19-02-2016, 21:15
hey folks.
i posted awhile back but im still looking for answers on this.
i got some bad naturopathic guidance in an attempt to treat an infection and ended up with my body barely producing any hormones any more. (culprits among the herbs i was using may be chinese skullcap, neem, cats claw etc) at first it was low estrogen with breasts shrinking and no period for many months, but all of that was mild compared to the hair loss i'm experiencing now.
i've been taking saw palmetto for about a month and that was amazingly helpful initially but i took maca one day and had a horrible reaction to it and stopped all supplements for a few days. since restarting it sort of seems to have stopped working as well. i also suspect SP may have lowered my estrogen even lower, though i tried to take fennel and hops and red clover+topical tea tree at various points while i've been using it.
seeing as ALL my hormones are low, would the best bet for me to resolve this be to take DHEA + 5ar inhibitor (maybe ill try pygeum? should i try white peony?) ?
p.s. my endocrinologist isnt interested in helping me because she doesnt seem to believe herbs couldve caused this imbalance, probably thinks i am hiding an ED from her, doctors often do because im thin. I eat strict paleo w stuff like bone broth, coconut milk, and organ meats as staples,but i eat a lot.
prolactin 4.3 range 3.9-29.5 ug/L
estradiol <18 range:
prepubertal 0-130 pmol/L
early follicular: 90-715
luteal 147-950
post menopausal 0-145
progesterone 1.7 range:
follicular 0.1-5.0
luteal 3.5-67
T total 0.7 range: 0.3-1.7
SHBG 99.6 range 32.4-128.0
T Free cal 6 range 3-33
T Bio Cal 0.14 range 0.60-0.76
(i've tried to have drs run thyroid tests as well but nothing much has really turned up and they dont do the full panel. )
(my hormonal results shortly after my period stopped, before my hair loss started
Estradiol <18
T total 0.9
SHBG 162.2
T Free 5
T Bio 0.13 )
i posted awhile back but im still looking for answers on this.
i got some bad naturopathic guidance in an attempt to treat an infection and ended up with my body barely producing any hormones any more. (culprits among the herbs i was using may be chinese skullcap, neem, cats claw etc) at first it was low estrogen with breasts shrinking and no period for many months, but all of that was mild compared to the hair loss i'm experiencing now.
i've been taking saw palmetto for about a month and that was amazingly helpful initially but i took maca one day and had a horrible reaction to it and stopped all supplements for a few days. since restarting it sort of seems to have stopped working as well. i also suspect SP may have lowered my estrogen even lower, though i tried to take fennel and hops and red clover+topical tea tree at various points while i've been using it.
seeing as ALL my hormones are low, would the best bet for me to resolve this be to take DHEA + 5ar inhibitor (maybe ill try pygeum? should i try white peony?) ?
p.s. my endocrinologist isnt interested in helping me because she doesnt seem to believe herbs couldve caused this imbalance, probably thinks i am hiding an ED from her, doctors often do because im thin. I eat strict paleo w stuff like bone broth, coconut milk, and organ meats as staples,but i eat a lot.
prolactin 4.3 range 3.9-29.5 ug/L
estradiol <18 range:
prepubertal 0-130 pmol/L
early follicular: 90-715
luteal 147-950
post menopausal 0-145
progesterone 1.7 range:
follicular 0.1-5.0
luteal 3.5-67
T total 0.7 range: 0.3-1.7
SHBG 99.6 range 32.4-128.0
T Free cal 6 range 3-33
T Bio Cal 0.14 range 0.60-0.76
(i've tried to have drs run thyroid tests as well but nothing much has really turned up and they dont do the full panel. )
(my hormonal results shortly after my period stopped, before my hair loss started
Estradiol <18
T total 0.9
SHBG 162.2
T Free 5
T Bio 0.13 )