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Re: Hormone Level Test Back-need help interpreting!
From: ada (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Sep 21 20:58:05 2007
Andrea I will be getting my hormones checked when I go in for my 6 week
visit. I will have to have you help interpret as well....
At Fri, 21 Sep 2007, andrea wrote:
>
>Jessica,
>
>I am happy to give you what I know. Wow, ALL of your hormones are much,
>much lower than they should be. Were you on Lupron? Or are you on a BC
>pill? Being on the pill for 17 years made my hormone levels very similar
>to yours, 5 years ago. Being that your Estradiol is way higher than
>your progesterone, you could definately have symptoms of estrogen
>dominance.
>
>They include:
>•Endometriosis •Blood Clots •Elevated Blood Pressure •Fibroid Breasts
>•Infertility •Irregular Menstrual Flow •Uterine Fibroids •Breast
>Tenderness •Mood Swings •Uterine Cancer •Hair Loss •Depression •Weight
>Gain •Migraine Headaches •Spotting •Breast Cancer Risk •Insomnia
>•Inflammation •Abnormal Pap Smears •Fluid Retention •Cramping •Vaginal
>Dryness •Thyroid Imbalances •Decrease in Memory •Low or No Sex Drive
>
>I know being on Lupron puts you in a temporary menopause, lowering your
>progesterone, so a lot of those symptoms go along with taking it, but
>they should get better, if you get some of your levels back to normal,
>(but stay away from Estrogen) The pill also lowers a woman's natural
>progesterone production. My progesterone level now is an 18, and I have
>very few of those symptoms, when I used to have 19 of them before! I've
>taken the bio-identical progesterone for 5 years to keep my levels
>balanced.
>
>One woman "yelled" at me on here because she suggested that a woman
>could not have estrogen dominance after finishing Lupron, but even
>though ALL of your hormone levels diminish, estrogen still usually stays
>the highest, and progesterone is almost completely gone! Your
>progesterone should be at least a 15-30 to feel normal. Mine was a 2
>and I felt horrible! 0.4 is almost nothing. It also depends on which
>day you had your hormones tested, but all of those levels you list are
>extremely low.
>
>Here is a hormone chart that tells what your normal levels should be:
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>http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hormonelevels.html
>
>I'm so glad you got your levels checked! That is a big step in finding a
>way to feel better. Most women don't think their hormones can be such a
>mess at a young age, but they certainly can.
>
>If you would like to ask me anything else regarding hormones, please
>e-mail me and I can give you some info and some places/doctors who can
>help you get your hormones back to normal or answer your questions more
>clearly, so you can feel better. Trust me, I was in the same boat, so I
>know how you feel.
>
>Sincerely,
>Andrea
>
>At Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Jessica wrote:
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>>I had a blood test done to see what my estrogen and progesterone levels
>>were...I wanted to see if my hormones were out of limits. I have the
>>results now, but have no clue what they mean:
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>>FSH- 1.9
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>>Progesterone- 0.4
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>>Estrodile- 14.8
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>>Can anyone shed some light for me?
>>
>>Thanks!
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Ada
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