When I use progesterone, even just a few milligrams topically, I get elevated estrogen symptoms. My body swells up and takes up water, etc.
On several websites, they say that progesterone causes an "estrogen detox" reaction, as estrogen escapes the cells, and is taken up by the blood, to travel to the liver to be eliminated or "detoxed". During this temporary period, as progesterone causes increased elimination of the excess tissue bound estrogen, there will be some estrogen symptoms - and the idea is to increase the progesterone to even higher doses, and to keep taking it, until the estrogen symptoms disappear.
I know Peat doesn't believe in this theory, and he says progesterone should cause an immediate decrease in estrogenic symptoms, never an increase.
Has anyone experienced initial increase in estrogen symptoms when using progesterone, which disappeared completely after continued use? Or did the estrogen symptoms from progesterone continue?
On several websites, they say that progesterone causes an "estrogen detox" reaction, as estrogen escapes the cells, and is taken up by the blood, to travel to the liver to be eliminated or "detoxed". During this temporary period, as progesterone causes increased elimination of the excess tissue bound estrogen, there will be some estrogen symptoms - and the idea is to increase the progesterone to even higher doses, and to keep taking it, until the estrogen symptoms disappear.
I know Peat doesn't believe in this theory, and he says progesterone should cause an immediate decrease in estrogenic symptoms, never an increase.
Has anyone experienced initial increase in estrogen symptoms when using progesterone, which disappeared completely after continued use? Or did the estrogen symptoms from progesterone continue?