How are you surviving the luteal phase?

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I'm almost 37 and for the last couple of months I've felt completely controlled by my cycle and hormones as soon as I hit my luteal phase until day 3 of my period. I feel exhausted, anxious and irritable, I have nausea that comes and goes every day for two weeks, headaches are more frequent, and I occasionally get a sort of tingling sensation particularly in my legs. I'm guessing it's largely thanks to progesterone.

I take a generic women's multivitamin daily, try to exercise when I'm not exhausted, eat fairly healthy and try to make some time to relax as it seems worse when I'm stressed.

So my question is what are you doing to survive the luteal phase? Any hints and tips? I'm going on holiday in a couple of months right in the middle of my projected luteal phase and I can't imagine feeling rotten the whole time.

I totally relate to you. This phase is so irritating.

Talk to your GP - you might be able to get medication to induce your period and shift your cycle out of your holiday.

I was offered these when I was having a spree of flooding during my periods and had a camping holiday booked.

I am 46 and have had this problem myself for the last 6 months. It is awful, I feel my energy drop and my mood is bad the day after ovulation, and there is definitely a relief when my period comes. Not sure what to do with this myself.

HRT or the coil?

What is luteal phase sorry im male

I lived this for two weeks of every month from age 12 to my early 40s. Pure emotional misery. My GP said it was down to oestrogen overload and there was nothing she could do to help. At an unrelated appointment I saw a locum GP and asked him about it. He said Progesterone would 'level things up' and prescribed pessaries. Within 20 mins of using the first one I felt as if a magic wand had been waved over me! My life changed! I continued with them until Menopause.

Went on the pill!!

@lostfather666 not the thread for you then

This!!! I have been suffering from this for maybe a year now, dragging myself through the luteal phase with only 10 days or so ‘relief’ as my cycles are so short. My OB prescribed progesterone as I am trying to have another baby and from the second day I felt AMAZING. Told DH that whatever happens with pregnancy I am going to ask for progesterone going forward anyway …

Thanks for your helpful replies.

There's a bit of a relief in knowing I'm not alone even if I feel for all of you suffering from the same thing. It's just horrible knowing that half of every month is controlled by whether I feel nauseous and exhausted or not. Before kids I used to have terrible periods that would have me being sick for four days just before and during the start of my period. While I'm glad it's not like that, feeling off and mildly ill for two weeks every month is not much fun either!

I can't believe I didn't know this. Have been researching off the back of this thread and apparently the combined pill with drospirenone can be helpful to some women. Obviously comes with its risks like any drug, but why do women just get left to suffer like this?!

I cant believe my GP didn't know this!! To quote her "Its because you have too much oestrogen and I can't do anything about that. We can't take oestrogen away" Quite ironic that it was a male GP who provided the solution.

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i googled it its ok