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really need some help advice here.. i did ok today but now 430 am and increasing anxiety bad, high hr, legs starting to sting...I used half the packet of cream a couple nights. then a little less other night. and same tiny bit tonight before bed

I didnt wait till end of cycle to wean and perio cam

ive had 2 sleepless nights this week and then ok back and forth, was ok during day today.. wth?!

pls tell me i wont be at square one all over!

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So sorry to hear it Kris, but you have to handle it! I didn't sleep at all last night and almost 15 hours totally for the past week. I am in sooo bad wave. Unfortunately we do not have any choice except to suffer. Try some mint tea, it suppose to help me a lot for the high hr. Try to stay in bed and rest more.It will pass!
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isnt there anyone that has some experience w progesteron cream ?? ive posted several placesi saw some very old posts and they arent active anymore. didnt see much for answers to :

how long was their setback

how did they stop 

were they in menopause

do you adjust cream w cycle at all

is this kindling and as bad as being kindled w bezo?

pls help buddies im feeling abandoned - i have no support around me becoming very hard to function!! this is like acute..cant think eat drive.. had couple sorta windows this week for a bit ..i get 0 sleep and then some back and forth  :'( :'( : (

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rositsa thanks for the caring words..i dont mean to cry on the board - i just want some direction and experiences regardin the progesterone cream. If Im going to relapse to acute, for how long, i need to make some plans

 

I had been not feeling as good since md march and progressively worse april. I did have some stress during then but then i saw the post about cross tolerance and i just cant believe all this is due to some hyper reaction/worry in reading that

 

anyone else pls??

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I do not have experience with progesteron cream, only with progesteron pills. I took them for ovulary cyst. They put me in terrible wave near a month. After that everything started to be normal again.
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Hi all, I've been on a clonazepam taper since February. I went too fast and had to re-up from .25 back to .5 because of severe withdrawal, which included no sleep for the better part of two weeks. I added Gabapentin to the mix and went off of that the second week. I was a mess. I have been going very slow and am down to a little over 0.25 mg.I'm weighing the cuts on a gram scale and think I am at .133 grams. Anyway, I happened on a site that talked about pressure points for sleep and have slept around 7 hours the last two nights. Before I go to bed, I drink sleepy time tea and half a peanut butter sandwich. I do some self hypnosis and deep breathing, also.  I don't have the site for pressure points for sleeping, but it was easy to find. If you cant find anything, let me know and I'll do the search again.  The one I use is place three fingers below  the underside of your wrist and where the 4th finger goes, between the two cords, is where you press. I hold it for a minute or more on each arm. Last night I woke up twice and did that plus the deep breathing and went back to sleep both times. I hope this works for those who can't sleep!
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Kris1967, I am sorry I went on another tangent. I tried the progesterone cream and it didn't help. Things will get better. I know how horrible you feel. I've been there and did feel hopeless. Hang in there!
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thank you buddies!! i was feeling abandoned

rositsa, where in your recovery did you take the pills? how long did you take them? were they synthetic? high dose?

were you scared you messed up big but then you got back to "norma;".. what was normal? you were done w taper?

im 15 mo out and took all winter half the suggested dose

thank you again this helps me!

 

ps just saw your sig - you still had acute in mo 15?

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thank you nightengale!! Im sorry you had it hard but im so glad to hear from somebody who tried it!!

 

When and how long did you do the cream? did you taper long time off it? You felt terrible w it?

 

I used the emerita packets. I think i was initially feeling better w it. I didnt do the full dose. im 15 mo off and in fall still dealing w anxiety and some pain but i ate and slept

I heard its like kindling - did that scare you? you thnk ive healed to a point i can bounce back in month?

 

good tip on pressure pt.  I was sleeping 7-8 hrs untll past month. This week its like 3 hrs, 7 hrs 0 hrs...all over. Oddly I felt ok on one of those days. and yesterday, went to bed, tossed, 4am surging. Even attempted some exercise but it didnt feel right

 

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thank you buddies!! i was feeling abandoned

rositsa, where in your recovery did you take the pills? how long did you take them? were they synthetic? high dose?

were you scared you messed up big but then you got back to "norma;".. what was normal? you were done w taper?

im 15 mo out and took all winter half the suggested dose

thank you again this helps me!

 

ps just saw your sig - you still had acute in mo 15?

 

Hi Kris,

 

In the first year I have cysts, so my gynecologist gave me Orgametril (sinthetic progesteron) and I took it 3x1 for 10 days (to my period). It put me in a terrible wave for a month (insomnia, anxiety, dizziness, tinnitus). I was very bad during and after the Orgametril. Yes, I took the highest doze! After month I started to sleep normal (6-7 hours each night). The cysts are after my taper! I didn't want to take them but I had surgery because of cyst rupture years ago before benzo so it was absolutely needed to take Orgametril if I had cysts.

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rositsa sorry you had to take it. did you know about cross tolerance?

so you had cysts before benzos and after taper? how far along were you before the setback?

Im guessing synthetic may be worse. I used cream all winter. only noticed getting bad starting in march

thank you again for responding! this is helping me

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I had only one cyst before starting benzo and it was after pregnancy, which finished unfortunately with abortion because of Varicella. I had never had cysts in my life before. After that surgery they suddenly started when I stop the Rivotril and continued for one year. Now, I don't have them again.

 

Before the set back (I took two antibiotics for respiratory infection in February and after then this hell started) I was 99% healed considering to write success story.

 

Is it necessary to use the progesteron cream?

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sounds very rough! thank you for sharing with me...im confused though..the antibiotics are what gave you a setback?

 

you were off klonopin a year and kept having cysts so they gave you progesterone? what is 3x1 10 days to period mean?...a total of 10 days taking progesterone?

SO...a year after taper, you felt almost healed but had a bad month cause of progesterone, then got "back to normal" after that bad month?

 

It isnt necessary for me to use cream. I thought natural progesterone was safe and gyno said go ahead and try it to help w wicked cramps, cycles...

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No.

 

I started to have cysts right after I stop benzo. (I stop benzo on 25 July 2015). The cysts stop near June 2016. In that year, my cysts were right after my ovulation. Near the ovulation period I felt pains in the ovaries and when I visited my doctor, she put me the diagnosis "corpus luteu cyst", so the doctor gave me Orgametril which I had to take from the date of the diagnosis to my period (almost 10 days). I took 1 pill 3 times a day.

 

I began to feel healed near 15 month.

 

Now I am in set back because of the antibiotics for respiratory infection.

 

I don't have need to take Orgametril anymore because I haven't had cysts since June 2016.

 

Sorry my English is not very good, hope it is clear now, is it?

 

Hugs,

Rositsa

 

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kris1967 on was on the cream post menopausal, as needed. I had no problems stopping it. One day, I just stopped. At first I thought it helped with sleep, but then decided I still wasn't sleeping all that well. The reason I was put on clonazepam to start with. I probably used it the better part of a year before I stopped.

Looking at the last 10 years, my emotions have been dulled by benzos. I had no idea. I thought it was just me.

Hopefully I will come back to the way I was pre-benzos. I'm trying to be positive here!  :)

 

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