Progesterone and sleep

[babyt2020]

Good morning all,

Ive recently started HRT in the hope it will help my crushing fatigue, insomnia and night sweats 🤞 I’m currently on 1 pump of oestrogen gel and 200mg progesterone pill every night, 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off. I took my last progesterone on Friday and since my sleep has been horrendous so I’m hoping to change to 100mg every night instead.

are there any negatives to doing this and would you just do it yourself or check with GP first?

I’ve asked my GP about this today, she said she would ask the pharmacist and get back to me or I could have the coil.
it makes me so cross, you wait weeks for an appointment and that is the response you get. There needs to be more training, it’s very frustrating.

I take 100mg tablet per night. It was my female GP who recommended that instead of 14 on & 14 off.

What age are you and do you still have periods? Also 1 pump sounds like a low dose - have you had any blood tests to establish your baseline level for hormones?

Ive only been on it 2 weeks so I just assumed maybe one pump was a starter dose? I’m 44 and I don’t have periods but thats because I take the mini pill, Ive got ademyosis so if I don’t take the pill I bleed continuously. I had blood tests a while ago that showed my hormones were normal but as GP said it’s not an accurate way to test if you’re in peri so she just went off all my symptoms.

I think I’ll just start taking 100mg a night