08-08-2018, 11:11 PM
Hey all,
I've been incommunicado on this thread the past few weeks due to life (friend's wedding, emergency funeral on the east coast, and a new position at my job that means I work more days in the week), but I have certainly been lurking! I've been reading Tibetan Princess's thread and watching her Youtube channel and wondering if BO may be more appropriate for me. What really seems to make sense to me about that as opposed to herbs is that it stimulates your body to produce its own hormones rather than stacking phytohormones on top of what you are already making.
I also had a scare last week when I went for a hike -- I took my MSM, my spearmint tea, my PM and fish oil and zinc, and went up to the mountains (9,000ft above sea level), and became severely lightheaded then developed a massive migraine! I only ever had migraines before while on birth control (read: xenohormones), so I suspected it could be PM-related (that's the only phytoestrogen in my program), or MSM-related (supposed to cause migraines in people unaccustomed to it, or in people taking too high a dose). So, I stopped all supplements in time for my red eye back to NYC for the aforementioned funeral, and have taken about a 5 day hiatus at this point.
I think my focus for now will be getting my body in shape to try BO next month after my trip to Italy. So, my goals are to gain about 5 lbs, begin taking a multivitamin, and *possibly* take an adrenal glandular depending upon the literature to see if that can help naturally raise my hormone levels. And keep drinking antiandrogenic tea, because that is for sure my main hormonal challenge.
Oh, and I plan to actually take a hormone saliva test to see what I'm working with. Should have started from there but I took the online quiz and thought it would be sufficient!
I've been incommunicado on this thread the past few weeks due to life (friend's wedding, emergency funeral on the east coast, and a new position at my job that means I work more days in the week), but I have certainly been lurking! I've been reading Tibetan Princess's thread and watching her Youtube channel and wondering if BO may be more appropriate for me. What really seems to make sense to me about that as opposed to herbs is that it stimulates your body to produce its own hormones rather than stacking phytohormones on top of what you are already making.
I also had a scare last week when I went for a hike -- I took my MSM, my spearmint tea, my PM and fish oil and zinc, and went up to the mountains (9,000ft above sea level), and became severely lightheaded then developed a massive migraine! I only ever had migraines before while on birth control (read: xenohormones), so I suspected it could be PM-related (that's the only phytoestrogen in my program), or MSM-related (supposed to cause migraines in people unaccustomed to it, or in people taking too high a dose). So, I stopped all supplements in time for my red eye back to NYC for the aforementioned funeral, and have taken about a 5 day hiatus at this point.
I think my focus for now will be getting my body in shape to try BO next month after my trip to Italy. So, my goals are to gain about 5 lbs, begin taking a multivitamin, and *possibly* take an adrenal glandular depending upon the literature to see if that can help naturally raise my hormone levels. And keep drinking antiandrogenic tea, because that is for sure my main hormonal challenge.
Oh, and I plan to actually take a hormone saliva test to see what I'm working with. Should have started from there but I took the online quiz and thought it would be sufficient!