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[Birdy in disguise]

Trying HRT again on a lowered dose of estogen (Estradot 25)

My doc prescribed 100mg daily orally or 100mg every other day vaginally (i originally found this better than oral but it changed the flora of vagina...which was weird).

I also wonder if its the large amount at once that is causing a low heavy mood....

Has anyone tried half a tab so 50mg....and taking it anally.... Might be messy (not the anal part but the chopping the tab in half part eeek maybe it would be messy...)

[Birdy in disguise]

Sorry I mean to say 100mg of utrogestan daily

[discogirl]

Hi Birdy in disguise

There is another thread that I've just been reading about progesterone intolerance and why doses of progesterone are not prescribed at 50mg, as for some women 100mg is far too big a hit.

if you are taking utrogestan capsules you would not be able to cut them as they are filled with fluid. The only other option is to ask your gp for cyclogest pessaries, these are wax pessaries, they come in 200mg or 400mg doses, so if you got the 200mg doses you could quarter them and take 50mg dose a day, either front or back end if you catch my drift.

Its a shame taking the utro vaginally every other day is causing this issue with your vagina as many women find taking it this way does lessen side effects, although some women cannot tolerate utrogestan at all.

I hope that helps a bit xx

[Birdy in disguise]

Thanks so much discogirl Im not sure we have that here in NZ but I'm going to ask. Best wishes

[Ermin2trude]

Hi Birdy,

Happy to hear you’re in NZ. I’m a semi permanent resident (live on the Coromandel half of the year).

Regarding utrogestan which I take continuously, 100mg orally makes me (and many others), feel really really desperately low, but increasing the dose to 200mg orally has the opposite effect. Have you tried taking 200mg? I’m told by my specialist here in the UK that the low mood is your bodies way of screaming for more. It’s odd that when oestrogen doesn’t fix something or makes it worse, we immediately think we need more, but we don’t apply the same thinking to progesterone.

Anyway, you could try a higher dose and see how you feel.

[discogirl]

Thanks so much discogirl Im not sure we have that here in NZ but I'm going to ask. Best wishes

Ah so sorry I didn't realise you were in NZ; you may have something similar, might be worth asking xxx

[sheila99]

I think so one has done this with a syringe, not sure if you could apply it anally that way though or how much you might lose still stuck to the capsule.

[Birdy in disguise]

Wow Ermin2trude that sounds very interesting. I'm intrigued!
Will start slow but perhaps increase...thanks
Best wishes

[Ermin2trude]

Hi Birdy,

You will know within a very short time if 200mg will work. I take it at night and after the first night of increasing it to 200mg I was so calm and happy the next day. Progesterone is the calming hormone and works  by calming the GABA receptors. Some women need even more than 200mg every night (up to 1200mg) so 100mg is a really low dose. It’s definitely worth trying.