Stavia wrote:
Day three now and I feel like a new person. Omg the wasted months.
Thankfully you figured it out and are back on track.

Stavia wrote:
Day three now and I feel like a new person. Omg the wasted months.
Stavia wrote:...no brain fog whatsoever. Feel normal again. Totally normal. All those wasted weeks unnecessarily of feeling awful. (Sorry, Tapatalk bugged)
Lessons:
I am clearly very oestrogen dependent in terms of sleep and cognitive function. As a 4/4, this might be applicable to other 4/4s.
Stavia wrote:sarahb12 wrote:Its all n=1. I wanted to share this because I'm unexpectedly blown away by the difference in how I feel, sleep and how much sharper my cognition is within 2 days with a dose increase from 25mcg to 50mcg. I suspect there is a threshold effect in my brain, and if it is a 4/4 effect, others may be helped by my experience.
Nope, I dont tolerate more than 25mg oral progesterone (sedation) but I have a Mirena.TheBrain wrote:Stavia wrote:sarahb12 wrote:Its all n=1. I wanted to share this because I'm unexpectedly blown away by the difference in how I feel, sleep and how much sharper my cognition is within 2 days with a dose increase from 25mcg to 50mcg. I suspect there is a threshold effect in my brain, and if it is a 4/4 effect, others may be helped by my experience.
Stavia, thank you for sharing your experience. I’m sorry you suffered for months, but I’m so glad you’re feeling better and back to yourself. One question: If you’re taking oral progesterone as well, did you increase your dose to accommodate the increase from 25mcg to 50mcg of estradiol?
Bobbi wrote:I've had estrogen positive breast cancer and am taking anastrozole . I'm confused about how to balance my need to suppress estrogen due to the cancer versus supplementing it due to Alzheimer's risk. Any thoughts? Thanks.
Plumster wrote:Question: Do most of you take a DHEA supplement, in addition to estradiol and progesterone? I am low in all three.
Also: How is progesterone measured? I know it needs to be 1-20 ng/mL optimally, but my doctor says it's "impossible" to measure progesterone with a lab test. My test shows it's 0.30 ng/mL despite supplementing 100-200, but to her, it's not a number that tells us much since progesterone is "everywhere" in the body. Are there different kinds of tests? What am I or she missing?
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