WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 1999: Re: action to estrogen? Dr.

Re: action to estrogen? Dr.

From: Erin (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 7 Nov 1999 12:47:39 -0600 (CST)

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Wow, I hope you get this worked out! I've had some pretty interesting reactions to hormones this past year. When I was on Levlite 28, I had the worst mood swings imaginable. Especially the first time I hit PMS. I went into an uncontrollable rage anytime anyone irritated me the least little bit. I made the desk helper in my residence hall cry, and then I sobbed uncontrollably for hours. I started taking them the beginning of February, and ended up extremely depressed and homicidal/suicidal the rest of the semester. Since I had had problems before with mild depression due to events in my past, I really didn't realize this was all coming from the pills until i switched brands and it all went away. By that time my boyfriend and I had broken up because of my psychosis! :oP He's back now but I don't ever want to go through that one again. It's kinda funny that the Levlite did the exact same thing to a friend of mine as well! The progesterone shot I got a couple days ago didn't even do me over that bad. I was really shakey and jittery and emotional the rest of that day...would cry at the drop of a hat for a couple days, but I expected that, so it wasn't a shock. It still amazes me that a little shot or pill or cream can mess ya up so bad! Good luck, I'm sorry this is so long...I'm avoiding cleaning!

Erin

At Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Gina wrote: >
>Hi,
>I recently was prescribed estriodol vaginal compound cream
>for vaginal dryness. Since I am not supposed to take estrogen because
>of the blood clot risk, it was prescribed for me short term (2 weeks on
>2 weeks off, etc).
>At the same time I was prescribed progesterone compound cream to replace
>the "natural" plant based progesterone
>I had been using (which was working on my menopause symptoms but I
>wanted a known amount and wanted to know I was getting real
>progesterone).
>
>I noticed an immediate difference. I became very irritable, anxious and
>jittery, depressed, and b*tchy to everyone. It was like an overdose of
>testosterone or something! Aggressive is an understatement.
>
>So I believed it was the estrogen since it was the only thing totally
>different. I stopped taking it a few days ago and notice as each day
>goes by, those negative affects are fading. I am still taking the
>progesterone cream (and it's working better than the plant type, on my
>hot flashes!).
>
>I have never heard of a reaction like this to estrogen! Is there a
>reason for this? Is it a known side effect? Should I stop using it at
>all? I was thinking maybe I could use it
>only once a week (since I wanted to use it for vaginal dryness
>problems).
>Gina

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