I used a decent amount of progest-E one day, and also supplemented thyroid. Withdrawing from progest-E has given me serious insomnia and RLS when I stopped taking it, but this time the withdrawal symptoms were very serious, and perhaps dangerous, maybe because I also took T3.
I'm not kidding, I had electric shock sensations for hours while laying there trying to all asleep. My arms flailed every 10 to 15 seconds while I was laying down. I had this horrible feeling like I was being electrocuted. My restless leg syndrome was much worse when I withdraw from progest-E as well. I had RLS and poor sleep since I was a kid. But I have this uncontollable arm flailing/twitching whenever I get angry and can't do anything about it, or even whole body shaking from rapid flexing and relaxing muscles. Usually I deal with my anger by taking action, and it happens if I can't, but I had no feelings of electric shock.
This time it was for no reason at all. I never had any full seizures, or any electric shock sensations in the past, just anxiety and anger. Sometimes unexplained anger that comes along with unexplained fatigue. I often have bad coordination and fatigue, especially in the morning. It goes away with tianeptine, it works extremely well for me for some reason. I don't drink at all or take anything else btw.
This is the most horrible experience I have ever had, my pre-existing symptoms were nothing compared to this hellish experience. I don't know what to do anymore. PS stimulates GABA and it's anti-excitatory, but apparently one gains tolerance and has withdrawal symptoms from it, just like to other GABAergic drugs. I have possible epilepsy, and progest-E is supposed to help, but withdrawing amplifies the epilepsy, and can be dangerous. Progesterone's half-life is 3 hours, I would have to take it 4-5 times per day consistently, which isn't convenient.
I feel scarred from this experience. I know progest-E would be especially right for me, but I really don't want to experience this again. Not only is there the risk of causing a serious seizure and brain damage, but it's also extremely uncomfortable.
I'm not kidding, I had electric shock sensations for hours while laying there trying to all asleep. My arms flailed every 10 to 15 seconds while I was laying down. I had this horrible feeling like I was being electrocuted. My restless leg syndrome was much worse when I withdraw from progest-E as well. I had RLS and poor sleep since I was a kid. But I have this uncontollable arm flailing/twitching whenever I get angry and can't do anything about it, or even whole body shaking from rapid flexing and relaxing muscles. Usually I deal with my anger by taking action, and it happens if I can't, but I had no feelings of electric shock.
This time it was for no reason at all. I never had any full seizures, or any electric shock sensations in the past, just anxiety and anger. Sometimes unexplained anger that comes along with unexplained fatigue. I often have bad coordination and fatigue, especially in the morning. It goes away with tianeptine, it works extremely well for me for some reason. I don't drink at all or take anything else btw.
This is the most horrible experience I have ever had, my pre-existing symptoms were nothing compared to this hellish experience. I don't know what to do anymore. PS stimulates GABA and it's anti-excitatory, but apparently one gains tolerance and has withdrawal symptoms from it, just like to other GABAergic drugs. I have possible epilepsy, and progest-E is supposed to help, but withdrawing amplifies the epilepsy, and can be dangerous. Progesterone's half-life is 3 hours, I would have to take it 4-5 times per day consistently, which isn't convenient.
I feel scarred from this experience. I know progest-E would be especially right for me, but I really don't want to experience this again. Not only is there the risk of causing a serious seizure and brain damage, but it's also extremely uncomfortable.