Menu

40 and Feeling Terrible

by Susie
(Dubuque IA USA)

I am 40 years old and suspect I could be lacking progestrone due to several symptoms such as anxiety, depression, fatique and 2 day mense. However, I do not have weight gain.

Is that an essential symptom for low progestrone? I have asked my doctor and she said my symptoms are all hormonal related and gave me a prescription for zoloft. She refused to test my hormone levels. Do you feel I could benefit from progestrone cream?

Thanks and look forward to hearing from you. SE

Comments for 40 and Feeling Terrible

Click here to add your own comments

Jul 30, 2011
 40 and feeling terrible
by: Anonymous

Hi, I read your post and think you should talk to a different doctor or as I did a great nurse practitioner. I was helped so much by getting my levels to where they should be. I used the cream and it helped with all the above symptoms. If you don't get the right answers from your current Dr I would check out someone else for sure!. Good luck:)!.
Aug 03, 2011
 40 and Feeling Terrible
by: Wray

Hi Susie Your symptoms do point to low progesterone. I find it extraordinary that your doctor says your problems are hormonal, but refuses to test them, and then offers you an antidepressant! If you should consider using progesterone, I recommend 100-200mg, or more if symptoms are severe. Before starting it please read our page on Oestrogen Dominance as this can occur. I would suggest you have a vitamin D test done too, as the symptoms could also be caused by a lack of this nutrient. Interestingly a lack of vitamin D reduces the benefits of progesterone. For more info please see the Vitamin D Council, GrassrootsHealth and Birmingham Hospitalwebsites. We do have two pages you could look at for more info, How to use progesterone cream and Peri-menopause. Although you are young for P-M, it will give you some idea of the next phase in your life. Take care Wray

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Progesterone faq.

Share this page:
Find this page helpful? Please tell others. Here's how...

Would you prefer to share this page with others by linking to it?

  1. Click on the HTML link code below.
  2. Copy and paste it, adding a note of your own, into your blog, a Web page, forums, a blog comment, your Facebook account, or anywhere that someone would find this page valuable.

Search over 8,400 pages on this site...