Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: vanessa spain on January 24, 2015, 12:45:32 PM
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hi i have just had my order for natural woman podgestrone cream which is advertised on this site i am hoping and praying that it will help with my anxiety etc i am also on 2mg perifem hrt i am 52 still having periods but they are changing every month i would like to know if anyone on here has tried the cream and what you think about it good and bad thanks vanrssa spain xx
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It helps calm me, I don't use it all the time, when I do I apply some to my inner wrists in the evening and it does help with sleep.
I find estrogen does the opposite and I get brain chatter which disturbs my sleep.
I am post menopause and don't use HRT as I have had a hyst. I have more lee way and use as I need.
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Hi vanessa spain
We did discuss this a while back - your anxiety could be due to too little oestrogen, or the fact that you are using a synthetic progestogen giving adverse side effects.
In answer to your question - I've never tried the cream because I've always used progesterone as part of my HRT. I have always been a worrier but would never consider that I have ever suffered from anxiety during peri-menopause and beyond.
What do I think about it? Well I think you would be better off changing your HRT prescription to something more natural rather than using progesterone cream which is very weak anyway. When you last asked about this I suggested that you could change to a transdermal oestrogen (patch or gel) along with progesterone (the same stuff as in the cream but more of it!).
At the moment you are taking a synthetic progestogen which is a more powerful compound in its action than natural (bio-identical) progesterone. The cream is unlikely to add anything significant I'm afraid. I wouldn't like to think of you wasting your money before trying out a more "natural" approach to your HRT.
Hurdity x