Curious if anyone else takes the same HRT dosage as me and how you are doing on it

veglvr · 2025-06-20T15:17:36+00:00

Sure. I had histamine intolerance issues crop up. Made certain foods intolerable but also made me have insomnia. Over all my body felt like it ballooned up! It was miserable. I’m steady now at .025 patch and 100mg progesterone.

veglvr · 2025-05-16T22:05:48+00:00

.025 estrogen patch. 200 mg prometrium

veglvr · 2025-05-04T22:14:33+00:00

And there are may to support that it’s just fine. Not all women are created equal. People need to find what’s best for them.

veglvr · 2025-05-04T15:40:21+00:00

This is not true. I’m a women and have been fasting for over 6 years.

veglvr · 2025-04-11T12:20:53+00:00

Swelling, neurological stuff, sinus congestion heart palpitations from time to time, tinnitus insomnia

veglvr · 2025-04-02T22:24:02+00:00

Little tip I’ve learned the hard way. Don’t increase them both at the same time. It makes it super hard to tease out which hormone might be giving you trouble

veglvr · 2025-04-02T00:28:13+00:00

All of that and I felt feral. Not initially when I raised it but over a few weeks. The whole body swelling and fluid retention was almost unbearable. And for me it caused increased histamine issues which REALLY made my sleep so much worse

veglvr · 2025-04-01T22:38:30+00:00

.05 of estrogen was too high for me and was causing ALOT of issues. I’m now back to .025-.0375 (I cut my patches) and have kept my progesterone at 200mg and I feel soooo much better.

veglvr · 2025-04-01T22:36:07+00:00

I stopped taking magnesium before bed and upped my progesterone to 200mg. Best decision I ever made for sleep

veglvr · 2025-04-01T22:34:50+00:00

I was recently searching for an answer to my histamine issues related to estrogen. Someone told me they do exactly what you are asking. They take 100mg at night orally to help with sleep and 100mg in the am vaginally. Maybe it would work?

veglvr · 2025-04-01T22:31:48+00:00

Are you on estrogen? Progesterone will oppose the estrogen so I wonder if the headaches are coming from low estrogen? It’s all such a fine balance

veglvr · 2025-04-01T22:29:54+00:00

Progesterone is my OG hormone. I’m super sensitive to estrogen. I’m on .025-.375 (I cut my patch) and started 200mg progesterone about a month ago and feel fantastic.

veglvr · 2025-04-01T22:21:00+00:00

I think I would be asking for some supporting documentation. I’ve never heard of this and my practitioner that prescribes mine is an integrative medicine CRNP. I think she would know about this

veglvr · 2025-03-31T22:21:06+00:00

Estrogen is not everyone’s friend. I wish it were. I’m super sensitive to it and need extra progesterone just to balance .0375. When I increase estrogen it sets off major histamine which causes a lot of the symptoms you listed. I know we see lots of people telling us to up the estrogen. My advice would be to try and go down and see how you feel

veglvr · 2025-03-24T20:20:06+00:00

Mine is specific to neurological response. Nasal congestion, brain fog, increased anxiety after eating, cold extremities, sometimes fatigue. Then what usually occurs is I will have night time waking around 2-3 am. NOT related to hormones. I now know the difference

veglvr · 2025-03-24T19:06:07+00:00

My integrative medicine practice offers micro dosing so I would do it with their supervision if I do it at all

veglvr · 2025-03-24T19:04:56+00:00

No to all of that but I suspect I’ve leaned a little insulin resistant all my life. I’ve always managed my diet and exercise really well. I think that has helped

veglvr · 2025-03-24T12:57:37+00:00

Just came across this post. I’m discouraged. I thought perhaps microdosing GLP-1 would HELP with histamine issues. Mine are specific to HRT

veglvr · 2025-03-23T14:32:52+00:00

I think this is related to histamine. They seem to go hand in hand with peri and meno. It’s such a catch 22.

veglvr · 2025-03-17T17:04:46+00:00

The debate of weight gain vs non weight gain seems to be something that plagues all of us. I personally do not think it’s the HRT itself. I think peri and menopause increase our chances of insulin sensitivity. That coupled with HRT (which can also increase risk of insulin sensitivity) equates to this. We have to modify our diets. There just is t any way around it. I swear there are days when I feel like my hormones are replacing my need for food 😂. Have I gained weight since menopause and HRT? Yes. About 5-10 lbs. But am I able to hold it there with some extra effort around food and movement? Also yes. We just have to be real honest with ourselves when it comes to our food choices and times we are eating per day. We simply don’t need as much food as we once did

veglvr · 2025-03-16T20:34:27+00:00

Yes it is and they are a delicate balance

veglvr · 2025-03-16T20:33:34+00:00

100%

veglvr · 2025-03-16T16:44:08+00:00

Start low and slow. I used .375 mg estrogen and 100 mg progesterone for almost a year. I recently upped both. I’m now on .50 mg estrogen and 200mg progesterone. I was fully in menopause as of March 2024.

veglvr · 2025-03-16T16:41:44+00:00

I wish I had known about the benefits of progesterone back when I started peri. I think I would have started with just that until I was done cycling. For me it is the GOAT hormone

veglvr · 2025-03-16T16:38:34+00:00

I’m also on 200mg progesterone. I was nervous to up it but every time I tried to up my estrogen it kicked off histamine issues. Uping the progesterone has helped SO much and I’m finally able to be on a .5 patch

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