For those who know about progesterone, I need help please?

Hello

I hope someone who has had experience with progesterone and benzo interactions answers this post, as I am starting to get scared.

I am prescribed diazepam, I had to increase my dose to 16mg, as I was unknowingly getting withdrawals in the form of GI issues, which seem cleared up now.

I am prescribed oestrogen and progesterone and I take 200mg micronised progesterone a day.

Well, the reason I am scared is that many women on online menopause support groups, have been reporting shortages, as in, being unable to get it.

This is a big problem for me, if I run out, I will go into serious withdrawal, we are talking dangerous withdrawal, as it binds to GABA receptors, and loads of women on here have been slammed to incapacity by stopping it.

My Facebook friend who was tapering a small amount of progesterone got too ill to message me, it's that bad.

I have two weeks supply, but the menopausal women in the UK have been saying that pharmacies have been out-of-stock for a month, some of them have been phoning around pharmacies to get it, like a dozen pharmacies, give or take.

I tried phoning three this morning, they said they were out of stock, a fourth pharmacy was engaged, being autistic, I find this overwhelming.

I need to take micronised progestone, and no other type, as it will alter the levels in my GABA, my doctors know about this, so I need bioidentical progesterone capsules.

We do not have the cream here in the UK.

I have tapered down from 75mg valium, to 12mg, but got GI issues for over a year.

Will it really be that bad if I stop the progesterone?

I need someone who has had experience tapering progesterone or even stopping it.

I live alone, I don't want to worry my friends, if I have to stop, and get seriously ill, or even die, as Dr Elizabeth Vilet, the menopause expert and author of "Screaming to be heard" said progesterone is as strong as klonopin.

I'm trying to recover here, I am exercising, swimming, socialising, etc, and I want to keep on recovering. I begrudged increasing the valium but the GI issues went away.

So, what can I expect, if stock does not come in and I run out?

I want to continue recovering, so, what can I expect if I am forced to stop the 200mg micronised progesterone dead?

I'd love people to share their experiences.

Thanks for reading.