[peggy]

So, in conjuction with my past hormonal results, I can see that I have:

Low DHEA
Low testosterone
High androstenedione
High prolactine
Normal estriol
Low estradiol
Very low progesterone

I think that Peggy and I have similar results, am I right? In our case I imagine that low levels of testosterone are not helping the game.

Normal estriol and low estradiol I think it can come from high androstenedione and low testosterone. Androstenedione is being transformed via aromatase into estriol, but testosterone is not being converted (maybe because we have low levels?!) into estradiol. Why androstenedione is not being converted into testosterone too?! Maybe our low levels of progesterone are being converted into androstenedione and less into DHEA, or what is converted into DHEA is rapidly converted into androstenedione and the path stays there, with high levels of andro, and low levels of test, that results in high estriol and low estradiol. Or androstenedione is not being converted into testosterone or what is converted into testosterone is rapidly being converted into DHT. Sorry for the mess. Does it make sense?

We have pretty much the same test results.

Maybe Lotus could chime in and share with us her knowledge?!