Hi Apey..
Yes I have used it. My Dr. said he had not heard much good about it...and thought I was wasting my time. But I am very sensitive to drugs and it does seem to help. Cut the hotflashes down quite a bit. Have to play with the dose to make it work tho...It can make me have kinda weird dreams sometimes though. May take a few weeks to kick in.

Good luck trying it out. I figure that as long as we are careful--it is safer than the "drugs" that are chemicals. Just have to find the right cocktail.
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BTW...love the picture of your dog...reminds me of one we had years ago. Loved that face!! She was a treasure.

I use the cream and it has helped me tremendously. When I first started having hot flashes/night sweats I was miserable because I wasn't getting any sleep. If I wasn't waking up from being hot I was waking up having to go pee. Like 5 times a night. After 2 weeks of this I was becoming a real grump due to lack of sleep.

A friend told me about the cream and it has been wonderful for me.

Hi Apey18, have used natural progesterone cream and it has helped with hot sweats, and mood swings, worth a try definately.
Good luck and energy
Allyson

Does progesterone help with night sweats, a little vaginal dryness and having better orgasms?

I am going to ask my gyn abt. me possibly taking progesterone. Ty for starting this topic of discussion, it will help me, I think?

I am going to ask my gyn abt. me possibly taking progesterone. Ty for starting this topic of discussion, it will help me, I think?

After trying Serenity progesterone cream, I can never go back to not using it. I began to experience hot flashes, waking up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat, feeling restless, my body unable to decide whether I am cold or hot.
The hot flashes were the worst, not to mention my moodiness and
feeling disinterested in everything around me.
This cream is really helping me cope with menopause. It's made thru Health Science, I really hope others can find relief with this.

I have not done the cream BUT I did and still do , use a NATURAL progesterone pill called Prometrium .....it is an Rx and is expensive but my insurance covers it so I use that instead of the cream. If I did not have the pills I would do the cream-
I consider myself to be fairly intelligent and skeptical enough to not fall for miracle claims or snake oil salesmen, etc. But after reading a book many years ago (What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by Dr. John Lee) really opened my eyes to the topic of natural progesterone. As the book explains in depth, synthetic and natural progesterone is 2 totally different things.
Also , good luck finding a doctor to understand this, or listen to you about it or believe you that it might be helpful.
They are taught in medical school to only believe certain things and , also sadly, they are absolutely swayed by the drug companies when it comes to prescribing anything to patients !
BTW the book I mention also gives a list of the OTC progesterone creams, and says which ones work (and have the correct or stated amount of progesterone) and which ones do NOT.
Now, I read this book a long time ago and have no idea if the lists have been updated and I know the author has passed away.

Hi ThisToo: I read the same book! So informative, that is how I found the Serenity progesterone cream. I just really hope all the ladies having to go through menopause (which can be just so awful) can find some relief! http://www.progesterone.com/
I'm happy that you have!

Amanda

is there an over the counter natural progesterone cream or pill?

Yes, there are lots of OTC progesterone creams. A store like Whole Foods has several.

I learned from another menopause site that p. can sometimes make symptoms worse. For example, extra p. can lower estrogen even further. From what I've read, It's all about balance when replacing hormones.