30-04-2013, 01:10 PM
Angry again the first week of PM this month. I think my body just does not take well to abrupt changes in hormone levels. I've always gotten PMS really badly too. Instead of stopping 500mg PM so abruptly, I've started tapering off, taking 250mg for a few days before stopping.
Started collagen supplements this cycle, because I have them. Only taking 2 a day (1000mg collagen) in the morning with PM.
No sensations yet. No swelling. But it's only day 9 of my cycle, maybe they will return.
Have started to develop what may be signs of high testosterone:
-3 black, long, coarse hairs around my navel
-previously blonde body hair (again on my stomach) has darkened to brown
-my waistline seems to be expanding. i've deen developing "love handles" with no increases anywhere else.
So I decided to add Saw Palmetto, starting with one tablet and then upping to two depending on how it goes.
As for my hormone test results (previous posts), it seems like:
*low estradiol + high testosterone = insufficient aromatase?
*low estradiol + low progesterone = oral contraceptive pill (I was told Yaz is a "low dose" pill)
*low DHEAS + high cortisol = early stage of "adrenal fatigue" aka STRESS, which makes sense since I was unemployed at the time after losing my job
*high testosterone = ??? not sure. maybe just oversecretion? I'm looking at oversecretion by the ovaries as the most likely culprit, as, to my knowledge, oversecretion by the adrenals is quite rare. I'm not in close contact with anyone who uses topicals, so an outside source is unlikely.
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The rest of this post is basically self-talk, posted here because I WILL throw it away/delete it out of embarrassment if I keep a copy in real life. Although, if anyone has any input, that'd be lovely as well.
It's a curse to be so impatient. I would really like to properly experiment with things, but the minute I get a bit agitated, it's like a war against myself not to take all of the supplements and birth control to try to get rid of the feeling. Plus, I get into some pretty black moods, and my body is, unfortunately, the target for a lot of those negative feelings (which are all hormonal!
)
Probably, the best thing to do is to go off of my birth control and retest my hormones, but I'm afraid to do it. I'm crazy on my periods without it, and I'm afraid of what will happen if I withdraw suddenly and my body takes it's sweet time to start producing its own hormones.
I can't help but feel like there's something I'm missing. Is it my diet? Is it poor circulation? Is it the fact that I'm scatterbrained and impatient and don't put the time and energy into researching things as well as I should (seriously, reading up on things just leaves me with more and more questions, which aren't easy to find the answer to! Talk about a steep learning curve! Hopefully someday I'll be half as knowledgable as some of the the people on this board!)?
I've been thinking a lot about xenoestrogens. Are they detrimental or beneficial? Need to read up on that too!
I ramble way too much. And I've realized I sound upset/angry, when really I've been laughing to myself the whole time I was typing this post out. Too hard to convey tone of voice!
Started collagen supplements this cycle, because I have them. Only taking 2 a day (1000mg collagen) in the morning with PM.
No sensations yet. No swelling. But it's only day 9 of my cycle, maybe they will return.
Have started to develop what may be signs of high testosterone:
-3 black, long, coarse hairs around my navel
-previously blonde body hair (again on my stomach) has darkened to brown
-my waistline seems to be expanding. i've deen developing "love handles" with no increases anywhere else.
So I decided to add Saw Palmetto, starting with one tablet and then upping to two depending on how it goes.
As for my hormone test results (previous posts), it seems like:
*low estradiol + high testosterone = insufficient aromatase?
*low estradiol + low progesterone = oral contraceptive pill (I was told Yaz is a "low dose" pill)
*low DHEAS + high cortisol = early stage of "adrenal fatigue" aka STRESS, which makes sense since I was unemployed at the time after losing my job
*high testosterone = ??? not sure. maybe just oversecretion? I'm looking at oversecretion by the ovaries as the most likely culprit, as, to my knowledge, oversecretion by the adrenals is quite rare. I'm not in close contact with anyone who uses topicals, so an outside source is unlikely.
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The rest of this post is basically self-talk, posted here because I WILL throw it away/delete it out of embarrassment if I keep a copy in real life. Although, if anyone has any input, that'd be lovely as well.
It's a curse to be so impatient. I would really like to properly experiment with things, but the minute I get a bit agitated, it's like a war against myself not to take all of the supplements and birth control to try to get rid of the feeling. Plus, I get into some pretty black moods, and my body is, unfortunately, the target for a lot of those negative feelings (which are all hormonal!
)Probably, the best thing to do is to go off of my birth control and retest my hormones, but I'm afraid to do it. I'm crazy on my periods without it, and I'm afraid of what will happen if I withdraw suddenly and my body takes it's sweet time to start producing its own hormones.
I can't help but feel like there's something I'm missing. Is it my diet? Is it poor circulation? Is it the fact that I'm scatterbrained and impatient and don't put the time and energy into researching things as well as I should (seriously, reading up on things just leaves me with more and more questions, which aren't easy to find the answer to! Talk about a steep learning curve! Hopefully someday I'll be half as knowledgable as some of the the people on this board!)?
I've been thinking a lot about xenoestrogens. Are they detrimental or beneficial? Need to read up on that too!
I ramble way too much. And I've realized I sound upset/angry, when really I've been laughing to myself the whole time I was typing this post out. Too hard to convey tone of voice!