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Hi everyone, well I am still new to NBE and have been reading for quite a while on here about various components that produce success.. I am looking for opinions about hormone tests I had done... I don't have as many results as I would have liked. I relocated recently and went to a new gynecologist who I had HOPED would agree to do hormone testing. She was condescending and rude and tried to tell me hormone levels had nothing to do with symptoms of estrogen dominance I have been experiencing. All she wanted to do was put me on birth control but having read alot about that as well I wasn't gonna have that. Ultimately after debating with her she agreed to test SOME of my hormone levels.. but estrogen was not one of them. I got my blood drawn day 3 of my period.
My results were surprising because I was expecting low progesterone, but I had 25 .... not remembering the units but I believe the lower limit was 15 for my time in the cycle (I think this was still towards the lowish range of healthy levels)..My thought is that probably I am in fact estrogen dominant but have no way of knowing as that test was refused to me Which is extremely frustrating as all lab work WOULD be free of cost to me w/ my insurance. Testosterone and DHEA were pretty much in the middle of the normal distribution.. (somewhat surprising also as I have had back and chest acne popping up more severe than I've ever had in my life in the past few months) TSH and Prolactin were below normal limits... TSH was about .28 again not remembering the units.. but .34 was the lower limit. My Prolactin was below normal limits as well. Drs have yet to get back with me about the results, but from what I'm understanding I could have a slight thyroid issue....
For those who have similar low TSH is prolactin usually low as a result?
I am quite confused having researched about low TSH as it seems that it can be interpreted to mean either over or underactive thyroid??? Anyone have any ideas about the implications of this for NBE?
Has anyone had success in improving thyroid function naturally?

And for those of you who have had better success than I did with my doctor, what did you tell your doctor that made them okay the lab work? I spelled out ALL my various symptoms and she flat out told me it had nothing to do with estrogen or progesterone levels.

any insight would be awesome!!
ps. if helpful I can dig out the actual results and list them here

Hi serenity,

Sorry you had a bad experience with the your doctor, either she was having a bad day or she is just a butthole all the time.

Surprising estradiol wasn't tested. Ok, I'm not a doctor here but come on, it's all hormonal right?, I mean JHC, hello! What causes estrogen dominance?, exactly!!!, your hormones are out of balance and causing the dominance. You can self diagnose ED by your symptoms, of course the only true way of knowing is to be re-tested again.

I think it's time we had are own test result comparison chart for Breast Nexus, it might take a few days for what I have in mind, but it really frustrates me hearing these kinds of exchanges with HCP's. Why does it have to be so difficult in discussing test results?, who's the customer?.


I'd say you'd have to wait for your thyroid results, knowing the lower limit of .28 you stated could also come back with a high hormone level revealing hyperthyroidism, however until you get those results I've provided some reference material for you.


For a thyroid tutorial (page 4, post #36)
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=20189&page=4

Test results
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=19610

Reference ranges
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_ranges_for_blood_tests

Thyroid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroid_stimulating_hormone