Serious Progesterone Side Effects and Brittle Adrenals
Progesterone side effects when used for hormone balancing are varied and may differ between women. Make sure you know the risks.
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Is there truth to this? That progesterone usage can exacerbate adrenal fatigue symptoms? If that's so then I am screwed. Spent ten years total with SSRI/benzo discontinuation syndrome not sleeping a wink. Then last 6 years bleeding to death daily (I'm a female) and not sleeping a wink. Long story but started bleeding in 2018 after doctor gave me glutathione and myers cocktail IV. My recent tests show estrogen dominance and my body is slimmish but "ovary" and "adrenal" type with most of my weight front belly and thighs. I have high TPO and feel cold or hot most days, but mostly cold unless nervous. Recently I took one use of Relora to hopefully calm my heightened state and it helped after it caused extreme fatigue and sleepiness. After that, I've been more even keeled. Or it could be I was able to stop this bout of bleeding with acupuncture and no longer in crisis mode for now. So as you can tell, I'm in need of progesterone but how do I go about this?
Back in 2018, a gynecologist gave me Prometrium at my urging, to try and stop my bleeding because I knew I needed real progesterone. I used 100mg that day and bleeding slowed. That evening I took 200mg to work up to 300mg and went to bed. Keep in mind I was half way through my SSRI/Benzo discontinuation syndrome at that point and still in hell every day. That night, I jumped out of bed with my body on fire. I was so hot and dripping with sweat and panicking. That heat in my body would take years to dissipate. Following that, gynecologist gave me birth control pills, 6 daily for a month to stop it but failed. Crazy man poisoned me and I was in a crazy state. Hot, sweating, throwing up and body fell apart. Yet bleeding persisted. Now i'm here present day and whilst still on edge dealing with daily bleeding, I'm feeling more even after that Relora. Tried Vitex recently to bring down my prolactin and that didn't go well. Heightened anxiety and a buzzing in my ear from the rise of dopamine (cortisol?) and prolonged bleeding. I don't convert dopamine well due to a gene defect. SSRI/benzo withdrawals have screwed with my receptors and hormones. Now I'm at a standstill. Bleeding..needing something to end this nightmare. Yet I am too weak to tolerate anything. But I have to try..what should I do?? If i take a small dose of progesterone cream I risk activating estrogen receptors. I take too much to avoid that, say 400-500mg, and I risk creating cortisol. I can try to dampen cortisol with Relora but there's no way progesterone would not bypass that. Please..anyone with suggestions..I am grateful.
Estradiol 131 pmol/L
Estradiol adult female reference intervals------------------------------------------Follicular: 77-921 pmol/LMid-cycle: 139-2382 pmol/LLuteal: 77-1145 pmol/LPost-menopausal: <103 pmol/L
Progesterone <0.6 nmol/L
Progesterone adult female reference intervals---------------------------------------------Follicular: <1.7 nmol/LLuteal: 4.0-50.0 nmol/LPost-menopausal: <0.7 nmol/L
Dehydroepiandrosterone [DHEA-S] 4.4 < 9.8 umol/L
Testosterone <0.4 < 1.8 nmol/L
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone 1.16 0.32-4.00 mIU/L
Free T3 4.0 2.6-5.8 pmol/L
Thyroperoxidase Antibody HI 57 < 35 kIU/L
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