Yow. I thought maybe the pieces were starting to come together. Low progesterone can itself cause adrenal problems, and it can also cause thyroid problems. There have been symptom indicators all along for me that my female hormones are not in balance. This sounded like it might be just what I need. However, because of the time the cream will take to arrive and then having to wait untuil the middle of my cycle to use it, I've been trying to get some kind of cream from a local shop just to tide me over for a week or so. If it prevents me from having yet another heavy period (not nice when you have to sit in a classroom and can't nip out to the loo), I'll be very grateful. Progesterone prevents the uterine lining from becoming too thick.

I did a search here and I noticed that Sunflower has had many good things to say about progesterone. Thanks for sharing your own experience Nicola; if the same thing happens to me then I'll know not to panic at least.

I've been experimenting a little with this glandular I've been on for about a week. I take one pill first thing in the morning and have been getting on OK but it's a very mild effect -- mainly seems to get rid of some of the evening drowsiness. I tried taking a second one with lunch and was very irritable all afternoon. Scratched that and tried taking two instead of one in the morning. I haven't had any bad reactions so I'll see if it helps even more with dispelling the drowsiness tonight. I'm not sure what else I can do short of getting something on prescription, and various at-home tests like the pupil dilation one have been negative.

Interestingly, I could be back to the electrical sensitivity thing again too. I keep a fan on next to my bed all night every night because it is soothing. I turned it off last night because it was making some irritating noises, as it does from time to time, and I woke up noticeably refreshed this morning. It's quite possible that the fan was exerting a strong EMF, especially with it being near my head, so I'm going to leave it off and see if it helps.

Don't you just wish there was a magic bullet sometimes. I feel like I'm trying to put a whole mosaic together from a bag of very small pieces. I was never very patient with puzzles.