Surprising Serum Lab Results-Any Comments?

November 9, 2010

I would love to have comments from anyone here regarding these labs, results are

not what i expected. after reading on this forum, and books by Dr. Vliet i was

almost certain that i would benefit from taking Estrogen (like estrogel).

I had been taking BID progesterone (in troches than cream) for the past year and

a half and seems the dosage was excessive (according to my reading) and i didnt

have baseline labs showing i needed it before starting.

My symptoms seem to correlate very well with progesterone excess and/or estrogen

difficiency.

FYI I'm 36, fairly regular cycle, have my ovaries and uterus...I took the labs

on day 21 of my cycle @ 8:30am. I had food around 1 or 2am the night before.

(Should i have fasted for 12 hours?)

I had stopped progesterone cream one month prior and no other hormones except

for T3 (cynomel).

**Lab Results (via serum)*******

TESTOSTERONE, SERUM *46 ng/dl (range:6-82)

FREE TESTOSTERONE(DIRECT) *0.5 pg/ml (range:0.0-2.2)

ESTRADIOL *407.9 pg/ml (range: luteal phase 43.8-211.0)

ESTRONE, SERUM *120 pg/ml (range: luteal phase 50-114)

PROGESTERONE *12.9 ng/ml (range: luteal phase 1.7-27.0)

Is it possible that i have high estradiol/estrone circulating in blood but is

not usable or getting into the cells because of receptor damage caused by

progesterone excess??

I also heard that taking T3 can possibly bind some of your Estrogen. (learned

this from yahoo reverse T3 group).

I have no idea why progesterone would be at mid range rather than higher. I

stopped the prog. cream a month earlier...though i'm still experiencing

symptoms.

I'm wondering if i can start very low dose of EstroGel, and judge by how i feel?

or can i trust that feeling better equals good for me without labs to confirm?

Would be so grateful to recieve any comments/reactions,

Thank you, Lila

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