Great to hear these stories ladies.
Yes. Absolutely. I'm not saying it's all about progesterone either - it's about balance! When the balance goes - life goes to pot.
Vanillalover (great name) in answer to your question - I found out through years of suffering and lots of trials and lots of errors.
I had a bit of grounding in that the herb agnus castus worked amazingly well for me for 3 months (that can increase prog to help pms) - but I then got severe daily migraines. So stopped. On stopping all my problems came back, 10 fold.
For the next few years both my GP and NHS meno clinic had me try every pill under the sun. They all made me feel terrible. I'm not really sure why because I used to take the pill happily.
Anyway, next NHS trial was HRT. Femoston tablets (think that's the right name). I took the estrogen only part for 2 weeks - O. M. G.... I was literally poisoned.
That was the wake up. NHS couldnt help me any further.
So I resorted to a private clinic. After bloods etc they confirmed my Progesterone was rock bottom.
I've not actually had any luck solving this!!! Which I guess is why I started this thread. Be great to chat with ladies in a similar situation - and share ideas.
I've tried natural progesterone - cream, troche and even utrogestan. They've all given me more problems than they solved.
Im currently trying a herbal tablet. That should, in theory, help me metabolise my estrogen much better. Too early to say...
I've also just done a Dutch test.
So, that's my story. I've had to spend a lot of money at this. I'm not rich, but I've had absolutely no quality of life, so had no alternative. I'm not finding an easy solution. But most annoying is the NHS simply led me down the estrogen path and had no other insight.
I've been on this forum a long time now - and I think it's time to start a, real conversation about estrogen dominance and how we can rectify it. There is a lot of info and chat in the States about it.
I appreciate not all ladies become symptomatic at this stage - but some of us certainly do!!! And there's not a lot of help out there.
So - any success stories???