Taking progesterone only every day?

[Ninetimes]

I’ve tried gel and patches and each time I’ve become jittery, achy, headachey. I sleep really poorly.
As I’m peri with regular periods I always took the progesterone for two weeks only (2 tablets).

I felt a bit better on the P but the E made me feel appalling.

Doing some reading about menopause and it seems that the P is more likely to drop off first. As I am trialling taking just 1 Utrogestan daily for 25 days? Having a break for 3 days to induce a bleed and NO oestrogen at all.

Will this be harming me? Or worth giving it a go?

What dose oestrogen are you taking you might need a lower dose. How long were you taking it for maybe your body wasn’t used to it for long enough. Taking Progesterone every day is for post menopausal women so you may get irregular bleeding. They don’t recommend taking it for 25 and 3 off anymore that is quite dated it is every day now for continuous.
oestrogen is what eases out peri and menopausal symptoms. I have never heard of taking it on its own would see a specialist before doing that.

You could try the progesterone only pill as an idea - the mini pill.

Doing some reading about menopause and it seems that the P is more likely to drop off first.

Any chance you're misinterpreting this?

Progesterone is only produced as a response to ovulation.
If women miss a cycle (no eggs released) they don't have any progesterone.
Also, post menopause, women have no progesterone at all. (They have it as part of HRT only to protect the womb lining.)

Have you found the 'low progesterone' idea on a US or alternative/commercial website? There used to be a few companies peddling progesterone (for sale, as cream) which is a scam- it doesn't work.

So no, you don't use progesterone only.

when you say estrogen made you feel appalling what does that mean?

It could be you needed a higher dose.

It's estrogen that relieves symptoms.

I started on one pump of gel and within a few days I get very jittery and anxious. Terrible muscle aches, headaches and I generally feel irritable and out of sorts.

Tried Evorel 25 patches was slightly better on those but the joint pain I get after a few days is horrible and I feel odd and shaky / irritated.

My reason for trying HRT is my sleep can be very poor, I get lightheaded and dizzy spells and tired. My stomach is often unpredictable.

I don’t get hot flushes or irritability usually.

my periods are very regular and I’m 51 years old.