Hi Ladies,
Please help. I am so confused. I am 47. I started having anxiety and my OB-GYN put me on the Nuvaring.
That made matters worse. I found a doctor specializing in bioidentical hormones. She put me on 100 mg progesterone for the first half of my cycle and 200mg for the second half. She put me on bi-est 50/50 .25mg day. I started her program when my period ended.. Eight days into her program I had another period. Her office was closed and no one returned my call, so I kept taking the progesterone during my period. When I did get in touch with her she switched me to the estriol patch 0.025 easier to use and cause I am a swimmer and maybe all the cream was not getting absorbed.
I am scared because these hormones are so complicated and she had me do the spit test when I was on the nuva ring so what good are those results? Do you think I am safe taking these hormones like this? The progesterone makes me feel GREAT. Very relaxed.
The other problem was that once I started her program I started having this racing heart blast wake me up early in the morning... I had that initially, but the Nuva ring did take care of that, so I think it is because of a hormonal imbalance. Maybe it is because of taking the progesterone during my period.
I just don't know what to do. If anyone has any advice I would love it. I want to feel better, but I want to be safe. The progsterone dose sounds high... I think I would be better off just taking it the second part of my cycle.
HELP!