03-02-2015, 22:30
I don't think PM can cause someone to become estro dominant but it can exacerbate it if it's there. it can also tip the hormone balance toward it. do you normally rotate your PM with your menstrual cycle?
it's a good sign if herbs made your cycle regular, it means you may have low of any one of the hormones. you may be right that you have low estrogen.
in any case you may also want to look into lowering cortisol and raising progesterone. vitamin b6, vitamin c, vitamin e, vitex, arginine, zinc and magnesium can increase progesterone aside from taking progesterone cream like some ladies here.
https://sites.google.com/site/miscarriageresearch/hormones-and-miscarriage/progesterone-research/how-to-increase-progesterone
though just adding progesterone to a high stress body is like adding gasoline to a fire IMO, so take care of any stress first. the body uses up progesterone to make cortisol and lots of it in times of stress which could be why some women have menstrual disturbance in stress. progesterone is needed to keep estrogen from running rampant, to regulate your menstrual cycle and can actually make estrogen more effective when balanced.
there's herbs for reducing high androgens like saw palmetto and white peony which you may want to look into. testosterone is needed for estrogen, but it can turn into DHT. IMO you want to keep too much test from turning to DHT and make it turn into estrogen.
take a look through lotus' thread and don't be shy to ask around
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=21602
it's a good sign if herbs made your cycle regular, it means you may have low of any one of the hormones. you may be right that you have low estrogen.
in any case you may also want to look into lowering cortisol and raising progesterone. vitamin b6, vitamin c, vitamin e, vitex, arginine, zinc and magnesium can increase progesterone aside from taking progesterone cream like some ladies here.
https://sites.google.com/site/miscarriageresearch/hormones-and-miscarriage/progesterone-research/how-to-increase-progesterone
though just adding progesterone to a high stress body is like adding gasoline to a fire IMO, so take care of any stress first. the body uses up progesterone to make cortisol and lots of it in times of stress which could be why some women have menstrual disturbance in stress. progesterone is needed to keep estrogen from running rampant, to regulate your menstrual cycle and can actually make estrogen more effective when balanced.
there's herbs for reducing high androgens like saw palmetto and white peony which you may want to look into. testosterone is needed for estrogen, but it can turn into DHT. IMO you want to keep too much test from turning to DHT and make it turn into estrogen.
take a look through lotus' thread and don't be shy to ask around
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=21602