Anyone had any joy with this???
I'm 45, peri.
I'm now 4 years of horrific symptoms, but just prior to their onset I took agnus castus. I now blame it, or my abrupt stop for my current symptoms.
However, I'm now wondering if I should relook at using it. Nothing has worked for me over the last 4 years. But agnus castus worked amazingly for me for 3 months before that. I now believe I was on a very high dose and I ended up with daily excruciating migraines - so stopped abruptly. I have tried twice over the last 4 years to get back on it, but never feel better and have given up quickly.
When I first took it I had stopped the mini pill and was suffering from tremendous pmt and brain fog. Over the 3 months it took all that away and gave me a libido I have never experienced in my life (hence me so sure it was doing something to me) !! But then came the migraines.
I'm now trying progesterone cream - hoping for same results. No joy yet.
Does anyone have any scietific knowledge of agnus castus??? How it works (I read it increases prog, but it's also a phytoestrogen, so very confusing). Like I say, I can't help feeling I totally unbalanced when I stopped it abruptly.