Here lately, I've been suffering with a variety of symptoms that seemed to be caused by premenopausal hormone fluctuations: long and irregular cycles, horrible PMS, painful breasts, trouble sleeping, waking at night in a sweat, and last but not least, a surge in my sex drive like nothing I've ever experience before. This last symptom was not entirely unpleasant, ;-) but DH is bewildered and, for the most part, disinterested.
My boss, a female in her early 40s, loaned me a couple of books. One advocates using natural progesterone cream, the other recommends low dose birth control. I'm trying the cream first since it's OTC. It seems like it might be helping, but my symptoms didn't completely match the estrogen-dominant symptoms the book describes. For instance, my bleeding is very light instead of very heavy and desire was definitely up instead of repressed.
Sorry this is so personal, but I'd sure like to hear from anyone who's going through this. I'm wondering if the low dose pills would be a better choice for me. I have a crappy GYN and I figured I could get better info from you guys!
TIA,
Angela
My boss, a female in her early 40s, loaned me a couple of books. One advocates using natural progesterone cream, the other recommends low dose birth control. I'm trying the cream first since it's OTC. It seems like it might be helping, but my symptoms didn't completely match the estrogen-dominant symptoms the book describes. For instance, my bleeding is very light instead of very heavy and desire was definitely up instead of repressed.
Sorry this is so personal, but I'd sure like to hear from anyone who's going through this. I'm wondering if the low dose pills would be a better choice for me. I have a crappy GYN and I figured I could get better info from you guys!
TIA,
Angela