Re: My interesting LAB RESULTS just came in

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Janie

I'm thinking that every man, woman, and child in the Houston and Greater

Houston area is estrogen dominant. Just look at (and smell of, yuk!) the

crud in the air. Brazoria Cty is I think the third dirtiest one? and

that's where I live. Add the fact that we lose our progesterone naturally

as we get older, and we're talking 10 times perimenopausal effects than what

it used to be for our grandmothers. I went absolutely ballistic during that

time period and suspect myself to be postmenopausal at this point (early

hyst, but one ovary was still there, 17 yrs ago, at age 36), but still in

estrogen dominance, due to being told that I wasn't even making ANY

progesterone at ALL, even at that age. She did tell me zilch, 0, nada, not

even a little. However, she said I was still making a HUGE amt of estrogen,

and that's just the way she put it. It didn't alarm me then because I knew

nothing about the detrimental effects that it would later have or already

was. To me, that made me more feminine. Huh!! Nothing could be further

from the truth!! That was weird to me to be making nothing at that age. Of

course, we didn't know that I was developing thyroid disease either, and I

was starting to get skinny as a rail and nervous, at that same time. And

testosterone does have EVERYthing to do with a sense of well-being, plus

many other things, like muscle tone and definition (and I don't mean those

huge muscles guys have, just less body fat and more lean muscle), clearer

thinking, and a good type of aggression, not homicidal, lol. Most of the

stuff that I've read about a good progesterone cream usually says that it

takes anywhere from 30 to 90 days to feel the results, but I KNOW that my

sleep improved within 2 days of taking it, then mood changes withing a

couple of weeks, for me.

My interesting LAB RESULTS just came in

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> Just talked to my NP's assistant.

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> TSH: .01

> Free T3: 376 (high end of range is 420)

> Free T4: 1.0 (where I always am)

>

> NOTE that free T3 of 376. I had NOT taken my second dose of Armour

> the previous day by accident, and had NOT taken Armour the morning

> of these labs. This is an example of where your free T3 SHOULD BE at

> the minimum when you are on an optimal dose. This is also probably

> why I feel fine in the morning, and can go until late morning

> without taking my first dose of 2 grains Armour....

>

> My labs showed me to be extremely estrogen dominant. I was at the

> top of the range, plus my progesterone was BELOW range. PERHAPS this

> explains why I have been having problems since my last Dec. 2nd

> period, and why I need to continue my new dosing of progesterone

> cream--32 mg. twice a day. Fingers crossed.

>

> My free testosterone was lowish: 2.7 (1.0 - 8.5). My TOTAL

> Testosterone was BELOW range: 28 (50 - 70). hmmm. She wants me to

> continue my latest raise of my testosterone--I am now doing 1 1/4

> mgs in a compounded gel. There may be more about testosterone to our

> total well-being that we know.

>

> My Ferritin was 88!!!!!!!! MAJOR HOORAY!!!!!!! YIPPPEE!!! Jumping

> up and down. That is wonderful for me!! I take ONE 325 mgs. tablet

> of Ferrous Sulfate daily to maintain that!

>

> My DHEA was 93 (39 - 183). I take 5 mgs DHEA in a compounded gel

> with the testosterone at night.

>

> I'm on the right course with meds as far as the above. Maybe, maybe

> the progesterone supplementation will help my current miseries.

>

> Janie