cycling Progesterone VS Not Cycling

[MsFierce]

I haven't seen any recent topics about this, So I decided to start a new one.


Can someone explain to me the pros and cons of cycling VS not.


My doctor has finally started me on ''Prometrium'' She has me on it every day. I've heard some girls say they cycle it. is it any real difference cycling it or not?


Oh and I've heard ''Progesterone'' can raise up your T Levels. if i take some old spiro would that help in blocking that or is that just for pre-ops with testes?

[Dinky_Di]

Not really sure that cycling makes a difference, however I have heard that it is to mimic the female monthly cycle.  I take progestrone but it is not cycled and it has worked quite well.  My doctor actually put me on it presurgery to assist in lowering T levels.  He still has me taking it post surgery and my T level is about the same as it was presurgery, close to zero.  I haven't heard that it can raise T levels.

[MsFierce]

Yeah if you take  i guess to much of ''Progesterone'' your body turns it into T so I've heard.

I did some more research after I wrote this and I'm gonna just do it everyday instead of cycling. I've read ''cycling'' so I've heard can make your moods worse then not cycling.


Thank you though for your reply hun.

[Padma]

I think it's more that if you take too much progesterone (or too much oestrogen) your body produces more testosterone in retaliation. People seem to find very different effects from taking progesterone - for some it seems to help with breast development, for others it doesn't, and for some it's mainly a mood stabiliser (compared to not having it when on oestrogen).

[Steph]

Hey there Tink.  Here is a study that was done WRT women who have had a hysterectomy and cycling hormones.  While it obviously doesn't directly pertain to us, it does shed some light on why it's done/not done:

Hysterectomy & Cycling Hormones

[Bird]

@tinkerbell

Endrocrinology is a very complicated medical field, so take anything you read on the internet with a grain of salt. Even specialists have differing opinions, and very commonly. With that said, I do cycle. I don't know what would be the difference between doing it or not in me, as I haven't done a non-cycle HRT. Myself, I merely try to mimic what goes on in women who have working ovaries. When I take medroxiprogesterone I notice I get a bit crank, my breasts swell and hurt, so it is basically the same as having PMS. About two days after I stop taking them, my mood gets back to normal. I have been having good brest growth, better than I expected and they are beginning to look round and not-conical, and many facial changes.

But each individual body answers on it's own manner to HRT. Even though my cycle works for me, there is no reason to believe a cycle works for you.

If you want a medical opinion on why there is the use of progestagens for women, the best person to ask is a doctor. Over here, it often boils down to many contradictory opinions and links to studies that aren't quite validated by the medical community.