Can progesterone cause this big of a change in a woman?

Hi Catherine,

I recently was diagnosed with very large cysts on my right overy. The doctor gave me progesterone to get rid of them. When I started taking the progesterone I felt like a million bucks. At first I was worried because I only needed 6 hrs of sleep to me this was insomnia, I always sleep 10 -12 hours a night. Then I started thinking maybe I am lacking progesterone. My mood is better. I’m 30 and feel 16. Can progesteron cause this big of a change in a woman? I have had three children, and thought the lack of energy was from them?

Thank you,

Amy

Dear Amy,

Progesterone is sometimes referred to as the “happy hormone” in that it can modulate and enhance your mood.

I personally believe that if you give a woman back her progesterone - her mother hormone, her essence hormone - you give her back an opportunity to reconnect with herself.

As soon as a woman who is progesterone deficient starts rubbing progesterone cream onto her body there’s an incredible physiological reaction to that hormone. It’s as if it resonates immediately, and she can tell progesterone is central to her renewed health, not necessarily because of what’s she’s read but how it intrinsically feels in her body. It’s as if she’s coming home to herself !

Even for those women who may experience incredible discomfort for the first 10 days to 2 weeks when estrogen receptors actually wake up and estrogen dominance symptoms are exacerbated, she is determined to keep applying progesterone cream because she wants the end result. There is an intuitive ‘knowing’ that something good has been introduced into her body and she wants it to stay.

Hormonal imbalance seems to weaken the emotional profile of a woman. She may present as distraught, exposed, fragile, out of tune with her body and her needs, exhausted physically, emotionally and spiritually. She doesn’t know why she’s crying all the time.

The fluctuations of our hormones throughout our life have been responsible for our growth and our physiological being. I encourage you to EMBRACE these imbalances so that you can grow to understand who you are and what you are about. Empower yourself with each milestone. Don’t let symptoms keep you locked in your disease. Realise your magnificence.