So I have been posting for a year and miserable each time. Of the 32 symptoms, I have 30 and can be all at once at any given time. I first started on Divigel which took the edge off but the symptoms are creeping back. Since I have a uterus, I must take P also. I started with Prometruim. Posion! Then a second progestin. Worst yet. Plugged into a fog and depresstion within 24 hours. My last attempt was with Angeliq.......the easy one to tolerate. It has E and P. I have lasted 6 days. For 3 of the days, I had what is defined as an Ice Pick Headache. Severe stabbing pain in my left temple and eye. I though I was having a stroke. Just felt ill all over. Hot flashes 10x worst than ever. That headache today was IT! I am done!!!! NO more!!!! Off the P I go. I would like to continue my small dab of Divegel (estrogel) but I don't know if the doc will allow it or not. I sat at work and printed stacks of info on holistic attempts to menopause. I cannot do the P, cannot do BC.......never could and never will and I am 51. I just pray and have faith that a holistic approach is what I need. If worse came to worse......maybe a smal small dose of AD to take the edge off. But P is poision. I am sad cause I really wanted it to work for me.

Are you taling about progesterone? Because I tried taking it and I thought I was going crazy. Worst anxiety ever and headaches. I can't take it for 30 days to see if it gets better. It is to bad. I am off of it.

I am talking about Progesterone! UGH! Cannot deal with any form of it.

I still think it is an issue of the right balance. Posted before that it gave me anxiety for the first week and a half when I started it and when they raised my dose. Back down to 175mg of bio oil caps and feeling much better again.

It sounds like all the progesterone and progestins you have tried are oral. What about trying vaginal prochieve or progesterone cream. I know some people have trouble with the cream but maybe it would work better for you than the oral. It would be easier for you to titrate the dose with. Also, I have a friend who has been on something called the combipatch for years. It has transdermal estradiol and transdermal synthetic progestin. Maybe it's a different progestin from the ones you have tried. There is also a progestin IUD which doesn't give you high levels systemically. You said that you are on a small dab of divegel. If it's a low dose maybe it would be OK to take on it's own and they could moniter the thickness of your uterine lining. You never know, maybe your Dr would allow it. (It doesn't sound like you had the definitive answer on that yet.) So, I think that there are still options for you. Best of luck!

I am also 51 and have not had a period in 9 months. I too cannot handle the progesterone! I have tried them all and I can't stand the funk they put me into. I have used the "estrogel" mostly. Every once in a while I will try to do about 7 days worth of progesterone, but it is "ugly" times for me.

I am in a new network of doctors, who really don't care either way, I don't think they even understand that with E you should take some P. So I mentioned that I would like to have an ultrasound of my uterus just to check things out. I will get this done on the 17th of this month.

I have done the E mostly for the last 1.5 years without barely any P. So I am a bit nervous. I have even tried to cut down on taking any E and I can't handle the hot flashes and loose all my energy. I am not sure what to do.

Juliann