Levonorgestrel

[Maxin]

Hi guys! Female here, long term sufferer post lexapro. I have been reading everything here, and I find it interesting how we all find the same things helpful. I tried RU years ago. It helped but I didn’t know what I was doing as places like this didn’t exist so I was on my own. I tried the Ella route last month and it helped a little after. Definitely something I will keep exploring. Just gets expensive.
I will admit my trials of things are all over the Baird, mailnly in desperation to feel better. I have the apathy, low sex drive basically non existent. But my worst symtom is chronic fatigue. Started while on lexapro and never went away.
So I also look on pssd group, and noticed a post that someone had tried plan b. They shut the thread down as they couldn’t verify it was legit. But out of my typical desperation, and how it’s easy to get, I got some. I split pill in half and took. The next two days I was functioning at 90 percent. Then effects faded so I took the other half and same thing happened. So I then went and bought three more pills, and did the same with the next two. I just had a tonsillectomy so I took a break. Now doing a fast because I can’t eat anyways, lol.
I have one more pill that I will try again to see if anything will stick. But I just can’t figure out why it makes me feel so much better. I tried progesterone cream many tines and many dosages and never had this effect. I was reading about levo and it seems it’s more androgenic (wiki) and also lowers shbg. Which is interesting because nettle root has a great effect on me but eventually faded. It binds to hang as well. Curious if anyone has tried Levi yet. I’m not sure how safe it is to take such high amounts, but any lower doesn’t seem to do much. Thanks for reading

 

[raven]

@Maxin Great to hear that you get benefits from plan B! please do post your experience in the PSSD forum as well. The post wasn't removed because we couldn't verify if it was real, the post was removed because the guy who claimed he had recovered was posting from the same IP address as another user who had posted contradicting stories.

 

[Maxin]

Ok I see, I’m not a member there but I will join. Thanks!

 

[Jaxx]

Its a very interesting topic, seems to help a couple of females but didnt do much for several guys that have tried it.
i still wonder if progesterone has the same impact for pssd as it seems to have for pfs.

 

[Vida]

Hi guys! Female here, long term sufferer post lexapro. I have been reading everything here, and I find it interesting how we all find the same things helpful. I tried RU years ago. It helped but I didn’t know what I was doing as places like this didn’t exist so I was on my own. I tried the Ella route last month and it helped a little after. Definitely something I will keep exploring. Just gets expensive.
I will admit my trials of things are all over the Baird, mailnly in desperation to feel better. I have the apathy, low sex drive basically non existent. But my worst symtom is chronic fatigue. Started while on lexapro and never went away.
So I also look on pssd group, and noticed a post that someone had tried plan b. They shut the thread down as they couldn’t verify it was legit. But out of my typical desperation, and how it’s easy to get, I got some. I split pill in half and took. The next two days I was functioning at 90 percent. Then effects faded so I took the other half and same thing happened. So I then went and bought three more pills, and did the same with the next two. I just had a tonsillectomy so I took a break. Now doing a fast because I can’t eat anyways, lol.
I have one more pill that I will try again to see if anything will stick. But I just can’t figure out why it makes me feel so much better. I tried progesterone cream many tines and many dosages and never had this effect. I was reading about levo and it seems it’s more androgenic (wiki) and also lowers shbg. Which is interesting because nettle root has a great effect on me but eventually faded. It binds to hang as well. Curious if anyone has tried Levi yet. I’m not sure how safe it is to take such high amounts, but any lower doesn’t seem to do much. Thanks for reading

@Maxin Do you have high SHBG? How/have you managed to lower it?

 

[Maxin]

@Maxin Do you have high SHBG? How/have you managed to lower it?

I do have high shbg, nettle root seemed to help but didn’t work long term. I also read the plan b lowers shbg? I started to have a problem with my foot falling asleep, but kind of scary so o stopped taking plan b. Not sure if it was related, but it scared me.

 

[Shadow]

I wonder what @Helen would think about a female with post ssri(pssd).

Its a very interesting topic, seems to help a couple of females but didnt do much for several guys that have tried it.
i still wonder if progesterone has the same impact for pssd as it seems to have for pfs.

Looks like Progesterone, as well as Cortisol are just the branches of the real problem.

 

[Maxin]

I would say my main problem is chronic fatigue after ssri. My libido is not great, but I’m actually on disability now due to the fatigue. And it was 100% triggered by lexapro.