Guest guest Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 > Sorry to jump in on this post, but the estrogen thing got my > attention. How does the pill or estrogen interfere with thyroid > function? _______________________ It causes thyroid hormone to be bound tightly to protein carriers in the blood and not be available for tissues. So, the higher estrogen goes, the more thyroid is tightly bound. It also interferes with the functioning of the thyroid by slowing it's production of hormone and altering pituitary/hypothalamus function. Some of this information can be found on Ray Peat's website. One article here talks about HRT and what it does to thryoid function: http://www.efn.org/~raypeat/thythera.rtf Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Tish, or anyone, what would you recommend for a person with thyroid/adrenal issues as well as diabetes and PCOS, instead of a birth control pill? I'm currently on a BCP for women with PCOS, which controls my acne very well. I've been thinking about going off the BCP once my thyroid/adrenal issue improves, but I'm afraid the unpleasant PCOS symptoms will come back. What is recommended? Vitex? Progesterone cream? Can these be used long term? Will they keep my PCOS symptoms at bay? Bear in mind, the issue here is more about balancing estrogens/progesterones/androgens and avoiding yucky symptoms like acne. Actual birth control is less of a concern (can use a barrier method instead). blithe > > Sorry to jump in on this post, but the estrogen thing got my > attention. How does the pill or estrogen interfere with thyroid > function? > > Thanks, > Kat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Tish, or anyone, what would you recommend for a person with thyroid/adrenal issues as well as diabetes and PCOS, instead of a birth control pill? I'm currently on a BCP for women with PCOS, which controls my acne very well. I've been thinking about going off the BCP once my thyroid/adrenal issue improves, but I'm afraid the unpleasant PCOS symptoms will come back. What is recommended? Vitex? Progesterone cream? Can these be used long term? Will they keep my PCOS symptoms at bay? Bear in mind, the issue here is more about balancing estrogens/progesterones/androgens and avoiding yucky symptoms like acne. Actual birth control is less of a concern (can use a barrier method instead). blithe > > Sorry to jump in on this post, but the estrogen thing got my > attention. How does the pill or estrogen interfere with thyroid > function? > > Thanks, > Kat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Tish, or anyone, what would you recommend for a person with thyroid/adrenal issues as well as diabetes and PCOS, instead of a birth control pill? I'm currently on a BCP for women with PCOS, which controls my acne very well. I've been thinking about going off the BCP once my thyroid/adrenal issue improves, but I'm afraid the unpleasant PCOS symptoms will come back. What is recommended? Vitex? Progesterone cream? Can these be used long term? Will they keep my PCOS symptoms at bay? Bear in mind, the issue here is more about balancing estrogens/progesterones/androgens and avoiding yucky symptoms like acne. Actual birth control is less of a concern (can use a barrier method instead). blithe > > Sorry to jump in on this post, but the estrogen thing got my > attention. How does the pill or estrogen interfere with thyroid > function? > > Thanks, > Kat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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