13-10-2011, 07:19 PM
I'm interested in views on some thoughts, please, but first my reasoning behind what I'm asking
OK, they say Progesterone and Estrogens are antagonistic and shouldn't be taken together. I understand that and the basic reasons behind it.
This is very simplistic, but in a natural female cycle, there is a P peak a few days after the E peak, even though the E is still somewhat elevated, but dropping.
Both hormones then more or less level out until the next E peak.
As I've said before, I've been trying to roughly approximate the E cycle with my PM intake. Whether it actually does more than a level constant dose is hard to say, but something is working for me and, as they say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" so i plan to carry on as I am in that regard.
However, I have been considering whether to add Progesterone cream to try to round out the triangular shape I'm developing.
My current programme is: A few days on 3000mg PM, followed by a couple of weeks at 2000mg, followed by the rest of the month on 1000mg, then back up to 3000mg, but my questions are:
1) When should I add the progesterone?
By reference to my simplistic scheme above, it ought to be probably at the end of the first week on 2000mg PM, but if my E level is that high, is it going to negate the P AND reduce the E level at the same time?
2) Would I do better to leave the P until the final week on 1000mg PM, but then that means my P level will still be relatively high when I whack in the 3000mg PM
3) Should I actually stop PM whilst applying Prog to avoid the conflict, and if so at what point in the cycle? We all talk about the need for a maintenance does of PM of 500 -1000mg PM, so that must be the equivalent of a normal female base level of E, so it would follow logically that at that level the E and P are in some sort of balance? which in turn suggests that there is no need to actually stop the PM.
All thoughts welcome
OK, they say Progesterone and Estrogens are antagonistic and shouldn't be taken together. I understand that and the basic reasons behind it.
This is very simplistic, but in a natural female cycle, there is a P peak a few days after the E peak, even though the E is still somewhat elevated, but dropping.
Both hormones then more or less level out until the next E peak.
As I've said before, I've been trying to roughly approximate the E cycle with my PM intake. Whether it actually does more than a level constant dose is hard to say, but something is working for me and, as they say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" so i plan to carry on as I am in that regard.
However, I have been considering whether to add Progesterone cream to try to round out the triangular shape I'm developing.
My current programme is: A few days on 3000mg PM, followed by a couple of weeks at 2000mg, followed by the rest of the month on 1000mg, then back up to 3000mg, but my questions are:
1) When should I add the progesterone?
By reference to my simplistic scheme above, it ought to be probably at the end of the first week on 2000mg PM, but if my E level is that high, is it going to negate the P AND reduce the E level at the same time?
2) Would I do better to leave the P until the final week on 1000mg PM, but then that means my P level will still be relatively high when I whack in the 3000mg PM
3) Should I actually stop PM whilst applying Prog to avoid the conflict, and if so at what point in the cycle? We all talk about the need for a maintenance does of PM of 500 -1000mg PM, so that must be the equivalent of a normal female base level of E, so it would follow logically that at that level the E and P are in some sort of balance? which in turn suggests that there is no need to actually stop the PM.
All thoughts welcome
) and you already have fantastic results, so it sounds like it could only make things better. As we tell everyone else, you'll just have to try it and see.