RE: https://mastodon.social/@GoingDownWithSundial/116092723384770348

ICYMI

My journey with #perimenopause goes on, now featuring #HRT.

I've had a really bad time with the #progesterone part, over the months since I started.

I'm on the last two days of the first #luteal (progesterone) phase since my dose was adjusted, and I've been holding my breath. There have been tears and anger, but it's nothing compared to how it was the previous cycle. The relief is real!

Please BOOST this toot. Perimenopause is natural, but too many people don't know enough about it. ❤️

So many things to do. Not enough brain energy to do them all.

Resorting to desperate measures to try to deal with the emotional slump.

We've taken our regular morning meds as usual (1 x 40 mg lisdex at 07:15; 1 x 20 mg lisdex at 09:15), which allows us to function over the majority of the day.

However, we've also taken:

• 1x 200 mg micronised progesterone capsule.
• 1 x 30 mg codeine phosphate pill.
• 1 x 150 mg pregabalin capsule.

We are finding that pregabalin has very, very strong effects on us, particularly vs something like diazepam. It feels almost a bit like being drunk and/or slightly high. It seems to negatively impact vision (causing blurring) and co-ordination of all body parts, which makes typing more difficult and much slower. It does feel so much like it's calmed us, but rather like it's put a warm, cozy blanket around us, like a shield. And it's very much making us feel drowsy. Without the lisdex, we'd probably be asleep.

Going forward, we may need to only take pregabalin at night when going to bed, based on current effects. The means we'll have to rely on other meds during the day, sadly, for anxiety.

In terms of our regular tolerance to meds:

• Progesterone calms us, but doesn't make us sleepy or drunk, like some get when taking orally.
• Codeine works very well for blocking physical pain (especially in our hands and forehead) and has a calming effect on us.
• Diazepam calms and relaxes us. It doesn't have as strong an effect on us as others. We could pop a 10 mg diazepam along 30 mg of codeine phosphate and still be able to function normally and even drive normally and safely.

We're trying to keep our system stable today, as it feels a little like we've pushed ourselves too much helping, or at least trying to help, those who've asked for our help.

As a result, our system balance is off and we feel more broken; fractured.

The last time this happened, Isabella and Isabelli emerged. We went from a system of 2 to a system of 4.

We don't know what's going to happen. We know we cannot control it either. Whatever happens, happens.

#lisdex #lisdexamfetamine #AuDHD #ADHD #MentalHealth #diazepam #pregabalin #progesterone #plural #plurality

Debunking Estrogen Cancer Myth - Lisa Mosconi and Peter Attia

#progesterone

Hey (other) trans women, do you experience a pseudo-period? (i.e. hormones fluctuating on a cycle)

#trans #transfem #transwomen #lgbtq #hrt #progesterone

Forgot to take my #progesterone last night and holy fuck, I can feel my frustration tolerance plummeting again.

It occurs to me, looking back on the last three or four years, mapping both my descent into #perimenopause and burnout, along with my kid's struggle with school and autistic burnout... Fucking hell.

I started #HRT last September. Should have started at least a year earlier.

It's been rough, folks. Like.. I haven't shared everything, believe it or not.

But, I'm just gonna say:

Any study of maternal suicidality should take into account the effects of perimenopause, #ADHD and autistic burnout.

Dear trans women of fedi, if you take progesterone (oral), when do you take it?

#trans #hrt #transfem #progesterone