Guest guest Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Yes, your Progesterone is lower than your Estrogen. --- Gikas <skg59@...> wrote: > Citrus Punch > > Hoping for some feedback from the other women here: > > Been on Iodoral 2 1/2 months. Just had a VERY VERY > heavy period (much more than usual) with much more > severe cramping and clots than usual. Is this a > good sign? Does this mean good changes are > happening? I do have 2 fibroids but #3 is gone > since Iodoral along with my cysts on my > ovaries...Any ideas why this would happen? > > Thanks > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Small Business. http://smallbusiness./r-index Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 , I've had estrogen dominance for a long time. My estrogen levels have been in the 300-500 range for 2 years. I use progesterone cream and other herbs. What's this got to do with my period being much worse.heavier and painful now that I'm on Iodoral for over 2 months? Re: menstrual changes Yes, your Progesterone is lower than your Estrogen. --- Gikas <skg59comcast (DOT) net> wrote:> Citrus Punch> > Hoping for some feedback from the other women here:> > Been on Iodoral 2 1/2 months. Just had a VERY VERY> heavy period (much more than usual) with much more> severe cramping and clots than usual. Is this a> good sign? Does this mean good changes are> happening? I do have 2 fibroids but #3 is gone> since Iodoral along with my cysts on my> ovaries...Any ideas why this would happen?> > Thanks> > > __________________________________________________________Want to start your own business?Learn how on Small Business.http://smallbusiness./r-index Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Hi , > Been on Iodoral 2 1/2 months. Just had a VERY VERY heavy period (much more than usual) with much more severe cramping and clots than usual. Is this a good sign? Does this mean good changes are happening? I do have 2 fibroids but #3 is gone since Iodoral along with my cysts on my ovaries...Any ideas why this would happen? I noticed that my periods got a bit worse when I started iodine, before they got better. I didn't have the same problem as you though - for me it was that my cycle got shorter (indicating for me a worsening of my estrogen dominance). It took at least 6 months before things really improved a lot, and then everything improved very quickly. I was probably taking less iodine than you though as I had to start out very slow. My personal opinion is that it is a healing phase, and like Gracia recently wrote that can come with " effects. " Best wishes, Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Maybe since the iodine has normalized thyroid production, the body is looking to produce more cortisol to get the thyroid into the cells. Cortisol is derived from progesterone. Your body may be diverting more of it to that, leaving you not enough ciruclating progesterone to oppose your estrogen dominance. > > > Citrus Punch > > > > Hoping for some feedback from the other women here: > > > > Been on Iodoral 2 1/2 months. Just had a VERY VERY > > heavy period (much more than usual) with much more > > severe cramping and clots than usual. Is this a > > good sign? Does this mean good changes are > > happening? I do have 2 fibroids but #3 is gone > > since Iodoral along with my cysts on my > > ovaries...Any ideas why this would happen? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Want to start your own business? > Learn how on Small Business. > http://smallbusiness./r-index > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Glad to help , please let us know how it goes for you ok? --- Gikas <skg59@...> wrote: > Thanks again . I really appreciate your taking > the time to write this up. Yes, It's very useful! > > > Re: menstrual changes > > > You might want to get your hormone levels checked > again now. Heavy and painful periods are a sign of > Progesterone dropping lower than your Estrogen. > > Probably someone can explain this better than I > can, > but the Iodoral has probably facilitated your > thyroid > function to be more normal. When your hormone > levels > were tested before, your thyroid probably was NOT > functioning as well as it is now. So your sex > hormones > may have done an adjustment as well, because > thyroid > hormones affect sex hormones, and more of your > Progesterone may be being used up than before. > > Also, your adrenals are probably functioning > better > due to the Iodoral as well, which means they are > probably sucking up more of the available > Progesterone > in your system, which is what the adrenals use in > order to produce Cortisol. > > Also, the Iodoral affects your ovaries, and your > hormone production levels might have changed > there. > > For sure heavy bleeding, cramps, clots, etc. are > signs > of too low Progesterone, so you might want to > increase > your cream or whatever form of Progesterone you > take - > hopefully bioidentical, and see if that helps any. > > Hope this helps, sorry I can't be more specific, > but I > don't know the exact pathways, etc. of all of > this, > just the general outcome. > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music./unlimited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 I can't remember how much iodoral you ae taking. that could make a difference. I haven't noticed that I need less hormones (I use estrogen/progesterone and egads testosterone) but I feel like I might be using them better. Gracia , I've had estrogen dominance for a long time. My estrogen levels have been in the 300-500 range for 2 years. I use progesterone cream and other herbs. What's this got to do with my period being much worse.heavier and painful now that I'm on Iodoral for over 2 months? Re: menstrual changes Yes, your Progesterone is lower than your Estrogen. --- Gikas <skg59comcast (DOT) net> wrote:> Citrus Punch> > Hoping for some feedback from the other women here:> > Been on Iodoral 2 1/2 months. Just had a VERY VERY> heavy period (much more than usual) with much more> severe cramping and clots than usual. Is this a> good sign? Does this mean good changes are> happening? I do have 2 fibroids but #3 is gone> since Iodoral along with my cysts on my> ovaries...Any ideas why this would happen?> > Thanks> > > __________________________________________________________Want to start your own business?Learn how on Small Business.http://smallbusiness./r-index No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.2/528 - Release Date: 11/10/2006 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.2/528 - Release Date: 11/10/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 I would say its a good thing...before I started taking iodine, I felt like my cycles were not "complete"...and there was an abdominal heaviness about me always..but not anymore. (I also have had fibroids) I had a couple of heavy cycles too when I started, and I know that the uterus has been known to "decongest" when given the proper stimulus. For me the heaviness has not returned, and my cycles are of normal content, and no more clots. I have had more cramping than I have for years..but I'm thinking thats just because my cells everywhere are getting more of what they need to function properly. Before I had no feeling at all. No cramps etc...and no feeling with intercourse either (sorry) but that is also returning. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 It might be, or it might be an indication of fibroids or endometriosis. Have you had an ultrasound done to have a look in there to make sure? It might also be a Progesterone deficit causing the cramps, have you had your hormone levels checked? --- Aprilcupcake@... wrote: > For me the heaviness has not returned, and my cycles > are of normal > content, and no more clots. I have had more > cramping than I have for > years..but I'm thinking thats just because my cells > everywhere are getting > more of what they need to function properly. Before > I had no feeling at all. ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Small Business. http://smallbusiness./r-index Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Interesting, I have had more cramping since starting the iodoral. I have not had much cramping since starting with cortef. My cycle also became very regular when I started the cortisone. My cycle is not as regular either with iodoral. I am hoping this is temporary. Are clots not normal? I always just assumed it was the lining which gets sloughed. Irene At 05:51 PM 11/14/2006, you wrote: I would say its a good thing...before I started taking iodine, I felt like my cycles were not " complete " ...and there was an abdominal heaviness about me always..but not anymore. (I also have had fibroids) I had a couple of heavy cycles too when I started, and I know that the uterus has been known to " decongest " when given the proper stimulus. For me the heaviness has not returned, and my cycles are of normal content, and no more clots. I have had more cramping than I have for years..but I'm thinking thats just because my cells everywhere are getting more of what they need to function properly. Before I had no feeling at all. No cramps etc...and no feeling with intercourse either (sorry) but that is also returning. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Small clots can be normal it is said...but anything larger than a quarter is not. And I have been there. No fun. I felt as if I had adrenal issues too and tried HC for a few months.. At first it took away some of the bloating, but that returned pretty quickly and I didn't feel all that different on it. That was a year ago or so. I have used an adrenal extract (animal) and that made more of a difference for me. I don't take it anymore however, I feel like that area is under control now, as I make sure I get enough sleep and I don't exercise when I know my body doesn't have the energy. I used to be one of those who would go, go go all the time. I was always busy doing something, and I know that played a part in all of it. Now I am more aware of my level of fatigue and I eat and rest when I need to. It was hard to let go of that behavior, but it was the best thing I could do for myself. I always had cramps when I was younger, nothing debilitating, just the usual "warning" that things were working. That pretty much stopped 8 or 9 years ago. I'm glad to have it back...small price to pay for feeling normal again. I have fluctuated between hyper and hypo..I know how both of them feel. During the hyper phase my periods were so scant and short I could almost sleep thru it, and I had awful headaches. When at the most hypo- (untreated) they were heavy and long and not consistant. It would start and go for three days, then stop..and start again around the fifth or sixth day and go for three or four more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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