hormonal balance (low estrogen)and what is hypothalamus dysfunction?
Hi
I'm back with good reason. I apologise for long message in advance. But desperate as I'm going through hormone balance hell again and I'm not yet perimenopausal though suspect i am now after roller coaster hormone ride i've had. I've been
Iodine therapy, it helped but crashed adrenals, i've been on cortisol helped but then created havoc with insulin. And then finally, i realised my problems are most probably derived originally from hormonal imbalance (most probably from fact i've had PCOS most of my life) and i've read that PCOS is now being recognised as oxidation issue most probably from low VitD3 which i was also diagnosed with a few years ago.
So anyway, i finally tried progesterone oil out of desperation to increase cortisol and balance hormones, again it helped, in fact gave me incredible energy but then gave me incredible fatigue only after a few days of use. I was advised to increase but refuse to do that due to fear of atrophy.
I've done the adrenal adoptogenic support helps, but after months, not enough to be able to function. I'm on T3 meds as i have hypothyroidism also, but with flagging hormones i need more help. I know i have low estrogen (diagnosed after getting osteoporosis) but seem to be getting estrogen dominance symptoms mixed in with progesterone excess symptoms...ahhhh - they all over lap! Maybe i have hypothalamus dysfunction??
Anyway, please HV can you tell me if going on wild yam and vitex?, will it eventually help balance hormones? and support all the work i'm doing with liver (bitters) support and adrenal support (your formula), as doing them without major hormone interference seems to be futile, wihtout addressing the sex hormones. And if i am low on estrogen does wild yam help balance it back up to normal? Is it ok to take both? if i am low only on one of them (ie estrogen and progesterone)?
By the way i tried pregenolone at one stage (out of desperation) and that was probably the most helpful, but not sustainable- gave me consistent energy. I am now off everything except adrenal support and digestive support but now incredibly fatigued ALL the time and have massive dry eyes for some reason (can't make it if it's excess estrogen or due to lack of estrogen!!). Please advice of possible next step - i really want to go all natural but not sure how to start off with the wild yam and vitex. I have the other stuff under control (liver and adrenal adoptogens) it's just that my hormones are really screwed up and need to start focusing on that as it seems to be bringing everything else down! By the way what is hypothalamus dysfunction, could it have started with a pituitary (protactinium)cyst?
Thank you!
PS if vitex and wild yam take that long can i take something else to kick start it otherwise i will have to leave my work as i can't function with this hormone hell.