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Changing plan...advice requested...

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I'm beginning to think I'm estrogen dominant with low progesterone. I'm going to be making a doctor appointment to discuss testing my hormones. If she won't I may pay out of pocket to get it done.

Over the last few months I've been losing more hair than usual. My last menstrual cycle was off. My period only lasted three days, always lasts five. I blamed it on taking PM for a couple weeks but idk. Now this cycle going into my premenstrual phase I have very painful lumps in my breast. They are so tender, worse than pushing down on a fresh bruise.

I'm fairly new to nbe. I'm not sure what to do. I've barely taken any herbals. PM for a couple weeks and several cups of tea with peppermint, nettle, red clover, and red raspberry. I have taken SP for months for the hair loss. It did help. When I forget to take it I lose more hair than usual, noticeable after several days. I've taken some spearmint capsules here and there, never much, not regularly.

I'm wondering if I should avoid all phytoestrogens? Or take phytoestrogens? So confused!

Should I do progesterone cream daily or cycle it?

How often is it safe to take licorice? Is continuing the SP a bad idea?

Maybe I'm starting perimenopause? Idk, yikes! Sad

My tentative plan:

Drink red raspberry tea daily, 1-3 cups.

Massage Daily 1x

300 inward circles with shea butter, coconut oil mix

Period Cycle Days 1-5 (last 1/24-1/28, upcoming 2/21-2/25)

Milk Thistle Capsules x2 (cleanse, aid liver)
Dandelion Root Tea 1-2 c (cleanse, aid liver)

Follicular Cycle Days 8-13 (1/31-2/5, upcoming 2/28-3/4)

Blessed Thistle 780 mg, 390 mg twice daily (breast growth)
Hops 620 mg, 310 mg twice daily (if tolerated) (breast growth)
Progesterone Cream 1/4 tsp (balance hormones, anti-androgen)

Ovulatory Cycle Days 14-18 (2/6-2/10, upcoming 3/5-3/9)

DGL (licorice) (anti-androgen)

Luteal Cycle Days 19-25 (2/11-2-17, upcoming 3/10-3-16)

Blessed Thistle 780 mg, 390 mg twice daily (breast growth)
Hops 620 mg, 310 mg twice daily (if tolerated) (breast growth)
Progesterone Cream, 1/2 tsp (balance hormones, anti-androgen)

Premenstrual Cycle Days 26-28 (2/18-2/20, upcoming 3/17-3/19)

Milk Thistle Capsule x2 (cleanse, aid liver)
Dandelion Root Tea 1-2 c (cleanse, aid liver)
DGL (licorice root) (anti-androgen)
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#2

DGL licorice is safe for as much of it as you want. But it's not anti-androgen. The active component is removed from DGL. If you take straight licorice, then no more than a week or two on, then SEVERAL weeks off. In other words, try a different anti-androgen, effective licorice is inherently unsafe.

Yes, you should cycle progesterone cream.
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Thanks, I didn't know that about dgl. I have a bottle around somewhere but couldn't find it anyway. Tongue

I was taking saw palmetto. I read it lowers estrogen. Not sure if that's a good idea even if I need more progesterone to balance my estrogen. I've read that low estrogen could cause hair loss too, not necessarily just high dht. Also that low progesterone to estrogen ratio, estrogen dominance can cause hair loss. Guess I really won't know wtf is up until I get properly tested.
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