Estrogen dominance symptoms
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t, appears you have many clear signs of estrogen dominance. I believe estrogen to progesterone should be 2:1 (according to more naturopath MDs) and that is what I strive for, but definitely get many of the symptoms you list above when my estrogen gets too high. Saw 3 traditional OBGYNs + 2 internists who were of no help to me and their primary solution was BCP then finally got relief from a preventative medicine MD.
I have estrogen
It is said that estrogen dominance can mimick hypothyroid symptoms and the doctors automatically think its a thyroid problem. I also should have mentioned that my periods are very irregular, light and short and my hair keeps falling out.
I am seeing a doctor this weekend and I will be asking for my thyroid test results and I will be also checking my estrogen and progesterone levels.
no she hasnt yet. She is a classic case of estrogen dominance going by her symptoms, though,.,guess getting them tested would be wise,,,,Just wondering what the next step to correct it would be if it is verified...I had read that before about iodine, but have also read many success stories using iodine. She tested borderline low years ago when we did a blood test for it....Thanks for your reply!
I also produce too much estrogen. My body regulated on its own. How were you diagnosed and what symptoms are you having?
However everybody can experience different symptoms of estrogen dominance, and I think that the withdrawal symptoms and physical harm that estrogen causes to your body's natural ability to regulate its own hormones is overlooked way too often.
Here is a list of symptoms of estrogen dominance:
http://members.tripod.com/nettie_mae/articles/estrogendominance.
ve read that estrogen dominance can lead to abdominal bloating, excess white discharge, and breast changes as well. I have never had bad PMS symptoms before this. My period has not come yet, I'm not sure when it will, and I started taking birth control pills today. I am not pregnant, and there is no possibility that I could be. What's causing the delay of my period, and is it the excess estrogen causing all of these changes? What can I do?
Endometriosis feed off estrogen. The estrogen-dependent endo lesions, if left unchecked, will begin to create their own estrogen.
I do want to clarify that the pill or any other form of HRT does not prevent the Endometriosis from growing. The reason it is used is to help stop the pain by stopping the periods.
I was on a low dose BCP (Marvelon) for 8 yrs continuously and did help with my pain. However it still continued to grow even after deep excision surgery.
I just remembered how my hair fell out a lot after my first child was born, before I was hypoT. Maybe ANY hormonal imbalance contributes to hair loss?
We all know how a limping thyroid throws the entire hormonal (aka endocrine) system out of balance. Perhaps once our thyroid is balanced, we still have to contend with getting all our other hormones balanced. Maybe having our thyroid back up and running isn't enough to repair and balance the rest of our system that got out-of-whack.
As I've mentioned in my previous post, I have the strong feeling that I have a hormone imbalance. For 3 years, I've been overemotional/irritable/nervous, have had light/skipped periods, persistent acne,(I'm 20 and I don't feel like this should be happening), and hot flashes. These problems have gotten progressively worse over the years. The problem is though, that I feel like I have the symptoms of both estrogen dominance and estrogen deficiency.
Sounds like a symptom of too much estrogen to me, in other words, estrogen dominance. You need to get off the synthetic and take a good, bio-identical hormone cream, a compounding pharmacist can make this up for you once the doc prescribes it. You can also use a good, over the counter cream, I am talking about Progesterone by the way, it will help to alleviate the estrogen dominance and get those hormones back in balance.
It sounds like a fungal skin infection, however, other underlying causes
should be ruled out also. Vitamin D deficiency, dehydration, estrogen dominance thyroid dysfunction and other imbalances should be considered.
If you have estrogen dominance you may benefit more from using a cream
with bioidentical progesterone vs low dose BC, if you were taking them for
endometriosis.
BC could be contributing to thyroid dysfunction. What exactly is your BC med?
Causes of estrogen dominance include birth control pills, estrogen replacement therapy, stress, poor diet, obesity, xenoestrogens (excess estrogens found in anything from pesticides to plastics).
Estrogen dominance can affect conversion of T4 to T3 as well as increase thyroxine binding globulin (if there is too much thyroid binding globulin, thyroid hormone is bound and unable to get into the cells).
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