ask: Does progesterone make you sleepy?

Oh yes, progesterone can make you tired and lethargic. How much are you taking and how often are you taking it? Is it oral and or vaginal?
Any other side effects?

I'm not a doctor, but we have a lot of women taking progesterone and talking about it on the site. I can send you a book that may help if you'd like. It' free of charge and it's a great book that has been very helpful to so many women. If you post to my section on the site and give me your address, we will send it to you. I think you'll enjoy it.

Best in health,

Michelle

Hi, Anon, can I ask you just a couple more questions?

If you are using a cream, is it an over-the-counter natural progesterone cream, or one prescribed by your doctor and made at a compounding pharmacy?

Have you noticed other side effects? Affecting mood, or appetite, or weight?

Have you had your hormone levels tested?

Let us know and we'll see what more we can find out for you. In the meantime, here is the Drugs.com page on progesterone and its possible side effects:

http://www.drugs.com/sfx/progesterone-side-effects.html

Yes, progesterone can make you sleepy! I have a few friends who are newly pregnant, and one of the hormones that surge in your body when you are pregnant is progesterone...the very hormone that makes your first trimester exhausting, tiring and feeling fatigued and energy-drained.

What is the dosage of your progesterone?

I am taking progesterone 400mg per day..It is totally draining me! I am So tired. I am taking it because my progesterone levels were very low when I had my initial pregnancy blood work done and 4 miscarriages..This is my 3rd week on the pills and I am drained!

I am taking progesterone cream that I purchased otc at a health store. it works very wel for me. I am sleeping through the night for the first time in ages. I don't want to discontinue, but it too makes me very tired/lethargic during the day. Is there some supplement I can take to overcome this effect. Is there an herb or vitamin I can take to combat the fatigue of the progesterone?

i just atarted using a cream progesterone(bio identical). some days i just feel so tired i could fall over! i noticed above that were offering a book. would love to read it. mxmom351@att.net
thanks

My doctor prescribed me progesterone and to take it at night just before bed, this way it doesn't effect me during the day. Then he upped the dose and I feel almost high when I take just one instead of 2-3 at night. I will not be taking them during the day EVER again! It is quite uncomfortable.