Re: Re: Re:  Progesterone and sleep

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Count me in with the P fan club. I sleep only 4 hours a night without it and I

REALLY look forward to it.

Only goes to show how individual we are and how elusive hormone balancing can

be.

Serena

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>Date: 2007/10/25 Thu PM 09:17:02 CDT

>To: rhythmicliving

>Subject: Re: Re: Progesterone and sleep

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>Jane,

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>I like my Prometrium too. I take 200mg 12 days a month and always sleep

>like a log when I'm on it.

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>(I get to start my P tomorrow.....yay!)

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>I am on a super low dose of estradiol too, .25 mg sublingually twice

>daily for 21 days a month. I go 7 days a month with nothing.

>

>I am 54.

>

>Connie

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>Jane Underwood wrote:

>> Re: sleep and progesterone - I seem to be one of the ones who hasn't

>> experienced the difficulties of progesterone that so many others seem

>> to. I've been taking 200 mg per day of Prometrium for around five or

>> six months. I had no bad side effects, and it HELPED me to sleep much

>> much better than before. I thought it was a gift from the gods. (I

>> also take estradiol - Vivelle dot - and testosterone, bioidentical

>> cream. And I'm 55 and went into menopause about five years ago.)

>>

>> After reading so many negative stories about P, I decided to try

>> cutting back to 100 mg even though I didn't seem to be having negative

>> effects, but then I didn't sleep as well. So I went back up to 200

>> (continuous). Recently, however, I decided to try cutting back again,

>> and this time, after a week on 100 mg per day, I still seem to be

>> sleeping okay even with the reduction. I amm wondering if this is

>> because it has built up in my tissues.

>>

>> Anyway, that's my story thus far.

>>

>> Jane U.

>>

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