Can 200 mg Prometrium Make You Tired? | PYHP 112
b'Danielle\\u2019s Question: So, Thank you for this article. I\\u2019m having side effects from taking 200 milligrams of oral progesterone. I take forever to wake up and feel really, really groggy. I read where you said that take it early and when I take it early and out in an hour, I can barely keep my eyes open and feel drunk or drugged. So, I usually take it in half an hour before bed. I sleep like a rock but have a hard time coming to the next day. I\\u2019m a lightweight when it comes to any medication and always thought that might be due to being clean and sober for 32 years, but I might be wrong. I\\u2019m probably just sensitive. So, should I try a hundred milligrams of oral progesterone or change it to a compound? Because currently, I am taking Prometrium. I really love the solid sleep, but it takes hours to wear off in the morning and it seems like I\\u2019m just so tired. But I do take thyroid medication and I do have low morning cortisol and take some adrenal glandular as well. So, thank you so much in advance.\\nShort Answer:\\xa0The commercially available form of progesterone is called Prometrium. It is an instant-release medication and comes in two doses of 100 mg and 200 mg. In our experience with patients, they tend to be strong for women and not well tolerated. It is not surprising that 200 mg is causing next-day fatigue. We typically prescribe 100 mg of bioidentical, sustained-release progesterone. Some women are still sensitive but is usually very well tolerated.\\nPYHP 112 Full Transcript:\\xa0\\nDownload PYHP 112 Transcript\\nDr. Maki: Hello everyone. Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Progress Your Health Podcast, I\\u2019m Dr. Maki.\\nDr. Davidson: And I\\u2019m Dr. Davidson. \\nDr. Maki: So this morning we\\u2019re going to just kind of dive right in. Of course, as we always do we have a lot of listener questions. So, for the future or for those that are listening, if you\\u2019re new to the podcast you can always send us an e-mail at help@progressyourhealth.com, help@progressyourhealth.com. That is if you want to keep it somewhat private and discreet. We always change everybody\\u2019s name. So, there\\u2019s no question about who is sending in the question. You know, we do get sometimes some sensitive female issues. And I\\u2019m sure people wouldn\\u2019t want that to be kind of public knowledge. So, like I said, we do try to protect everybody\\u2019s privacy as much as possible and we love the questions because that means we know people are listening. And you know, it gives us kind of an unlimited amount of topics that we can discuss in the podcast. So, Dr. Davidson won\\u2019t you just kind of dive in and let\\u2019s go through Danielle\\u2019s question. \\nDr. Davidson: Sure. Sure. So this question is from Danielle, but just on a quick little side note is we love all the questions. So, if you have any concerns, please write into us. But at the same time if it\\u2019s maybe not exactly like a lot of the questions were doing or pertaining to. You can probably hear our little pup in the background. He always gets a little more, I don\\u2019t know. When we do the podcast he gets a little more rambunctious or something.'