Re: Can you develop tolerance to estrogen cream?

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You can mess up the system by doing heavy does of anything. It might do you

well to ask your doc to get you on a patch. Going up and up on your E is not so

good. I wish I could use a patch, but they fall off my skin. I use 1.75mg of

gel a day, sometimes 2mg total and break it up to AM and PM. On compounded

cream I could never get is so low. I don't touch transdermal P. I use

Prometrium every few months. I have a very low tolerance to P. Compounded

cream is now my least favorite option - there is not grand consistency across

the board across the pharmacies. Sure some are good, but there is a lot of

racket going on too.

Laurel

> Hi Everyone

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> Just a random question: could I be developing a tolerance to the estridial

cream my doctor has prescribed?

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> When I first started taking it (again, after having a month off) I only needed

4mg to feel good, two weeks later I need up to 15mg just to feel ok?!?

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> Any suggestions? I'd much rather use a patch, as I also think Im getting a

peak and a crash of estrogen through the day.

>

> Far out! This is all so complicated! Ive dealt with so much the past three

years with my thyroid/ adrenals and this low estrogen thing is being such a

pain!

>

> I dont think my progesterone is very high, as tests showed it was very low,

even though I did the WP (sort of) for a few months, I never took the high doses

of P Wiley reccomends because I couldnt tolerate them at all.

>

> Sooo, that's my question. COuld I be developing a tolerance to the dose? Are

my receptors getting overloaded? Is there a way of making more receptors, or

making them more responsive to the estrogen?

>

> Thank you!

>

> Jo

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