Re: Re: ALL ABOUT PROGESTERONE

September 4, 2004

this makes me realise why I am having such a hard time with hot flashes. At 35

I was told by a gynae that I had very, very high levels of estrogen and that I

would have a late menopause.

I seem to get on top of the hot flashes with progesterone cream for a couple of

weeks and then they flare up again. I am already using at least 3 times the

recommended amount but just seem to need more and more.

Lynda (in the UK)

Re: Re: ALL ABOUT PROGESTERONE

I think that the higher the cliff we were standing on, the longer and harder

the fall. By this, I mean that most of us who had a very high estrogen

production were/are going to go through more hell with this. I know I

did/do. At one time, all those " high hormones " , even including a wonderful

amt of thyroid hormone, probably made us feel more wonderful, more sexy,

etc...etc....But the problem is that, when something falters, whether it be

the thyroid, female organs, or maybe one cause from the other---when the

estrogen and/or progesterone crashes, it may very well falter back and

forth, just as in Hashi's (may be connected, I don't know), from low to

high, back to normal, to low again, and so us women who had a high estrogen

content originally, probably go through more hell AND for a more prolonged

period of time.

September 4, 2004

I'm thinking that it's the change in OTHER hormone, steroid status, that

normally occurs at night. Thinking on this, I'm also thinking that so many

of us thyroid patients already have cortisol issues, for God knows how long,

probably before we even knew. This " rearrangement " of all the other steroids

and hormones, especially at night, probably had everything to do with

it---melatonin, cortisol, thyroid hormones, HGH, and other enzymes and

chemical reactions that aren't quite what they're supposed to be. This is

why I don't think that any of this is OT at all. The endocrine system is

much more intimately connected than any other body system, plus it runs the

whole show.

Re: ALL ABOUT PROGESTERONE

> Yes...most women seem to experience them at night...maybe because the

> additional stress isn't there, as when we are awake and out and

> about is what makes them " mini " .

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