Guest guest Posted March 11, 2008 Report Posted March 11, 2008 Yes, 75 mg. is a huge dose, therefor why you were sleepy!? As an ob-gyn I use 10-25 mg. daily, taking 5 days off per month.? Progesterone has as ability to accumulate in the fatty tissues and therefor should be retested after 2-3 monthe to be sure the level is not too high.? the ovaries when in good shape make around 20 mg. per day.???? Geri Geszler Quote
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2008 Report Posted March 11, 2008 Geri/others, My doc has me on 100 mg progesterone (pill form) made at a compounding pharmacy, nightly. Is that too much? It sounds like you said 75 mg is even a huge dose!! He usually gives 200 mg but gave me less b/c I am sensitive. I've only been on it 3 days, but have seen no probs so far (it may be in fact helping with my terrible insomnia). FYI, my test results showed 2.70 ug/L (normal being 1.7 - 27 during the luteal phase which I think it was for me). The doc said he wants to raise me to 10. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Esp from those on this posting - they seem to know a lot more from clinical/real experience than my doctor sometimes! thanks, metta > > Yes, 75 mg. is a huge dose, therefor why you were sleepy!? As an ob-gyn I use 10-25 mg. daily, taking 5 days off per month.? Progesterone has as ability to accumulate in the fatty tissues and therefor should be retested after 2-3 monthe to be sure the level is not too high.? the ovaries when in good shape make around 20 mg. per day.???? Geri Geszler > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2008 Report Posted March 11, 2008 I was once put on 100-200 mg natural progesterone in pill form and told by the doctor, that due to digestion, approximately only 50% is actually absorbed....thus the high dose. Naffy > > > > Yes, 75 mg. is a huge dose, therefor why you were sleepy!? As an > ob-gyn I use 10-25 mg. daily, taking 5 days off per month.? > Progesterone has as ability to accumulate in the fatty tissues and > therefor should be retested after 2-3 monthe to be sure the level is > not too high.? the ovaries when in good shape make around 20 mg. per > day.???? Geri Geszler > > > > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2008 Report Posted March 12, 2008 I have also read that only about 10-20% is used after it passes through the liver. He has changed me to 100 mg on days 12-26. Will see how it goes and hopefully won't end up E dominant. My last progesterone test was at 1.4 in follicular stage and he still thought that was low since I take Progesterone. He retests my hormones every couple of months. If the lowering of P doesn't help with the daily sleepiness, he wants to try AD which I really don't want to try. The last time a doctor tried this on me I tok for one day and felt so out of it, I didn't continue. My 1/30/08 levels are Testosterone 82 (14-76) dosage lowered Free Testosterone 1.7 (.0-2.2) Estradiol 156 (64-183) or (150-528) Was on day 9,cycle 26 days. Total Estrogens 228 61-394 Progesterone 1.4 (.2-1.4 or 3.3-25.6) DHEA 304 (110-554) this keeps dropping Thanks for any input. > > I have npo experience with pill form of Progesterone, and I am not > certain if it is differnt or ot. Sorry! > > -- > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV > > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ > Quote
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