Progesterone and the Three Diseases of Estrogen Deficiency - 294 | Menopause Taylor

I’ve talked so much about estrogen replacement and its ability to prevent the three big diseases of estrogen deficiency. But, what about progesterone? Does it play any role at all? Be sure to watch this video, which will tell you all about progesterone with regard to the diseases and much more.

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Im angry! I'm flipping mad! It shouldn't be this hard! A woman should be able to go to a Dr and get the accurate correct help. I'm trying to educate myself and learn from you but it's overwhelming. It's ridiculous that we as women have to go through the lies, misconceptions, myths and complete ignorance with Drs!!! I can schedule a visit with you but who's going to listen to me when you give me the information?? Which Dr is going to happily fill my prescription?? I'm 45 and I want to be empowered, I want to be educated about my body and what's best for it! This is stressful. You have done a wonderful job with all of the videos and I appreciate them, but honestly it's a shame that you are mainly the only person thoroughly teaching us. There should be ones like you in every city! This should be taught to every Dr working with women! So

[FortheHealthofit.]

Progesterone by mouth nightly has resolved my intermittent insomnia & some anxiety. Thankful for it.

[Onegreentravelbag]

I had the Mirena Coil fitted yesterday following a polyectomy op, the information in this video has made me breathe a huge sigh of relief. I will be contacting my GP for estrogen cream today & pressing for a referral to a local Menopause Specialist who will hopefully 🤞agree to testosterone cream and help me get my life back on track. I’ve suffered in silence for far too long. . I can’t tell you how grateful I am to you & the information you share. Your videos really help women to self advocate & navigate the mind field 🤯 that is menopause and poorly informed doctors. I pray that by the time my daughter & granddaughters reach meno there are easier access to specialist support and information.

[AmyGlosser]

Thank you for continuing to make these videos. Your information is invaluable. ❤️

[jacs]

Thank you Dr. Taylor☺️This chapter on Progestens came at the perfect time for me. I was prescribed Progesterone 100mg nightly to use with my Estradiol 0.05 mg transdermal patch. I do not have a uterus and was told Progesterone was protective for breast cancer! I have also gained about 7 pounds in the 6 months I’ve been on this regimen, as well as having breast tendernesses. I’m stopping the Progesterone tonight and will discuss with my doctor in May at my next appointment. I have screen shots of the important slides you provided in this video and will have my ammunition in case she disagrees.

[debbielucas]

It's so sad that more drs aren't educated in this area. It's real and not to be ignored. Thank you.

[Healtybytes]

I love your passion to educate us menopausal women and to encourage intelligent questioning and evidence based science combined with one’s own symptoms.
This video confused me when it seemed you were vilifying progesterone and limiting its benefits. Please show your studies and reports of women that confirm that. I have read studies that shows that Progesterone works on our GABA receptors and can help alleviate menopausal insomnia, anxiety and/ or depression. Also there are many studies that show progesterone helps with osteoporosis, and protect brain neurons from dying.
It certainly has helped my insomnia.
I think that the progesterone and estrogen ratio is important to consider to prevent the yucky side effects you mentioned. I would to learn more to know how to balance the estradiol with the progesterone.
Please keep in mind that some women, me included are very sensitive to the somewhat toxic excipients and ingredients that are formulated in the various pharmaceutical prescriptions. That is why women May seek out compounding pharmacies. Wish that pharmaceutical companies would leave out the color dyes, especially red dye 40.

[jacquelinestreets]

Thank you!!! I had an ablation in 2016 and recently started HRT. My doctor included a synthetic progesterone and never explained that I didn’t needed it for the reasons you’ve mentioned in this video. 🙄 You’ve been my saving grace through my menopausal journey. ❤️

[sarahkhalil]

Dr. Taylor, thank you from the bottom of my heart for providing us with these videos! Ever since I discovered your channel I feel like I have won the lottery because of how valuable all this education is! I am not in menopause yet but now I am not afraid of it because I know it doesn’t have to be horrible experience, I will get to “manage it My way” 🥰

[Nonyabiz]

I highly respect you and the work you do, Dr. Taylor. And, I understand why it would be that watching all your videos in chronological order, lays the foundation for the next video. That said, THANK GOD I didn’t watch all the videos in order, because one of them SAVED MY LIFE. If I’d have watched them in chronological order, I’d have been dead before I got to it.

I do intend to go back and watch them in order at some point. They are, quite literally, life saving. I bet a lot more of us would be hitting the ‘LIKE’ button after watching a video if we didn’t somehow feel shamed for not watching them in order. I do, still, always (always) hit the ‘LIKE’ button.

Thank you from all of my heart! ❤

[debbee]

Dr. Taylor, thank you once again for providing the information I needed to make the best decision for me. After watching this video it is actually a no-brainer, no progesterone for me and here is why: I have been on HRT (oestrogen gel and utrogestan - micronised progesterone) since October 2020. In 2017 I had an ultrasound done as a normal checkup on my health since I was experiencing some perimenopausal symptoms. Fibroids were detected and I was informed it was normal. I have never been pregnant and have never suffered any unusual women's issues so there was never the need to have an ultrasound before that year. Since I started HRT, in perimenopause, I thought it was a good idea to check again on the growth of the fibroids so last April I had another ultrasound. They had grown a bit but not by much in the past 4 years (less than 2 cm each) so my gyno (at the time) did not think any treatment was necessary. I have learned since then by watching your channel that fibroids grow in the presence of oestrogen and I wasn't planning on stopping that anytime soon, if ever. I am 55 and have not stopped having a monthly cycle. I started experience cramping between cycles and lower abdomen pain. So, I decided to see a gyno/surgeon. He examined me and detected a growth of one at 7 cm. That was almost double what had been detected in April. We discussed a hysterectomy and a week later I was in the hospital for a laparoscopic total hysterectomy. I am on the other side by 2 weeks and that is one of the best decisions I have ever made. My doctor was brilliant! My body is recovering nicely and since my ovaries are healthy I decided to keep those. I can't tell you how liberating it is be free from menstrual cycles and progesterone. I'm a new women and I've got a new gynaecologist who respects my opinion and the path I have chosen for "menopause my way" thanks to the knowledge I have gained by being a follower of your channel.

[christinagraf]

As an ex teacher myself, in very different contexts, I have to congratulate you on your AMAZING communication and teaching skills, which help you reach listeners of all education levels, and spread very complex information that is so vital for all women - AND men!! Thank you so very much!

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In one of your earlier videos you recommended the book “Estrogen Matters” to us, by medical oncologist Avrum Bluming, MD and social psychologist Carol Tavris, PhD. (Published in 2018.) In the chapter on progesterone, they write “Although progesterone seems to have become a “new villain” in arguments against HRT, the preponderance of evidence exonerates it. As with estrogen, progesterone is often used as an effective treatment for women with breast cancer and may even improve breast cancer survival rates. Investigators have reported no increased risk of breast cancer among women on HRT when the form of progesterone was oral (natural) micronized progesterone; they found a very small increase in risk - only 2 percent - when the progesterone was a synthetic progestin.” (p. 208)
And on p. 236: “When women take estrogen combined with natural, micronized progesterone, no increased risk of breast cancer has thus far been observed in any study.”

In your Progesterone Pros & Cons chart in this video you list natural progesterone as “Increases breast cancer risk”.

Whom/What should we believe?

[Cristina-qnin]

Wow !!! What an informative video !!! I mean all of your videos are ! But I was having questions in my head about progesterone and you just clarify them all ! How much easier would it be to only take estrogen and don’t mess with the progesterone at all using an IUD instead !! Thank you so much Dr. Taylor, you are making many women around the world happy and healthy ! I’m forwarding your videos to all my girlfriends. I wish my mom had this education available many years ago, she has osteoporosis and had uterine cancer as well, to think it could have been prevented and her quality of life could have been so much better than what it is now :/ thank you for being the best advocate of women !!

[TamsenFadalTV]

Thank you for sharing! As someone on progesterone sharing her menopause story, I appreciate how open and informative you are. Thank you for helping us all! xoxo

[goolsbycf]

So glad to hear about progesterone. I had a surgical menopause, no ovaries or uterus, and my BHRT doctor keeps pushing progesterone at night. I have tried it. My sister loves it. I hate it. I feel puffy, breasts get full, and I I get depressed.

[geshcortez]

Love love love your videos Dr Taylor. You are a God send for all of us women. I feel empowered just by watching and listening to your videos. I’ve learned so much. May you be blessed. ❤

[isissalgado]

You don’t have any idea the blessings that your video brings to my life. You are my favorite YouTuber. Thank you doctor Taylor for all your heart and thoughts on the videos.

[lainrich]

Dr. B, what an amazing video! Thanks to your wonderful education, when I began HRT over a year ago, I asked for the progesterone component of my HRT to be taken vaginally. I did not want it coursing through my bloodstream and producing the yucky side effects as well as disease risks. The gynecologist refused to give me the progesterone IUD, claiming the dosage of progesterone was much higher than I needed. I insisted that I wanted the progesterone limited to my uterus, and was told to insert the progesterone pill (200 mg), twice a week, into my vagina. Thank you, Barbie!

[Rositasparks]

This was so helpful and easy to understand. Thank you 🙏