Need help. Doctor put me on progesterone therapy from a compounding pharmacy.

Some depression meds can make a person gain a LOT of weight. I had a friend that went from being small, to being LARGE by taking a medication for her mental problems.

I think everyone reacts differently to progesterone. I recently started an oral bio identical progesterone and have lost weight, not gained. I was having a very difficult time losing weight, having a lot mood swings and basically felt terrible. My physician checked my progesterone and it was low. Since I have started the progesterone I've lost 5 pounds and feel less bloated. (Less fluid retention) I feel much better on it, and I also take a small amount of bio identical testosterone. Something else may be "off" with you, or perhaps your dosage needs to be lowered or try an oral bio identical formula. Some women are very sensitive to progesterone. Sometimes changing dosage or delivery helps.

Please help, low vit D Low t3 possible insuline resistance have been on bio identical progesterone for 2 years, it helped me lose weight and manage my estrogen dominance until last summer when all the symptoms returned- the weight started to creep back on and I began to have rediculous pms symptoms bloating and fatigue and now am chronically dizzy. I am weening myself off progesterone per my doctors orders and now she wants to put me on metformin for insulin resistance and weight loss , but I don't know if I should take it. Has anyone been through this? Did I ruine my body? Will I have be thin and normal again. Oh yea and I eat low carb low calorie and workout 6 days a week. I am also 26 with no kids.

Progesterone may only be part of the problem. you need to check into Metabolic syndrome. there is a cascade of events that happen when your labs are off. I would check your cortisol level. Check your insulin levels vitamin d , and T3 and t4. Check your HgA1C. If you are insulin resistant , all the exercise in the world will not matter. You will gain weight. I am an RN and suffered for years until I finally found a doc to listen. the media is now taking note of metabolic syndrome. Let me tell you, four days after starting to correct my labs, I felt great. previously, I had the weight gain despite 1200 call ,low glycemic diet and a personal trainer. I had chronic insomnia and anxiety. As an RN , I knew I was becoming a health risk for cardiac issues. Thank God, I found someone . Metabolic Syndrome, 30-40% of the population have it. But know one is checking there patients. O by the way, the first ,
Month , I dropped 14 pounds with no change in what I was doing. In four days , my insomnia ceased. I was sleeping 1-2 hours a night for over a year. On the fouth day,I slept 14 hours. Now when I lay down, I fall fast asleep.