The past few weeks, I have got so much more then my normal with my sleep issues.
I feel so exhausted much more then normal?
Do hormones cause fatigue?

I am so tired...
I read some one that took there hormones just before bed? Should I try this?

Tips, recommendations?

Ginger

Are you taking somethng like Prometrium?  Taking that before bed should help you sleep better.  Talk with your doctor.

Estrogen is NOT going to make you feel big and strong and bursting with energy.  Rather the opposite.  There is a learning curve to getting used to it.  I don't know if what you are feeling is normal, or worse.

Whatever the cause finding some way to get refreshing sleep is critical to feeling good.  If the situation doesn't soon become something you are comfortable with it IS a topic you need to bring up with your doctor.


Erin

If you previously had a lot of T running through your system your energy will have been boosted by that. As your T drops you will need to reach a new equilibrium, usually takes a month or three.

By goly yes I am taking prometrium.

So you recommend I take it at bed time?

Yes I have severe sleep issues for the past 20 years, but these past few weeks I am 10 times more tired then I have ever been.

Thank you very much...

Ginger

Quote from: GingerMaxim on October 28, 2014, 02:27:28 PM
So you recommend I take it at bed time?

If your doctor has not told you when to take it, then yes.  Otherwise I recommend discussing this with your doctor.

Hormones can do odd things and you need to keep your doctor in the loop.


Erin

I actually went to see him last week, but he didn't show. I asked the sweet nurse to speak to him for me. And so far no return call.  I knew something was fishy with him. And my family Doctor WILL NOT HELP ME IN THE LEAST.

My family doctor said I am on my own.

that is quite sad,
you need a better doctor,
you never know what might be going on,
people with porphyria fall apart with hormones, (guess how I found that one out),
you might have some underlying issue that would be handy to identify,
or it could be nothing,
but not knowing will not keep you safe.

Yes it is. Not only that I don't have a single person in my life that I can count on, I don't even have a doctor that is really willing to help me.
It really is hard.

I've been using Microgest (generic Prometrium) for quite a while. Initially before bed only, then my endo suggested I need to take it twice a day as it doesn't last long. When I take it in the mornings I discovered that shortly afterwards I usually get really tired and dizzy, so much so that I can barely walk back to bed (and then fall asleep). It doesn't last long at that level, but it's its impossible to function when it does. I've changed to progesterone implants now, which have no effect at all.

You also need to get your blood levels checked.

blood levels for what?
what is the tests called. My doctor said if I have actual names of tests. He will do them.

Quote from: GingerMaxim on October 28, 2014, 05:37:39 PM
blood levels for what?
what is the tests called. My doctor said if I have actual names of tests. He will do them.

Here's some off my report

Oestradiol, Progesterone,
Prolactin
Testosterone, SHBG, FAI,

There's heaps of others, but I think they are all the usual things a doctor might check for, like liver function tests, blood sugar, etc.

I guess its obvious, but the doctor is meant to adjust your dosages in response to whats measured. It sounds like you should try to find someone with more experience.

thank you I will ask my family doctor tomorrow

Prometrium can do that - if you take it orally (swallow it), the progesterone will partly be converted to Allopregnanolone, which has these effects. it also releases other metabolites, making you sleepy, less anxious, more relaxed and so on.
You can avoid the negative effects by taking it in the evening - then you sleep really well. Or you can take it sublingually or vaginal/rectal. Do NOT do this with other medication or hormones unless it is known to be safe. There are studies showing that a lot more of the progesteron enters your blood that way and less is converted. So less tiredness and more progesterone effects.

My opinion on what a lab report has to contain at the minimum:
estradiol E2
estrone E1
testosterone T
progesterone P4
DHEA-S
sexual hormone binding globulin SHBG
LH
FSH
if possible dihydrotestosterone DHT

For safety also thyroid stimulating hormone TSH and also Cortisol

good luck

P.S.:Example reference (there are more) for sublingual administration of progesterone: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10993031

just answering the title question. yes, hormones cause fatigue. or rather, they can cause fatigue, just as well as they can relieve it.
sex hormones aren't the only ones we need in the right amounts to function properly, even vitamin d is really a hormone (deficiency causes depression).
if you are more fatigued than you think you should be, and not currently depressed or anything else that would easily explain it, you need to get your hormone levels checked. as well as a whole lot of other things. like, what if it's a vitamin that you lack, or your blood is too thin, or... well, i think you get what i mean.

My Spironolactone says right on the box "may cause dizziness". I thought one of my Estradiol perscriptions said something similar at one point. I'm low carb and usually tired anyways, but don't notice an energy drain directly after taking my doses.

Vitamin B-12 is another common one that causes it. I have noticed over the last month since starting that I been falling asleep much earlier. I'm glad to know that will eventually level out. I have no doubt the 300 point drop in testosterone is the cause.
Mariah

Quote from: Taka on October 30, 2014, 08:55:10 AM
just answering the title question. yes, hormones cause fatigue. or rather, they can cause fatigue, just as well as they can relieve it.
sex hormones aren't the only ones we need in the right amounts to function properly, even vitamin d is really a hormone (deficiency causes depression).
if you are more fatigued than you think you should be, and not currently depressed or anything else that would easily explain it, you need to get your hormone levels checked. as well as a whole lot of other things. like, what if it's a vitamin that you lack, or your blood is too thin, or... well, i think you get what i mean.

I started taking my hormones just before bed. It does seem to relieve some fatigue.

But I am taking both doses at once before bed? Will taking both doses at once affect growth?

Should I continue splitting up doses?

What kind of affects or non affect be if I take both doses at bed time?

Luv Ginger

I'm already super relaxed and passive. I bet HRT is going to turn me into a grandma!