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| 1 | total hysterectomy hormone balance | Severe depression/anxiety, constant crying, diarrhea, worse acne with extremely oily skin and hair, dizziness, loss of balance, severe fluid retention ankles/hands, severe lower backache and abdominal bloating with reflux. At first very drowsy, then very anxious with suicidal thoughts and inability to think clearly. | I only went on the natural progesterone gel because though I'd had a total hyst, I thought I shouldn't be on unopposed estradiol, even though I'm only on a 0.0125mg/day patch (a VERY low dose), but I have a history of MDD/anxiety disorder and I was unaware of that being a contraindication to using progsterone. | F | 57 | 2 weeks 5mg 1X day | 8/20/2012 | 1 | Estrogen dominance/Facial hair | Severe anxiety, panic attacks, depression, tremors,shaking, muscle twitching, lost 20 pounds in six weeks, mental confusion, paranoia,joint pain , insomnia. Bio-identical progesterone. After first application on progesterone cream i should have stopped.My muscles started to ache the next day i even had to wear a brace on one ankle to be able to work all day it was that bad. I broke out with acne, had bloated stomach and i was feeling drunk during the last few days of application. I had severe anxiety, cried all the time, i seriously though i was going to go into a mental institution i felt like i was going crazy. I almost lost my job, my boyfriend and all my friends believed i was making it all up. | I found a great dr who listens to me and looked at me like why in the world would you ever take that. I had gone to a hormone dr who prescribed me progesterone cream, thyroid pill, adrenal rebuilder, b-12 shots its all BS! do not take this i regret ever putting this into my body. I am so thankful for this website i had to read it every morning to help myself not go crazy. My dr prescribed me xanex to help the anxiety i take melitonin at night to sleep. please god let the symptoms end soon. do not poison yourself. | F | 24 | 3 months 10mg 1X day | 8/14/2012 | 1 | Estrogen Dominance | Irritable, depressed, confused, very tired, sleeping 14 hours straight, hunger out of control, fatigued, flare up of fibromyalgia, angry, impatient, bad cramps and ovary sensitivity, pelvic and back pain constant, muscle fatigue | I was given Progesterone through a woman doctor from BodyLogics. Wow, I really feel stupid as Biologics is an idea of physicians angry at insurance companies and wanting to make a lot of money without earning it! I have to date spent $600 on supplements and bioidentical hormones. I spent $575 on a consult that was to be an hour long and was 40 minutes. Never did I speak or discuss my symptoms or concerns during my "consult." The whole focus was selling me prescriptions and supplements. One prescription was an weekly injection of B12. She only asked if I had an issue with needles. I said no. When I pick up the prescription and try to take it, I had to use YouTube to figure out how to inject myself. I eventually had to call the pharmacist twice because the B12 was not coming out of the vile. The woman looked at my lab results, started throwing one supplement bottle after another at me, gave me prescription hormones (testosterone daily, progesterone daily, estriol daily, DHEA, and thyroid) and then took out her calculator to give me prices on everything she was selling me from her office and the consult. This was $1110.57 just to get out of my first appointment. Her office is located in a financial building in which no one knew of her in the building and no directory was in the building to guide me. I spent 45 minutes in the building running around looking for her. By the time I found her office, I was exhausted and just wanted to give up. I waited in t | F | 51 | 14 days 100 mg 1X day | 8/2/2012 | 2 | Peri-Menopause/Low estrogen | Doctor prescribed Vivelle estrogen patch (.5 mg) with compounded progesterone to offset. Started estrogen first for a few days. Hot flashes stopped, clarity of thoughts returned, felt depression subside. After starting progesterone, I started getting severely depressed, I'm so sleepy and fatigued I can't function. My thoughts are very foggy - I feel like a zombie. | My progesterone is a cream which is compounded, as I can't take prometrium or the compounded progesterone pills - they cause digestive issues and confusion. This cream is a little easier as I've decided to adjust the amount of cream I'm using for a few days. I was using it full strength, but I felt so bad that I can't do much. I used half strength last night. I feel only slightly better - still feeling very foggy headed and fatigued. I'm going to talk to my doctor about cycling this so that I don't have to feel this bad all the time. | F | 47 | 10 days 75 mg 1X day | 7/7/2012 | 1 | Estrogen Dominence/PMDD | ANGER, Irritability, depression, sore breasts, acne, spotting. | I can't believe it took me 3 months to figure out that the progesterone cream was ruining my life. I kept reading forums saying that all of those side effects were because my hormones were finally evening out. EFF THAT! I waited, like a dummy, for 3 months and everything got wayyyy worse. The only thing that made it better was getting off of it!! And it's been a few months and my body is still working on getting back to normal. After that experience, I'll take PMS or PMDD over severe depression, anger etc., any day!! | M | 26 | 3 months 30 MG 1X day | 7/5/2012 | 3 | balance out estrogen therapy | Severe bloating, stomach pain, gas | Two weeks ago started with the pill form then switched to cream due to severe bloating and stomach pain. Cream still causes the side effects just not as severe. Waiting to see if side effects will disappear after time. | F | 54 | 2 weeks 80Mg crea 1X day | 6/16/2012 | 1 | estrogen dominance | Instant weight gain and bloating. My stomach began to swell and bloat I could not button my pants. It was supposed to ease my estrogen dominance but seemed to do the opposite. I has prescribed the cream by my doctor which I had filled at a compounding pharmacy. | F | 43 | 4 days | 6/14/2012 | 1 | menopausal symptoms | Rapid weight gain in mid section and thighs. Loss of memory. Dizziness. Total anhedonia: lack of feeling for anything. Bloating. Fear and dread all the time. Fatigue that made it difficult for me to function. Sore and aching feet. The naturopath said it was good for me and i was desperate because of the severe hot flashes. I was skeptical but went on the cream anyway. This was not a good choice for me. I feel fortunate that after 5 weeks i noticed these symptoms as being related to the use of the creme and nothing else. I stopped taking it and i feel inuitively, that the creme was bad for me. I can not recommend it and hope to find relief through diet and exercise. Spread the word to other women so that they might be spared this violation and poisening of their bodies! | F | 50 | 6 weeks 20 | 6/13/2012 | 1 | Perimenopause | Weight gain in midsection; Cystic acne on chin; Breast Enlargement | I think women really need to do the research before taking this...best to be your own advocate! I was placed on bioidentical progesterone cream for two weeks out of the month. All of a sudden, started to get cystic acne breakouts on chin..painful to say the least! Once I backed off the cream, the acne subsided. Weight went up in my midsection, despite strict diet and exercise. Breast cup size increased. In fact, I have read that too much progesterone can cause these things to happen...especially if there is too much of it in relation to estrogen. I think it is so easy to throw around terms like "estrogen dominance" these days and then think that progesterone cream is the answer for weight loss. After my personal experience with it, progesterone turned out to equal weight gain for me. | F | 43 | 2 months 50mg 1X day | 6/7/2012 | 4 | estrogen dominance (EDom) | EDOM - Clean out xenoestrogen first (research DIMpro, MACA, etc for the liver, then get it off your skin/out of your home/food, have your water tested - your liver can't clean toxins that come in thru the skin/transdermally)- adding Prog to an estrogen saturated body will only exasperate EDOM symptoms, as prog creates good estrogen (and testosterone) (EDOM + MORE estrogen=horrible side effects). Prog is fantastic when xenoestrogens are eliminated (to the best of our ability). Prog is fantastic if you mimic nature. Too much of anything will produce side effects, right? VIT D is crucial as well (have your personal levels tested - you can OD on VIT D, but suffer without optimal levels = tricky) | F | 43 | cyclical 1X day | 5/2/2012 Patient History | 5 | Estrogen dominance, irregular periods | No bad "side-effects" - this stuff is wonderful! BEFORE taking bio-identical progesterone, I had bad PMS, irregular periods, facial hair, hair-loss, and weight gain, and adult acne. AFTER taking progesterone, I sleep easily, skin clearing up already, losing bloat, and energy levels are amazing. I will definitely keep taking this cream! | F | 39 | 7 days 30mg/day | 5/1/2012 | 1 | yes | Pain in the head in different areas; dizziness and confused; unable to focus thoughts. | I will never let a Dr. give me this again! Never | F | 53 | 5 days 200 1X day | 4/30/2012 | 1 | Perimenopause, irregular periods | EXTREME anxiety and nervousness to the point of shaking. Heart racing, sweating, bad, vivid dreams and extreme insomnia. Hot flashes and feet sweating. | I started "natural" progesterone cream after complaining to my gyno about longer periods that were getting closer together, along with fatigue, breast tenderness, facial hair, weight gain, etc. I started this cream at about 10-20 mg twice per day and then lowered it to a small pea size amount twice per day, because it was making me feel so bad. I want to note that, for some odd reason, I did have a few hours here and there where I felt extremely calm, but that never lasted on this med. Instead of the lower dose making the symptoms back off, they continued to get worse, almost like every dose was just adding to the last one. I felt like I overdosed on poison. I stopped the medication the following Wednesday after a night of no sleep and waking up in a TOTAL PANIC STATE. That was yesterday morning and today I feel about 50%-75% better, although still a little shaky and nervous. Going to start acupuncture for perimenopause, which is what I should have done from the start. Total crap this stuff. Please spare yourself the horrible experience and find another way to treat your symptoms. Sorry to the other women reading this who are experiencing this as well :( You will get better, I already did just by stopping it. As much as I thought this was going to be an easy miracle cure, my body did not like it at all and sure told me so! | F | 42 | 6 days 10-20mg 2X day | 4/27/2012 | 1 | hormonal imbalance/menopause | Headache, hot flashes day and night, insomnia, lack of focus, anger | Was on Prometrium a few days with horrible side effects. Tried cream for close to 5 years under holistic MD. Saliva progesteron to 12,000; should be 200. Everything worse. Nearly crazy with Hot flashes. Dr can't figure it out. Never AGAIN.Beware! I too wonder how long to get these out of system. | F | 62 | 20 1X day | 3/19/2012 | 1 | PeriMenopause/PMS/PMDD | No side effects at first, worked well. Over time, I believe I have gained weight(25#) that I now cannot seem to lose. My uterus is enlarged too. I feel about 3-4 months pregnant. Don't know if it's from the progesterone cream, I'm starting to suspect it is. | I had terrible estrogen dominance issues. I had blood sugar problems, horrible anxiety, breast tingling (felt like milk letdown) constantly. I truly feel that this stuff helped at first. I think something changed along the way. I began to gain weight - seems like anywhere I put the cream (arms, inner thighs and mostly around my abdomen. I always used the smallest amounts. I judged by the size of the dot on my hand. I'm bummed because I want to keep using it but can't stand how fat I'm getting from it. I use compounded bio identical progesterone. My doctor prescribed an amount that was way too high so I found the amount that worked for me. I have read that using the Crinone gel vaginally avoids your skin becoming saturated and unable to absorb the progesterone. I'm trying to find out more information about that as an alternative. I thought about using the cream I have vaginally, but I'm nervous to try that. If any of this sounds familiar to anybody and you have come up with a good alternative, please email me. I'm afraid all my old symptoms are knocking on my door. | F | 43 | 3 years varied 1X day | 3/19/2012 | 1 | For PMS Symptom Relief | Depression, crying, insomnia, anxiety. | I started taking progesterone cream to help moderate PMS symptoms (irritability/depression). Three days ago I started using Source Naturals Progesterone Cream, 500 mg per ounce. I only used 1/4 teaspoon once per day, which is about 20 mg. I used it in the morning only. By the afternoon of the first day I was feeling horrible, depressed, completely off. I thought I was just having a "bad day". I slept badly that night. I used it again the next day, and I felt very tired and depressed all day. I could barely sleep last night, which I don't normally have a problem with, and woke up with anxiety this morning. I don't have anxiety problems. I'm stopping this today. I didn't realize that there were so many possible side effects until I found this and other web pages detailing the possible side effects. | F | 37 | 2 days 20 1X day | 2/29/2012 | 5 | Estrogen Dominance/PMS/Migraine | Premenstrual breast pain disappeared during month one and has been gone for the last two months. PMS swelling is reduced. Skin where the cream is applied has experienced a very noticeable reduction in lines. The only negative side effect has been a slight increase in heart rate that feels similiar to too much caffeine on the two or three days leading into my period. My premenstural migraine was shorter and less severe last month. | I feel much better already. I have noticed a very positive improvement in a short time. | F | 43 | 2 months 20mg 2X day | 2/22/2012 | 1 | hives, cysts, IBS | I took Dr. Lees bioidentical progesterone cream. I felt great the first 2 days then on the 3rd day my breasts were swollen, i felt anxious and got weird thoughts, my hives broke out worse than ever. Its been 3 days since I have taken this medication and I still have nervosness, my hives are horrible and I itch severely at night and feel tightness in my shoulder blades. This is horrible. I would not recommend taking this without a doctors guidance. | F | 45 | 3 days 30mg 1X day | 2/22/2012 | 1 | pre menopause symtoms | weight gain, depression, mood swings, night sweats, anxiety | I stopped about five days ago and am already feeling better. I work out daily 1.5 hours minimum cardio and weights, pilates. I believe this is helping to get the toxins out more quickly as others have said it takes a longer time. was also taking a mix of black kolash and wild yam. I will never self medicate on herbal remedies again! very glad I found this blog... | F | 55 | 1 days 2X day | 2/10/2012 | 1 | Balance Progesterone/Estrogen | Irritable, gained weight mainly around midsection, no matter how good I ate and how much exercise I got the weight would not budge, water retention and puffiness, and always seemed to be ravenously hungry. I quit taking the meds and my mid-section lost 2 inches within 2 days. After stopping the drugs I started becoming regular. Hunger disappeared after stopping the medication. How long before I am back to my premeds status? | I am a non-menopausal woman that was prescribed the bio-identical drug. My friends wondered what had happened to me. It wasn't until recently I changed smart phones and started looking at pictures as I moved them from one phone to the new one. I noticed shortly after I started taking the hormone I started seeing changes. Due to restrictions from the insurance company payment criteria The doctor could not follow up with a blood test to determine if levels were accurate without charging me full price for the tests. | F | 46 | 1.5 years 225 1X day | 2/9/2012 |