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Hey Malina and All

Yeah I got my results back prolactin is way high and so is my testosterone.I'm going back in on Friday to chat with Dr. But I'm sure I have pcos.....
I did purchase DCI today and hoping that will help, aswell as drinking 3cups of spearmingt tea a day. I presume we can drink spearmint throught our cycle if we are cycling pm-right?

Also I would like to add Sp during follicular and Don Quai during luteal.....I believe this should neither effect my nbe nor my pcos.....?

Ciao for now

Hi Carol, what about adding some more anti-androgen? Isabelle posted a list of herbs and their functions here.

I was never diagnosed with PCOS, but I have adult acne and I've had hirsutism and other mild symptoms of high androgens since I was a child.
I'm trying Saw Palmetto, Wild Yam, Spearmint tea and Licorice root tea. I also tried hops but had a bad reaction too, not in my mood like Malina (how much were you taking, Malina? I reached 1550mg/day) but in my body: it gave me cramps.

And yeah balancing hormones is a very confusing task, I'm thinking of getting a hormone test too.

Ooo, I like that link, thank you, Alicia! I ramped up to 1800 mg. I tried to do something similar to Eve M program, and it just wasn't for me. I'm still taking Fenugreek and Fennel and I don't see any adverse reactions. I think it's a little easier to control my sugar cravings, so that's something. Do either of you have those with your conditions? For me it's the main mark of my hypothyroidism. It's like a really bad habit/addiction. I usually have a lot of self-control in things. I work out daily, get up early to do it. I can control most things except for my sugar intake. It seems to have gotten easier with Fenugreek.

I may throw some borage oil into the mix. I hear WY is pretty potent and I'm scared about adding something so strong again. Oh, yeah, did I mention that hops also made me shed some hair. Not a pleasant experience overall. I felt great not even two days after I stopped taking it.

What did you think of WY? Did it make you gain weight, did you notice anything different? How much are you taking?

Hi, ok, my first use of this site, interesting reading, my issue is losing breasts in the process of getting hormones balanced just to live life well. I have found progesterone and pregnenalone have helped me so much. I used to get migraines every fortnight, now hardly at all, maybe a bit head achey from time to time, but not the screaming pain I used to get for three days in a row. As well as working out and healthy diet, its great, but the boobs have diminished alot.
Vitex gave me incredible anxiety, so had to stop that and the anxiety went. I find pregnenolone helps with that. I also have had low thyroid, but helped that along with thyroid balancing herbals and all the levels are good now. Interestingly, I started using a breast enlargement cream, and had no effect on the breasts but it gave me the effect of skydive off estrogen in a massive migraine, the worst I have had in long long time! So no more of that for me! It's very tricky stuff, we don't know how products are going to affect us ultimately.