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[FionaA]

I posted a while back about waking up many times a night. Usually between 4 and 7 times. I haven't slept through the night in probably 4 years, but it was getting worse. I work a full time job and felt like a walking zombie. In addition to the frequent waking, I was starting to have trouble falling asleep as well.

Previously I had been on Trisequens for a few years for mood swings and hot flashes and it worked well for those things. After experiencing symptoms of VA and irritable bladder, I finally got in to see a specialist that found a polyp in my uterus and removed it.

She prescribed Estrogen gel and Prometrium (200mg Progesterone) tablets at night. I started three nights ago and for the first time in forever I'm sleeping through or waking just once for a couple of minutes before falling back to sleep.

Early days, but it now seems that my disturbed sleep was related to low progesterone. Posting in case this information is useful for someone else. YMMV. 

[Nas]

That is great that you are getting some sleep! Sleep deprivation is brutal and certainly takes its toll.

Is it utrogestan you are taking each night? Utrogestan can make you feel sleepy and 200 mg almost certainly will. It may not be that you are necessarily low in progesterone, but more that the tablets are aiding sleep?

Are you peri or post menopausal?

 

[FionaA]

I'm taking prometrium which I believe is the same as Utrogestan.

Maybe you are right and I want necessarily low in progesterone but something really wasn't right. I had a uterine polyp as well which can sometimes be related to estrogen dominance according to my gyno but we didn't do bloods so I can't say for sure.

I'm still getting periods but I'm sure that won't be for much longer at 51.