Re: I am so afraid, please help !

Gina,

Thank you so so much for your message,
This is EXACTLY what I feel is going on !

I have been off the birth control now for a couple of months, and it has been so scary, but i'm trying to be courageous.
I am now seeing a great naturopath and she is guiding me through this.

I have also been seeing a great herbal guy who's been studying and experimenting with making tinctures/custom elixirs/potions for decades..one of those people that just really knows his stuff, and he checked me out, and he thinks i probably have a parasite issue. I also saw a psychic surgeon and one other practitioner with a chinese med. background, and they all say parasites !
The reason why I assume parasites is because -in all my lymph node areas I have these insanely itchy patches that get real bad at night to the point that I feel like screaming and crying and it makes it hard to sleep.
The herbal guy made me a rub to break down the protein capsule of the parasites and get rid of it fungus-style.
The rub is made of: alcohol, peanut oil, pine, camphor, salt. it seems to be helping, but he said to totally radically get OFF Sugar ! That is my weakness because I crave Sugar so so bad!

Anyway, I'm taking it one day at a time, but so far my Acne is making a slow return...cysts...it's making me get serious stress and anxiety all over again...but i'm trying to breathe, and trust that i am on the right path..it's just so hard to believe because i have never ever been without Acne in my life unless i was on bcp or accutane.
Also, another BIG reason why I feel I might be plagued with this forever is because both of my brothers have acne, and my dad had it very bad when he was young, so there must be a hereditary factor?

I just did the saliva test for my hormones and this is what it showed:

Estradiol: 4.3 = Within Range (1.0-9.0)
Progesterone: 15 = Very below Range (50-250)
Testosterone: 60 = Above Range (15-45)
DHEAS: 4.7 = Low within range (4-15)
Cortisol AM 6.2 = Within Range (2-11)
This is what I am currently doing:

So basically, my estrogen is 'ok,' my progesterone is very low, testosterone too high, dheas could be higher, and cortisol ok, but i'm sure my adrenals are totally shot.

My naturopath is putting me on vitex HOPING that it helps to raise progesterone and not raise testosterone at the same time and she wants me to drink licorice root tea.

I know for a fact intuitively that one of my biggest hormonal problems is the testosterone/androgens too high, so does anyone know how to get that to come down??
Right now I am doing:
-acupuncture (chinese med style) once per week for acne/heat
-fish oils in a.m.
-chromium, zinc, B complex daily
-Aloe vera shots, ACV shots in water Tweet