@London Rachel and(
@Gondwanaland and
@jjxx ) , have you had your niacin checked? Then you could decide about taking a supplement. But then there's always those pesky genetics that might sub-route something important. Like one of my down stream pathways don't do right and I end up being estrogen dominant, but then there's DIM and something else (if you can't do methyls) that you can take to eliminate that problem.
I wish I could figure the genetics out enough like
@WoolPippi does to know just what CYP(s) are wrong with mine. I think there's several.d
I just had a stim test done (cortisol) and waiting for results. My morn. cortisol was down to 4.6. Then I want to try the bioidentical hormone progesterone again....if it won't work by itself I will try adding bioidentical estrogen and just get lab work done when I think I need to. I'll also have to get the other supplement that acts the same as DIM because I can't take methyl/methyl donors, etc.
I don't think our bodies were expected to carry on without hormones, it takes a big chunk out of our processes.
Thanks for the link jjxx, I just wish I understood it.
Edit: those little pathways are my problem, I have a variant in one of them that gave me breast cancer. I wouldn't worry about it but I still have the rest of my baby maker organs, even though they no longer carry on....haha.
Edit again....sorry, this post just keeps growing. London Rachel, your progesterone would be used to produce cortisol if your cortisol is low, right? That's how I plan to attempt bringing up my cortisol, and I've also used it to take my cortisol down once when it was too high.