RE: serenity progesterone cream affecting adrenals

[Guest guest]

Dear Becky, Using natural progesterone cream, like any other

medication has to be used with caution and always it is recommended that you

get your sex hormones tested before starting any such therapy. When many women

have the symptoms of hypothyroidism, they often also find their have high

levels of oestrogen and these are the women who need natural progesterone cream

such as Serenity to balance the sex hormones. Also, women with low adrenal

reserve need to understand that this revolves around the stress glands which

help us produce progesterone, but without this, we could end up with some

serious health problems.

The adrenal glands produce many steroids that deal with

reactions to stress generally. The adrenals also produce all the sex hormones

in very small amounts. This means it could be difficult to produce the proper amount

of oestrogen and testosterone, both of which are vital to a healthy sex life.

Without them we would end up with adrenal exhaustion.

The adrenals work overtime in order to deal with either physical

or emotional stress, and unfortunately, often end up failing for the most part

and tire themselves out in the process. This is the way low adrenal reserve works,

and the progesterone that is produced ends up converting to corticosteroid

hormones.

These are the hormones that destroy healthy muscle and bone in

the body, and you could expect to see problems with your metabolism, mental

function, digestion, and your immune system.

Some medical experts believe that adrenal dysfunction is related

to more serious conditions like fibromyalgia, ME, CFS, hypothyroidism,

arthritis and even menopause or premature menopause. It could also be the cause

of acne and hair loss as well. If a woman's body can't produce enough

progesterone then it will cause salt to build up, fluid retention and hypoglycaemia.

Adrenals will also start producing their own steroids and become susceptible to

long term diseases. Adrenal fatigue is a result of stress, vitamin C deficiency

and natural progesterone deficiency.

What Mercola is warning about is the use of ORAL progesterone supplements

as a opposed to the natural progesterone cream, but he goes on to explain that

since working with the creams, he started to become disenchanted with them when

he found they typically worked wonderfully initially, but then invariable

stopped working - which became known as " dermal fatigue " because it

was found that applying a cream to your skin for a few weeks/months will

saturate the fat tissue with the hormones which has the effect of stopping them

working or can make symptoms worse and that this is because progesterone is

highly fat soluble, and once applied, will store itself in your fat tissue. This

is when there is the possibility the cream accumulates and contributes to

disruptions in your adrenal hormones such as DHEA, cortisol and testosterone.

He explains that the best way to apply the cream is to apply it

to mucous epithelial membranes that line your uterus and vagina. Not only is

absorption through these membranes more complete than through your skin, but

hormones absorbed through your vaginal membranes enter the very same pelvic

plexus of veins that your ovaries normally empty into and that from here the

hormones are carried to your heart and lungs and distributed to your tissues

just as if your ovary had actually produced them.

So, it is the WAY you administer the cream that matters.

Perhaps you are starting to feel better since you stopped

rubbing the Progesterone Cream into your skin since you stopped taking it, and

you should stay off it for a couple of years and then administer it again the

way Mercola suggests.

Are you 100% sure it is the Progesterone that is making you tired

and not some other underlying cause.

We also need to remember when reading other people's reactions

to certain medications that each of us are individuals, and what affects one

may have a completely different result for somebody else. They may also be

using a completely different brand than the natural serenity which must be

avoided at all costs. It is best to read all you can and get all sides of an

argument before making a decision to make changes to your own therapy and

always best to be guided by doctors you can trust.

Sheila

Hi, has anyone had any problems feeling very

tired on serenity progesterone cream? Dr. Mercola writes in

www.howstuffworks.com about progesterone cream quote 'but as time goes on the

cream accumulates and contributes to disruption in the adrenal hormones such as

DHEA, Cortisol and Testosterone' and he goes on to say 'it needs to be used

very cautiously'. Dr. Mercola is well know for his knowledge on adrenal

problems and also has his own web site and I am wondering if people with

Hypothyroidism need to be very careful when using this cream as I have found

that it has made me very, very tired indeed. I have stopped using it as it has

very much affected my energy levels and have had to take time off as I can't do

much I am so tired. I also found a very useful site called www.askapatient.com

where a lot of people have posted bad results on using progesterone cream; this

is a very good website to know of to check out what people have found out about

certain medications they have been on, good and bad results are posted.

[Guest guest]

Hi there

Yup bought some for my husband because I thought it would help with tesosterone production because he is always so tired and he felt great on it at first then regressed and was worse than before.

best wishes

Mandy