Hi, I used this forum a while ago (might have even been two years now); can't remember what my username was though and obviously it's all changed now.

I don't have PMS in quite the typical sense but rather a yet unnamed condition, originally misdiagnosed as M.E., in which progesterone makes me very unwell (started at puberty). As a result, in my natural state I have mild 'ill' symptoms illness in the first half of my cycle (the follicular phase) and severe symptoms in the second half (the luteal phase).
Anyway, I'm now using 100 microgram oestradiol patches (Evorel) to suppress ovulation and stop me producing progesterone, with Cyclogest (progesterone pessaries) for the last bit of my cycle to provide endometrial protection and give me a withdrawal bleed. As expected I still get very poorly when on Cyclogest, but it's still not as bad or as long-lasting as in my natural cycle and I'm now completely well when not taking the Cyclogest so it's completely changed my life. (I was severely disabled by my symptoms before). I intend to fight for a hysterectomy with removal of ovaries in a few years so I can be well all the time and have a normal life etc (I've never been able to work because of this condition).
I've been on the treatment for about six months now, and things are good, but I'm suffering progressively worse hairiness and acne which is knocking my confidence a bit. My hair is also very greasy and thinning a little. In short I suspect I have higher androgen levels than I should have... just wondering if anyone else has suffered this and whether it settled down over time. It wouldn't make me stop treatment, no matter how bad it got, it's just getting me down a bit at the moment.