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sleep apnea and progesterone


Posted by Judy on October 25, 1999 at 11:17:08:

This is in response to an old post from Elizabeth B.

I just read this some months after your initial post. Just to add my own experience, about 3 years ago I started experiencing a night time problem of waking up continually during the night. This was accompanied by a rapid heartbeat and a strange feeling in my throat and tongue. I was never tested for sleep apnea, but I was tested for heart arhythmia by a cardiologist. I was told I could have an ablation (heart surgery) to fix the arhythmia. Instead, on the advice of an alternative health practitioner, I started using a small amount of natural progesterone cream every day for two weeks of the month (the last 2 weeks of my cycle). All of those symptoms disappeared and have basically been gone since then. Once in a while if they start to come back, I just know I need to up the amount of pregesterone cream I use, and the symptoms disappear again.

I think it's really worth a try. You may have to experiment with the amount of progesterone cream you use. Use only natural progesterone, not synthetic. I'd be interested to hear if it works on others.

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