If you’ve taken Utrogestan..

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Can I ask you a few questions please? The menopause board doesn’t usually get many replies!

I’ve been on 200mg Utrogestan for 3 1/2 months taken 2 weeks on/2 weeks off alongside 50mg estrogen patch.

The two weeks on Utrogestan my anxiety and mood hasn’t been good, getting worse each month. I finished my 2 weeks on it yesterday and my anxiety has skyrocketed tonight.

Im back to see the doctor next week for review.

I know a lot of people don’t get on with progesterone so what do you take?

I have awful health anxiety so I don’t want to hear any horror stories, more so advice please 🙏

Hi OP. I switched to Mirena.

While I was taking Utro, I considered suicide. A lot. It would take about 5 days to lift each month then within the week almost I'd be back on it.

Awful awful stuff. The sleep was so deep and drug like and no dreams and I never felt refreshed.

Mirena has been absolutely brilliant. I have it with oestrogen patches and testosterone.

I take it continuously.

also duloxetine is good for anxiety

I took it two weeks on then off then I took it continuously. It never regulated my cycle and never stopped periods. I had horrible mood swings. I take Slynd now, huge difference and no periods. I feel my mood is much better regulated.

Slynd is now approved for use as the progesterone part of HRT.

What twerp thought making it an unswallowable shape was a good idea

My dsis had crushing depression with ustrogan and finally got the mirena coil fitted after trying other options. Has 100pc sorted her out. It has to be worth a try surely?