Nina
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After suspecting I'm in an estrogen-dominant state, my latest saliva hormone lab tests showed I have high normal estrogen but below normal progesterone. Which indeed translates to a rather extreme estrogen dominance (recommended ratio: 1:200-300, mine: 1:10).
And I'm not even nearing menopause yet, being in my early thirties.
I have all the symptoms, premenstrual migraines, cramps, PMS, water retention and about 50 more.
I've read Dr. Lee's and Michael Platt's hormone books and they recommend natural progesterone for this situation. What makes me cautious: My ME is severe and from what I hear progesterone makes some patients worse.
About 2 years ago I gave it a try and after a couple of months I deteriorated a lot. But how could I know if that was from the progesterone or just natural disease progression or something else entirely?
If anyone has tried natural progesterone, I'd love to hear about your experience with it and whether it helped you, if you had documented estrogen dominance and how severe your ME is.
Thanks,
Nina
And I'm not even nearing menopause yet, being in my early thirties.
I have all the symptoms, premenstrual migraines, cramps, PMS, water retention and about 50 more.
I've read Dr. Lee's and Michael Platt's hormone books and they recommend natural progesterone for this situation. What makes me cautious: My ME is severe and from what I hear progesterone makes some patients worse.
About 2 years ago I gave it a try and after a couple of months I deteriorated a lot. But how could I know if that was from the progesterone or just natural disease progression or something else entirely?
If anyone has tried natural progesterone, I'd love to hear about your experience with it and whether it helped you, if you had documented estrogen dominance and how severe your ME is.
Thanks,
Nina