24-04-2017, 01:40
A hormone test is good to take. That is a complicated one, and I don't know what it is.
A lack of menstruation would normally be too low levels of LH or FSH. But then again you say you have heavy menstruation a few times a year, and PCOS, which both mean high LH or FSH.
I'm not sure about this, but perhaps it's as you said, low estrogen and high androgens. Maybe this accounts for your menstruation pattern and severity. I think it also may have to do with desensitization of responses. Maybe there is high LH/FSH that reduced sensitivity, so it takes a lot of LH/FSH to cause menstruation, but once that occurs, maybe it gets other hormones involved (which are normally low), then it happens heavily. And there could be a lack of androgen to estrogen conversion.
First get the test, if it's low estrogens and high androgens, perhaps it's lavender or peony, with countering amounts of prolactin/progestogenic herbs that may help you. Of course, since this is a steep problem, to go slow and use very low amounts of herbs. Stay off of mint and rosemary for now. As for Pueraria, it acts as progesterone or prolactin, and it may raise androgens without directly raising estrogen. My guess is that your test will say low prolactin too. Outside of the Luteal phase, progesterone levels are generally low, so it is pointless testing for it from which is normally menstruation until ovulation.
What's your diet like? Are you avoiding fruits, vegetables, grains? Do you normally have a lot of Rosemary spice in your food?
A lack of menstruation would normally be too low levels of LH or FSH. But then again you say you have heavy menstruation a few times a year, and PCOS, which both mean high LH or FSH.
I'm not sure about this, but perhaps it's as you said, low estrogen and high androgens. Maybe this accounts for your menstruation pattern and severity. I think it also may have to do with desensitization of responses. Maybe there is high LH/FSH that reduced sensitivity, so it takes a lot of LH/FSH to cause menstruation, but once that occurs, maybe it gets other hormones involved (which are normally low), then it happens heavily. And there could be a lack of androgen to estrogen conversion.
First get the test, if it's low estrogens and high androgens, perhaps it's lavender or peony, with countering amounts of prolactin/progestogenic herbs that may help you. Of course, since this is a steep problem, to go slow and use very low amounts of herbs. Stay off of mint and rosemary for now. As for Pueraria, it acts as progesterone or prolactin, and it may raise androgens without directly raising estrogen. My guess is that your test will say low prolactin too. Outside of the Luteal phase, progesterone levels are generally low, so it is pointless testing for it from which is normally menstruation until ovulation.
What's your diet like? Are you avoiding fruits, vegetables, grains? Do you normally have a lot of Rosemary spice in your food?