Can natural progesterone help with mood swings and low sex drive?

Hi Catherine,

I’ve been to my doctor over and over, test after test. See I can go 4 months without having a period. The first doctor said I have cysts on my overy, and the second doctor did an internal ultrasound and said that I did not have any so he did blood test to see if I had a bad thyroid, and that was’nt it. And then more blood tests to see if I was diabetic and that was’nt it. I don’t want any more test. I have bad mood swings and I have very low need for sex. I’m only 27, I’ve had 2 children. Have gained a lot of weight from being put on birth control to regulate my period. I’m just going crazy! Do you think progesterone could help?

Thanks,

Sabrina

Dear Sabrina,

Because there are literally hundreds of progesterone receptors (sites) throughout our body, progesterone will have a major impact as each receptor relays a specific message. When levels drop, our body is going to react in a big way.

Estrogen dominance is a term coined by the late Dr John Lee in his first book on natural progesterone. It describes a condition where a woman can have deficient, normal, or excessive estrogen but has little or no progesterone to balance its effects in the body. Even a woman with low estrogen levels can have estrogen-dominance symptoms if her body isn’t making any progesterone.

So one of progesterone’s most important roles is to balance or negate the effects of estrogen.

When we consider the host of health problems that can result when we have little or no progesterone in our body to balance the effects of estrogen such as PMS, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, infertility, weight gain, increased blood clotting, thyroid dysfunction, even cancer in both men and women, any wonder women report remarkable improvements when they supplement with bioidentical progesterone.

Progesterone supplementation can indeed help regulate periods and bring the body back into synchronisation, in some cases triggering ovulation.

Sabrina, don’t waste your time or money buying a natural progesterone cream while you remain on the Contraceptive Pill. Both the artificial progestins contained in the Contraceptive Pill compete with natural progesterone for the same progesterone receptor sites, negating progesterone benefits.

But that’s not your only concern. The possible RISKS and side effects of The Contraceptive Pill and synthetic HRT include psychological and emotional disorders, depression, mood changes, weight gain, and loss of libido.

More SERIOUS effects include:

• Disturbance of blood-sugar metabolism (contributing to diabetes and hypoglycemia)
• Increased incidence of thrombosis (stroke)
• Increased incidence of hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure
• Increased risk of blood clots
• Increased risk of gall bladder and liver disease
• Increased incidence of cancer of the breast, endometrium, cervix, ovaries, liver, lung and skin
• Increased risk of heart attacks
• Increased incidence of MS

Research has shown natural progesterone is safer than all over-the-counter pain medications currently available, and there has never been a single case of anyone being admitted to hospital due to a poisoning from supplementation.

Progesterone is sometimes referred to as the “happy hormone” in that it can modulate and enhance our mood. Use it, Sabrina, to find YOUR own happiness and inner contentment, and to recapture the joy and bliss in your life as you journey with this hormone and discover its remarkable powers.