the group?
I had a much better day yesterday, no panics and felt much more like myself and Christmassy, and today I've had a massive panic attack.
It's so frustrating to have one good/normal day then another scary day
I had bloods done recently when I was feeling really bad (be interested to see what those are) including estrogen and testosterone. But my consultant isn't back until the 20th so I won't be able to see the results until after that.
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That sounds rough, I'm so sorry you're going through this! Interesting what you said about feeling increasingly bad after stopping progesterone, it's like withdrawal! I think I might be adjusting after halving my dose, been nearly two weeks and still hard but have had a tiny bit of relief compared to last week.

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Thank you Birdy! And I really hope you also feel much better soon X