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lunabuddy

Progesterone mood swings are doing my head in, how do you cope? TWW and I've come down with a nasty cold

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I made it through my first egg retrieval and transfer, got 5 embryos, 1 trying to stick right now. It was hard and I cried over stupid shit, the physical symptoms sucked. But once I've started progesterone pessaries morning and night I'm feeling mentally so awful the first few hours after I take them. I'm depressed and anxious, at night I can't sleep. I have come down with a cold and it's just the last mental straw for me right now. I don't know anyone else who has done this that I'm close enough to talk to about this. I have a history of anxiety and depression and am already on ssris and in therapy, I just feel like I'm losing my mind half the time I'm awake. Please let me know anything you've done to help? I feel like I just want to be knocked out and put in a coma until I can get a blood test and get a date I'll be off these things either way.

Posted Jan 31, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC

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