Symptom changes after changing from Mirena to progesterone Utrogestan

[LottieSB]

Hi everyone

TL:DR Have changed progesterone delivery method and symptoms have gone crazy.

I am 53, and have had a mirena coil for the last few years and whilst I haven’t had proper periods, I did get slight bleeding at the usual time which started to spread out and my last was towards the end of last year.

Since the beginning of the year my brain has become more foggy, vaginal dryness and I’ve been getting more headaches, but that was it.

I was given Evorel 25 patches and used oestrogen suppositories.

7 days ago, I had my mirena removed, my evorel was increased to 50 and I was given Utrogestan 100mg progesterone capsules.

Since then I feel like I have been hit by a sledgehammer.

All of a sudden I am unable to think or work things out, I find it really difficult to have a coherent conversation.

I have become really hyper alert and panicky; I wake up startled in a panic multiple times when I am sleeping (if you can call it sleeping), I am anxious all the time and overreacting emotionally to the slightest thing.

Because of the timing, I am connecting it to the change in progesterone delivery, from coil to capsules.

Is it normal for this to happen when you change types of progesterone meds?

Thanks.

It's the Utrogestan.

It's become flavour of the month, (I've used it for years, long before it was so popular.)

But it doesn't suit everyone. Some women get on better with Norethisterone or the type in Femoston (tablets.)

You can also carry on with a new Mirena- was that not suggested? That might suit you much better.

The only advice is to persevere for a few weeks to see if it gets any better. You can use it vaginally (of licence so your GP is unlikely to suggest it) but that may not be any different and you need to consider how you feel about using it that way every day.