The best situation would be to talk with a doctor near you. But if none is available, I would try a few things. One is to get a blood test for Vitamin D. The level should be 40 and if it is below 30 it should be treated immediately. It might help the itching and some of your symptoms. If you can test for a blood level of progesterone, that would be helpful. Once it is in the normal range, more should not be necessary. Kokoro cream contains between 20 and 30 milligrams of progesterone per 1/4 teaspoon. You say you are using 40 mg per day. You might not need more but many women take up to 50 or 60 milligrams. I cannot say without more information. That much should not be a problem of "overdosing". Again, getting a blood level and working with a doctor near you is much preferred.
Best of luck
Machelle M. Seibel, MD
Thank you for your quick reply. I was planning to check my Vit D levels but not because I thought a deficiency might somehow be related to the itching I'm having so we shall see. I also plan to consult a ginecologist as soon as I can find a good one. Your comments on progesterone cream dosages were very helpful. Thanks.
I'm guessing your're approaching a quart low of estrogen. I think "estrogen dominance" is a figment of some quack's imagination.
During my peri, I listened to John Lee's advice and slathered on that P cream. I spent a miserable two years on it and then my DEXA showed more bone loss. I've been on estradiol gel since with only enough Prometrium to cause a shed.
BTW. are you aware that none of John Lee's "results" have ever been able to be duplicated in bona fide research?
Thanks for your comments. I am just beginning to study this so I appreciate advice from those who have been there already. It's difficult to sift through all the info and decide what to do when even the doctors making the claims tell you it's based on anecdotal evidence, as John Lee and some others say. I plan to have my hormones checked but even that seems to be tricky - saliva testing or serum testing?? I'm hoping to find a good gynecologist soon who has a lot of experience with the menopause and is open-minded to trying different approaches.
I have just read on another website about hormonal allergies being caused by an imbalance in hormones, any of the hormones, not just low progesterone, as claimed by Dr Lee and a few others. And as you say, low estrogens as well.
Thanks