Progest-e and adrenaline reactions

[LucyJ]

So I've figured out that went I cannot tolerate things sometimes it's that it's lowering my blood sugar and increasing adrenaline (progest-e and carrot salad do this).

Is this because my liver is not working great? Even when I try and eat enough sugar whilst taking one drop of progest-e, I wake in the night with blood sugar issues. I think starch also does this in me.

Does anyone know any way to help this? I am trying to eat every 2 hours but it seems I can't keep up when I add progest-e in. (When I don't take it I sleep okay)

[izkrov]

I can't know exactly what's going on but I can offer some musings.

• Progesterone does release estrogen from tissues, and estrogen lowers liver glycogen. I remember reading some girl's twitter awhile ago and she took 3 drops a day and felt awful, but later came back to it and tried 5 and felt a significant difference, much better. If you're feeling ballsy, could try a bit more than you usually take.
• I think Katharina Dalton mentioned if during progesterone treatment the blood sugar drops, that it takes about a week to recover from that, it's why she was keen on the 3 hour starch diet. I don't think she knew about thyroid though (or persorption of starches in the intestine for that matter).
• You do need an active thyroid to convert carotene to vitamin A. Having a carrot salad when you're running on stress hormones is probably not too good.
• Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide) and a little bit of thyroid before bed can promote glucose usage overnight. Milk and honey before bed could be helpful. Taurine also increases liver glycogen.