09-11-2011, 21:39
Thank you so much for your wonderful (and fast!) response! As always, your help is greatly appreciated.
I do think you're right regarding your hunch about needing something to add a little progesterone as my period ends. Licorice sounds like a good choice, for the anti-androgen properties you mentioned as well. So now I'm wondering, if I begin taking PM a couple days after my period ends, that would make it around day 8. So should I still stop on day 12? Or should I extend that to day 14? I know that would make my cycle longer... But would taking PM for only 5 days during the follicular phase be enough? Also, on which day do you think I should resume with PM after ovulation? Should I stop on day 25? And when would you recommend I start taking licorice in order to hopefully help with the acne problem and lessen the blow from the naturally rising estrogen after my period, and when should I stop? I would assume I'd start the day after I stop taking PM and continue until I resume PM after my period.
One more thing I'm not sure about is which parts of my cycle I should take more PM and which parts I should take less. Is it less in the follicular and more in the luteal? I'm going to start out with VERY small amounts for both, but just not sure how to work that out. Or should I keep it the same amount for both?
I know you can't tell me exactly what will and won't work for me but you know so much more about this than I do! I really appreciate having the help of someone who is so much more knowledgeable about this than I am! Thank you!
I do think you're right regarding your hunch about needing something to add a little progesterone as my period ends. Licorice sounds like a good choice, for the anti-androgen properties you mentioned as well. So now I'm wondering, if I begin taking PM a couple days after my period ends, that would make it around day 8. So should I still stop on day 12? Or should I extend that to day 14? I know that would make my cycle longer... But would taking PM for only 5 days during the follicular phase be enough? Also, on which day do you think I should resume with PM after ovulation? Should I stop on day 25? And when would you recommend I start taking licorice in order to hopefully help with the acne problem and lessen the blow from the naturally rising estrogen after my period, and when should I stop? I would assume I'd start the day after I stop taking PM and continue until I resume PM after my period.
One more thing I'm not sure about is which parts of my cycle I should take more PM and which parts I should take less. Is it less in the follicular and more in the luteal? I'm going to start out with VERY small amounts for both, but just not sure how to work that out. Or should I keep it the same amount for both?
I know you can't tell me exactly what will and won't work for me but you know so much more about this than I do! I really appreciate having the help of someone who is so much more knowledgeable about this than I am! Thank you!