hi, i am actually a woman..hehe
i was actually on a pretty strong birth control for awhile and i believe it messed up my hormones..yasmin..this was years ago
i tried otc progesterone and to my surprise, it DOES do something. it made me very very cranky and kind of sweaty. this was a year ago when my body was really stressed, i might try it again.
dhea i tried too, it gave me acne.
estrogen was the only thing i experimented with that i liked (same brand you posted). made me less cranky. the otc stuff doesn't do enough though to change my labs, which is good..i like mild treatment otherwise i'd worry.
my thyroid is strange. i have low ft3 but normal ft4. i tried ndt and my ft4 plummeted and made me more hypo, even though my ft3 went up i felt like i was completely stoned. tried taking ft3 alone and that is when i felt the absolute worst, incredibly hypo. so i gave up. ive read ft4 is a storage hormone and doesn't matter, it's the ft3 but that's bs man..i can instantly feel when my ft4 is dropping
i have braces now and they are helping with the TMJ, particularly the palate expander. none of my muscles feel good though..anywhere
Haha, sorry about that mixup!
I think the Frankenstein avatar threw me off...
I am borderline hypo and used to have BAD (like pizza face bad) adult acne. I never went on birth control pills long-term though, because the ones I tried made me too sick to function. I am on a low dose of Naturethroid (similar to Armor).
Anyway, I started looking more into hormones when I was prescribed spironolactone for the acne. The cystic acne I've had for years disappeared. It was like a miracle. As soon as I go off the stuff, the acne comes back, so clearly I've got some chronic hormonal problem going on.
Spironolactone is anti-androgen and estrogenic, meaning it reduces testosterone activity and raises estrogen. I got to thinking...maybe all my hypo stuff is related to hormones. Found out there is a definite link between low progesterone and hypo. Most of the progesterone stuff is directed towards perimenopausal and menopausal women..I'm nowhere near that stage yet...so I started taking about half the recommended dose. Now I sleep better, have less muscle cramps, better periods, and more energy during the day. Still have some TMJ-ish pain but the progesterone reduced it enough that an oral surgeon told me "don't have a TMJ problem anymore".
So it's doing something. I was hoping it would completely replace the thyroid meds, but no dice yet. I might need to hit the higher dose. I use the Progestelle oil for the record.
I should add that my moods were wack the first week or so on progesterone...then it leveled out and I felt happier. Yes to the sweating too. I am ALWAYS cold normally, but when I started progesterone I was overheating like crazy...and now I am a "regular" temperature. My husband is glad that we agree on the thermostat now.
The timing matters, if you haven't hit menopause you're only supposed to take it on days 12 - 26 of your cycle (day 1 is when your period starts).