[nsas]

Hi, everyone. I've been at this since 01/2013. It's now almost the end of 2015. I finally got my hormones tested along with everything else for other health conditions. I got this tested on Monday, 10/5. I'm on BCP so I start my sugar pills on Sunday, 10/11, however, my periods are still not consistent, ranging from Sunday to Friday. I typically get my period on Tuesday or Wednesday, but I was only able to get lab work done on Monday. So my labs were drawn about 7 days (Luteal phase) before my scheduled period.

Estradiol= <11.8
Progesterone= <0.21
My doctor ordered testosterone lab, but the lab forgot to check for it.

Reference range:

Estradiol:
Mid-follicular phase: 27-123 pg/mL
Periovulatory: 96-436 pg/mL
Mid-luteal phase: 49-294 pg/mL
Postmenopausal: 0-40 pg/mL

Progesterone:
Early follicular: 0.6 ng/mL
Late follicular: 14.5 ng/mL
Luteal: 31.4 ng/mL
Mid-cycle: 16.1 ng/mL
Postmenopausal: 0.2 ng/mL

I can see why my progesterone level is low. I'm on BCP so I'm not ovulating, but can it be that low? Also, my estrogen is very low. I thought it would be higher since I'm on BCP. Since both levels are low, but progesterone is even lower, I think I might have estrogen dominance. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I started with just noogling in Jan '13, Greenbush in April '13, PM the rest of 2013, BO from Dec '14 until now.

My current regimen is as follows:

Am
3 Swanson BO 250mg
1 Swanson Pituitary Gland 80mg
1 Maca 500mg
1 Saw palmetto 450mg
massage
MSM with Vit C

PM
3 Swanson BO 250mg
1 Swanson Pituitary Gland 80mg
massage
pump at least 30 min

I'm due to start my period in the next few days and would like some feedback as to what i should do next? I'm completely at a loss here. I was planning on starting PM my next cycle, again, but I'm not so sure anymore. Please help me. I've been at this for almost three years and haven't seen much of any growth. Thanks.

[Kary]

Hello nsas!!
I am 37 (bio women) and have low hormones as well. I've never been on bc and started experiencing very bad symptoms that have been driving me crazy since I was 33. I checked my hormones twice, at 35 yo and last week. I noticed that the range values in your lab are different than mine. I share my results so you can see and compare.
These are my results 2 years ago.
Estradiol on 3rd day of cycle: 24 PG/ML
Estradiol on 3 rd day next month: 25 Pg/ML
Range: 21-251 on follicular Phase

Estrogen total 23rd day (luteal): 105 PG/ML
Range:156-350

Progesterone day 22: 9.60 Ng/ML
Range: 1.20-15.90 on luteal phase

These are my results two weeks ago.
Estrogen total on day 15 (mid cycle, peak): 75 PG/ML
Range: 122-437 on days 11-20

Progesterone on day 21: 2.6 Ng/ML
Range: 1.5-15.9 on luteal phase.

As you can see I have even lower E right now and P that was somewhat well is also very low. I also have high prolactin (27.56 two years ago and 30 last week) when the range is 5-26. I decided a few months ago to start NBE with ainterol PM 500 mg and had to stop because experienced horrible side effects. I ask your age because that maybe has to do something in my results. It seems very strange that you have so low levels taking hormones from BC and BO. The low progesterone is obvious if you're not ovulating but estradiol is too low for mid luteal phase. In which country you live? I'm in Puerto Rico, values varies within countries, age and others. Do you feel any symptom of low hormones like vaginal dryness or something. That's what I started feeling and noticed something was going wrong. You can pm me if you like. Bye!!!
PS: my English is not my first language, forgive the errors...



when I noticed that the range on your lab is lower than in mine.

Hi, everyone. I've been at this since 01/2013. It's now almost the end of 2015. I finally got my hormones tested along with everything else for other health conditions. I got this tested on Monday, 10/5. I'm on BCP so I start my sugar pills on Sunday, 10/11, however, my periods are still not consistent, ranging from Sunday to Friday. I typically get my period on Tuesday or Wednesday, but I was only able to get lab work done on Monday. So my labs were drawn about 7 days (Luteal phase) before my scheduled period.

Estradiol= <11.8
Progesterone= <0.21
My doctor ordered testosterone lab, but the lab forgot to check for it.

Reference range:

Estradiol:
Mid-follicular phase: 27-123 pg/mL
Periovulatory: 96-436 pg/mL
Mid-luteal phase: 49-294 pg/mL
Postmenopausal: 0-40 pg/mL

Progesterone:
Early follicular: 0.6 ng/mL
Late follicular: 14.5 ng/mL
Luteal: 31.4 ng/mL
Mid-cycle: 16.1 ng/mL
Postmenopausal: 0.2 ng/mL

I can see why my progesterone level is low. I'm on BCP so I'm not ovulating, but can it be that low? Also, my estrogen is very low. I thought it would be higher since I'm on BCP. Since both levels are low, but progesterone is even lower, I think I might have estrogen dominance. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I started with just noogling in Jan '13, Greenbush in April '13, PM the rest of 2013, BO from Dec '14 until now.

My current regimen is as follows:

Am
3 Swanson BO 250mg
1 Swanson Pituitary Gland 80mg
1 Maca 500mg
1 Saw palmetto 450mg
massage
MSM with Vit C

PM
3 Swanson BO 250mg
1 Swanson Pituitary Gland 80mg
massage
pump at least 30 min

I'm due to start my period in the next few days and would like some feedback as to what i should do next? I'm completely at a loss here. I was planning on starting PM my next cycle, again, but I'm not so sure anymore. Please help me. I've been at this for almost three years and haven't seen much of any growth. Thanks.