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What could be the problem if progesterone doesn't seem to provide any sedation?
I hearing small doses (3, 6, <10) should prevent that?Be careful with progesterone. It produces significant feminization.
300 mg is safe for a guy? So this would be a way to test if one is hypercortisol? What would happen if one was low on cortisol?Probably not absorbing it well...
Take a full spoon of progest - e (300mg) right before a meal that has generous medium-to-longer chain fats I'm it and if you're not falling asleep after an hour or two... You probably have an excessive activity of cortisol and glutamate but the p4 and thyroid should correct that over time if given ample nutrients.
But I've reduced my progesterone to 14mg a day, It helped me come off benzodiazepines after a struggle of 2 years... I'm clean 39 days now.
Yeah, that can't of been easy.Totally off the benzos? Congrats! I thought you still had a while to go on the taper.
Experimented with Progesterone for the first time this week. Used like 20mg 2-3 times this week along with 5mg DHEA.
Very GABA like and chilled at first, but I'm pretty sure my DHT/test has been lowered... **** is dead, very similar to what I felt physically Post-Finasteride, which makes sense to me now that Finasteride was basically made from Progesterone.
Is there anyway to quickly lower Progesterone? Or is it simply a matter of increasing DHT/5ar back up?
Which progesterone did you use?
Did you recover from Progesterone?Experimented with Progesterone for the first time this week. Used like 20mg 2-3 times this week along with 5mg DHEA.
Very GABA like and chilled at first, but I'm pretty sure my DHT/test has been lowered... **** is dead, very similar to what I felt physically Post-Finasteride, which makes sense to me now that Finasteride was basically made from Progesterone.
Is there anyway to quickly lower Progesterone? Or is it simply a matter of increasing DHT/5ar back up?
Finally tried doing this as some more progest-e has arrived. On two successive nights I took a teaspoon a couple of hours before bedtime. Maybe felt slightly more tired than normal but it didn't seem to change when I fell asleep. Had very vivid dreams for what felt like all night. I woke up at a regular time, a bit exhausted from dreaming so hard.Probably not absorbing it well...
Take a full spoon of progest - e (300mg) right before a meal that has generous medium-to-longer chain fats I'm it and if you're not falling asleep after an hour or two... You probably have an excessive activity of cortisol and glutamate but the p4 and thyroid should correct that over time if given ample nutrients.
Finally tried doing this as some more progest-e has arrived. On two successive nights I took a teaspoon a couple of hours before bedtime. Maybe felt slightly more tired than normal but it didn't seem to change when I fell asleep. Had very vivid dreams for what felt like all night. I woke up at a regular time, a bit exhausted from dreaming so hard.
Does vitamin D3 wake you up on those mornings?Yop it does that at the start moreso... But always if it's 300mg, even if take that much before bed my sleep is weird and very dreamy although it is supposed to relax every muscle and calm an overactive nervous system.
A single massive dose of progesterone - over 35/40mg in one sitting, will largely convert to several Neurosteroids - Pregnenalone and Allo-Pregnenalone, ISO-pregnenalone down the line etc, massive aldosterone opposition will need more sodium etc - after an initial estrogen detox it's best taken in doses no higher than 12mg at a time 2-3 times a day, I personally do 9am and 7pm ~7.5mg (half of what I did for years before) for Brain protection, thyroid and Dopamine and Anti Catabolism from Estrogen/Cortisol, I have experienced the very vivid dreams when I occasionally took 15mg just before bed and the next morning it's hard to get out of bed - you even feel like ***t but that's mainly because you need some cortisol to get you up in the mornings and Progesterone is it's antagonist.
Over the last 15 years I met only one doctor who was aware of the difference between progesterone and the synthetic progestins and even that doctor claimed progesterone is clinically obsolete and offers nothing that the synthetic progestins do not.
Yes, not sure about relaxed being the right way to describe it. l still felt a sort of underlying nervousness before sleep and in my dreams I was way too active to consider it relaxing, if that makes sense. It wasn't really what I expected.Yop it does that at the start moreso... But always if it's 300mg, even if take that much before bed my sleep is weird and very dreamy although it is supposed to relax every muscle and calm an overactive nervous system.
A single massive dose of progesterone - over 35/40mg in one sitting, will largely convert to several Neurosteroids - Pregnenalone and Allo-Pregnenalone, ISO-pregnenalone down the line etc, massive aldosterone opposition will need more sodium etc - after an initial estrogen detox it's best taken in doses no higher than 12mg at a time 2-3 times a day, I personally do 9am and 7pm ~7.5mg (half of what I did for years before) for Brain protection, thyroid and Dopamine and Anti Catabolism from Estrogen/Cortisol, I have experienced the very vivid dreams when I occasionally took 15mg just before bed and the next morning it's hard to get out of bed - you even feel like ***t but that's mainly because you need some cortisol to get you up in the mornings and Progesterone is it's antagonist.
"Heard of" is not the same as meeting in person.I guess OP has never heard of Neal Rouzier then.
Yes, not sure about relaxed being the right way to describe it. l still felt a sort of underlying nervousness before sleep and in my dreams I was way too active to consider it relaxing, if that makes sense. It wasn't really what I expected.
Are you on trt also? Sorry if I missed that.Try a very low dose spaced out morning and evenings then.
Congrats on the T increase.Are you on trt also? Sorry if I missed that.
I had a little success in progesterone only 20mg a day split 10 am 10 pm raising my natural tt from 250 to around 405. Also raised my serum am cortisol from my usually 12-13 up to 18. I'm wondering if I add dhea if I could get away with not using trt anymore. Haven't had much success with it over the years