[EllaC]

I have read a lot about both progesterone cream and vitex, but am still unsure about which to take... Vitex seems like the safer choice overall, but then I came across this article:
http://www.henriettes-herb.com/blog/vitex-not-pms.html
What do y'all think about this?

I know how potent PC can be, but I'm pretty confident in my ability to take it slow and low dose. Same for vitex. I'm preeeetty sure I'm estrogen dominant, the little online test, and the fact that the environment and food is chock full of xenoestrogens point to so. I also seem to be low in estrogen, though... So, my progesterone must be really low, right?
I have a pretty terrible diet that doesn't vary much, but I'm not going to order either of these until I get a proper check-up and other tests from the doctor and such (I just turned 21, but haven't had a check-up since I was like 6 maybe). I never took birth control or anything else hormonal, and don't plan to. When I get the chance, Imma beg my doctor to prescribe me a Caya diaphragm, lol.
My acne is still rather bad, but my periods have always been relatively minor. I don't cramp much or even at all most the time, and they always come every 32 days or so (but last 6 days). So, my acne seems to be hormonal, but my periods are rather balanced. My hormones confuse me. -_-

While I'm here, does anyone know how to deal with excess hair growth around chest and neck and such? I took spearmint for a while and that did nothing for it, but I realized it's because that only deals with testosterone. I think I'm supposed to target DHT instead, right?

Thank you for your time.

Hi.
I don't know which country you are in, but in ours doctors wont give you a hormone test unless you pretty much lie about your symptons.
Id say you have a problem because of the excess hair. So if you have any doubt they will give you the test id lead with "my periods are very erractic and I suffer greatly each cycle and that you are allergic to birth control and need to know which hormone is out of balance " - you know, something along those lines otherwise you might walk out of there without a hormone test and a prescription for birth control which is what doctors tend to do. Then you'd have to go private and pay heaps for a test.
Personally I had NO hormone problems until I started doing nbe and messing around with herbs cause I guessed I was high and low in this and that hormone etc without really knowing if it was true or not.