Can Micronized Progesterone Cause Anxiety?

As well as creating anxiety, another side-effect of progesterone could be to cause the blues. According to research (pdf) by Torbjörn Bäckström from the University of Umeå in Sweden, it seems to have the same effect on the brain as depressive drugs like alcohol and sleeping pills.

Can progesterone make you anxious?

Progesterone, the female sex hormone, stimulates the part in the brain that is responsible to your fight-or-flight responses and may trigger your anxiety.

What are the side effects of too much bioidentical progesterone?

More common adverse effects include nausea, bloating, weight gain, fluid retention, mood swings (progestogen-related), breakthrough bleeding, headaches, and breast tenderness.