hi there,
quite interested I was reading through this post. At the very end you do mention a phase of feeling ill. I have gone through Estrogen dominance, too. When checking your meds I noticed the liver cleanse and I have got some experience to share with you. Estrogen dominance can cause gall stones! Maybe these meds just got your stones into action sort of? Please read sympthoms of gall stone problems at the www. I have had to deal with it, too. So the meds or herbs might not have been bad. Maybe your gallbladder was trying to get rid of stones. Just a guess or different point of view to look at your problems.
I am taking agnus castus (Vitex) and in most german researches they say that AC lowers the prolactin production which is good because that way your body can produce more progestrone again. I am taking AC throughout all my cycle and I have "swelling attacks" (that´s how I call it) all over the day in my follicular phase now.
Here some translation: Elevated prolactin levels interfere with central release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH); in the sequence, this means a reduced emission of luteinising hormone (LH) and of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). In addition, disabled prolactin progesterone production in the corpus luteum directly. The feedback to the hypothalamus is done by prolactin itself, and indeed at elevated prolactin levels dopamine is increasingly distributed, which inhibits prolactin secretion. Dopamine is therefore identical to the prolactin-release-in-hibiting hormone. Due to the dopaminergic activity of Vitex agnus castus the prolactin release from the anterior pituitary lactotrophen cells is inhibited. The lack of negative feedback, the release of GnRH from the hypothalamus normalized. Thus, the progesterone levels may increase again and make up the preponderance of estrogens.
tata for now,
Jeannie
quite interested I was reading through this post. At the very end you do mention a phase of feeling ill. I have gone through Estrogen dominance, too. When checking your meds I noticed the liver cleanse and I have got some experience to share with you. Estrogen dominance can cause gall stones! Maybe these meds just got your stones into action sort of? Please read sympthoms of gall stone problems at the www. I have had to deal with it, too. So the meds or herbs might not have been bad. Maybe your gallbladder was trying to get rid of stones. Just a guess or different point of view to look at your problems.
I am taking agnus castus (Vitex) and in most german researches they say that AC lowers the prolactin production which is good because that way your body can produce more progestrone again. I am taking AC throughout all my cycle and I have "swelling attacks" (that´s how I call it) all over the day in my follicular phase now.
Here some translation: Elevated prolactin levels interfere with central release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH); in the sequence, this means a reduced emission of luteinising hormone (LH) and of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). In addition, disabled prolactin progesterone production in the corpus luteum directly. The feedback to the hypothalamus is done by prolactin itself, and indeed at elevated prolactin levels dopamine is increasingly distributed, which inhibits prolactin secretion. Dopamine is therefore identical to the prolactin-release-in-hibiting hormone. Due to the dopaminergic activity of Vitex agnus castus the prolactin release from the anterior pituitary lactotrophen cells is inhibited. The lack of negative feedback, the release of GnRH from the hypothalamus normalized. Thus, the progesterone levels may increase again and make up the preponderance of estrogens.
tata for now,
Jeannie