SYMPTOMS OF HIGH PROGESTERONE LEVELS

Progesterone, like all hormones, needs to be in balance in order to enjoy the benefits that proper health ensures. If a woman has too much progesterone she will suffer from a series of side-effects including fatigue, breast tenderness, bloating, mood swings, sedation, loss of libido, and vaginal dryness. Keep reading to learn more about these various symptoms of high progesterone levels, in order to seek treatment.

Fatigue
Too much progesterone can be sedating and create fatigue. Fatigue is categorized by the physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion.
Breast tenderness
Breast tenderness is the discomfort, sensitivity, and/or pain in one or both of the breasts when touch or pressure is applied.
Bloating
Excess progesterone can lead to menstrual bloating. The swelling can occur around the belly, fingers, feet, ankles etc.
Mood Swings
As progesterone is the mood leveler, a mood swing may incur as progesterone levels get too high. Symptoms of a menopausal mood swing include emotional fluctuations, irritability, sadness, and even sudden bouts of tears.
Sedation
Sedation is extreme tiredness brought about by high levels of progesterone.
Loss of Libido
If progesterone is too high, then libido (desire for sexual activity) is decreased and depression is increased. Progesterone can activate dopamine so if the ratio is right between hormones, there is an increase in the pleasure from sex.
Vaginal Dryness
Vaginal dryness can lead to discomfort during sexual intercourse. Progesterone tends to promote vaginal dryness by counteracting the effect on lubrication of estrogens.

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Posted on January 16, 2009
Filed Under Health & Wellness, Science & Medicine, Weight Loss

Many people, when hearing of a “new magic-bullet,” don’t want to hear anything other than how it can help them and where they can obtain their new-found cure or miracle. The emotional turmoil of struggling with weight-issues blinds many people to the obvious fallacies propagated by those selling the new cure, as well as the many risks associated with invasive attempts to alter their appearance. If you want to take a risk with a new diet remedy, that’s your decision; but there are at least two-things you should know about hCG first: For starters, it’s not new; and, it’s never been conclusively shown or proven to cause or increase weight-loss – not even by the guy who suggested this “new” method of dieting over 50-years ago.

In 1954, A.T.W. Simeons, a British physician, introduced this new method of dieting in which a reduced-calorie diet was coupled with injections of a pregnancy hormone – hCG. Simeons himself said that patients would not lose more weight with hCG than without it; he simply indicated that the hCG could help dieters sustain the diet and possibly cause the weight-loss to target specific areas (e.g. hips, belly, and thighs). In studies conducted since the introduction of this approach, all weight-loss has been attributed to the 500-kCal/day diet; and no difference in weight-loss or body proportion has been evident between those using hCG and those not using hCG. Thus, hCG has been repeatedly shown to be ineffective for increasing weight-loss and is “largely rejected,” by authors of these studies, for administration for weight-loss. The bottom-line, according to medical experts, is that hCG should not be used for weight-loss.

Now for the really good news – if you use hCG, your buoyed hopes and emotions may make the 500-kCal/day diet easier to tolerate. In fact, with hCG or placebo, you are sure to lose weight. But what’s the point? We all know that diets simply don’t work; and as soon as you stop starving yourself, your body will replace what it’s lost with a vengeance. In other words, your body will regain the lost weight and add even more weight to provide a buffer should you decide to starve yourself again. We’ve all seen this “rebound” phenomenon time and time again. A 500-kCal/day diet is difficult for a reason; the hCG – in some cases – simply makes it a little easier to do something that you shouldn’t do – something you know doesn’t really have lasting positive effects and something that will probably backfire anyway. And at what cost are we continuing to trick and manipulate our bodies?

Here’s a list of some of the possible negative effects of hCG:

§ Ovarian Hyper-stimulation Syndrome (OHSS) – which is a life-threatening condition

§ Arterial Thromboembolism – another potentially life-threatening condition

§ Blood clots

§ Risk of multiple pregnancies (twins, triplets, quadruplets, etc.)

§ Abnormal enlargement of breasts in men (gynaecomastia)

§ Over stimulation of the ovaries causing production of many ova (eggs) in women

§ Acne

§ Tiredness

§ Changes in mood

§ Irritation in area of use

§ Excessive fluid retention in the body tissues, resulting in swelling (edema)

§ Hair loss

§ Prostate hypertrophy

If hCG didn’t work and had no negative effects, then there would be no big deal; you could use it for whatever placebo value it may offer without worry or risk. But hCG does have very real potential negative effects – some of which could be life-threatening. Besides the fact that there is a huge black-market for hCG, and there’s a very large risk of getting a “substandard,” or “impure” product from an unknown source or manufacturer; there are very real health risks associated with this particular hormone. Even if you get it from your doctor, you still only know the source of the prescription – not the drug itself. And, depending on what type of hCG you use, and how you use it, the chances of experiencing one of the negative effects (which obviously range in severity) vary from 30% to an insane 45%. That’s like tossing a coin with your health knowing that you’ll either win and get no real, lasting benefit, or lose and possibly suffer greatly – or maybe even develop a life-threatening condition for the chance to lose some weight by starving yourself. Some people have been lucky with hCG; but some haven’t — and long-term studies have proven very disappointing for those hoping for a “permanent” cure. If you decide to toss this particular coin – good luck.

*The underlying cause of weight-gain and retention is indeed hormone-related; those hormones are stress hormones. The only proven, permanent way to lose unwanted weight is to learn to reduce and/or eliminate stress while changing your own self-image, self-esteem, and body-image. Energy Psychology methods such as EFT, Z-Point, TAT, Psychological Kinesiology, etc, can help you do both of these things; and, unless you require assistance from a professional, many of these tools can be learned and used at no cost, or very inexpensively. No matter how you lose weight, if you do not change your underlying beliefs about food, fat, and your body, the weight-loss will not be permanent. The good news is that, if you do these things, the weight will disappear on its own over time — oftentimes very quickly.

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Molecular function • hormone activity

Human chorionic gonadotropin or Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) is a glycoprotein hormone produced in pregnancy that is made by the developing embryo soon after conception and later by the syncytiotrophoblast (part of the placenta). Its role is to prevent the disintegration of the corpus luteum of the ovary and thereby maintain progesterone production that is critical for a pregnancy in humans. hCG may have additional functions; for instance, it is thought that hCG affects the immune tolerance of the pregnancy. Early pregnancy testing, in general, is based on the detection or measurement of hCG. Because hCG is produced also by some kinds of tumor, hCG is an important tumor marker especially (with clinical significance) in Gestational trophoblastic disease[1], but it is not known whether this production is a contributing cause or an effect of tumorigenesis.