Re: progesterone intolerance - perimenopause

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do you take an oral supplement? I use a cream and I have only used it for 2

weeks, and now I'm on my 2 weeks off. I don't really know yet if I'm

showing symptoms of high cortisol.

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> Can anyone fill me in or direct me to a good source(s) for info on

> progesterone supplements and how they affect the adrenals etc etc? I

> have been prescribed high doses of natural progesterone for

> perimenopause and it makes me feel awful - sluggish, constipated, cant

> sleep, immunosuppressed (bad sinus congestion). I have heard that

> progesterone can raise cortisol levels - too high?

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> Any light shed on this connection would be helpful. Thank you.

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> Christa

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