naturaljoy

I am considering natural progesterone cream to help with weird cycles and baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad PMS. I've been struggling with this for awhile now. I can't tolerate BCPs. I'm not IR but my dr has suggested met to regulate my cycles, but that made me feel loopy and dizzy ALL the time, so that didn't work out for me. I am normal weight, I exercise a lot and I eat a relatively healthy diet, although I do not low-carb (don't like it, plus I do distance running and need the carbs to fuel those runs).

I take Optivite PMT for the bad PMS and some months it helps, others it doesn't.

Basically what happens is that I feel VERY good as soon as AF starts. Lots of energy, even mood, no trouble focusing, etc. Then about 2w in to my cycle, I notice EWCM and I break out and get very very moody. I am sure my body is trying very hard to ovulate. EWCM dries up, things get a little better, then they go downhill again. I assume it's PMS then AF never shows up. More EWCM, more acne, more moodiness, my body trying to ovulate again, but again no AF. I can go through this 2-3 times every cycle, so my cycles tend to be 6-8w long. The only part where I feel decent is the first two weeks before my body starts trying so hard to ovulate.

I *think* I finally ovulated and I think I'm in the PMS stage right now. So AF should be coming soon...but who knows. I'm so frustrated with being in hormonal h*ll! My dh is also very very frustrated because he keeps asking me what's wrong, I keep telling him I have PMS, then no AF and I almost think he thinks I'm making it up and I don't like him. He tells me I'm never happy and for about 6w out of every 8, he's probably right! I really don't think it's depression, it feels very hormonal. The fluctuations drive me crazy.

So would NPC help with this, help my body remember to just ovulate or try to ovulate once and then bring AF on in a timely fashion? If not NPC, any other suggestions?

I talked to my dr, she suggested Lexapro for what she's calling bad PMS, but it's not just bad PMS, it's bad ovulation too, it's just bad hormones!

Thanks.

Joy

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Joy
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