17-06-2011, 15:22
Hi, beachbumbythesea! How old are you? What is your program - what do you take? Only PM? What dosage of MP? Do you cycle? What did you take before starting PM? Do you exercise? What happens when you take SP?
From just reading Dr.Lee's book you won't know if you have low progesterone or not. It can be anything - low estrogen and even lower progesterone, high estrogen and low progesterone (estrogen dominance), high DHT and low estrogen and progesterone.. It really can be anything.. If I were to give an advice I would say you either need to have your hormones checked by a doctor or you can try and find out your hormonal status by yourself. Either do saliva tests or do your basal body temperature charting, you can find all the information about it in my program. I described what kind of imbalance gives certain BBT Charts with examples (estrogen dominance, luteal phase deficiency, so on). I find it most useful myself.
When I started NBE I used herbs and I knew nothing about my own hormones. Needless to say that I really messed my cycle and my hormones then. I was taking high doses of estrogenic and prolactogenic herbs throughout my cycle and that resulted in me having high estrogen and prolactin and low progesterone. I used herbs and PC to correct it. Then I learned that luteal phase of the cycle is all about progesterone, not estrogen. I still use PC, just a little and only in luteal phase of the cycle. PC also makes estrogen receptors more sensitive to estrogen because many girls' problem is NOT low estrogen (they have enough of it) but just "stupid receptors don't understand it"!
Btw, my boobs grew when I was only using PC and nothing else! I know that Wahaika says PC actually stopps all growth but it didn't happen in my case. The growth I got from PC stayed, so it wasn't a temporary swelling.
Btw, I believe that to achieve growth you need to work with all hormones, not just estrogen. In puberty both estrogen and progesterone are high, prolactin too, and tons of other very important hormones like growthhormone.
So, I would advise you do BBT charting. It is complicated in the beginning and annoying at times (you have to do it first thing in the morning after you wake up at the same time every day) but it's worth it. You will be able to see what kind of deficiency (hormonal) you have after 1-2 months.
From just reading Dr.Lee's book you won't know if you have low progesterone or not. It can be anything - low estrogen and even lower progesterone, high estrogen and low progesterone (estrogen dominance), high DHT and low estrogen and progesterone.. It really can be anything.. If I were to give an advice I would say you either need to have your hormones checked by a doctor or you can try and find out your hormonal status by yourself. Either do saliva tests or do your basal body temperature charting, you can find all the information about it in my program. I described what kind of imbalance gives certain BBT Charts with examples (estrogen dominance, luteal phase deficiency, so on). I find it most useful myself.
When I started NBE I used herbs and I knew nothing about my own hormones. Needless to say that I really messed my cycle and my hormones then. I was taking high doses of estrogenic and prolactogenic herbs throughout my cycle and that resulted in me having high estrogen and prolactin and low progesterone. I used herbs and PC to correct it. Then I learned that luteal phase of the cycle is all about progesterone, not estrogen. I still use PC, just a little and only in luteal phase of the cycle. PC also makes estrogen receptors more sensitive to estrogen because many girls' problem is NOT low estrogen (they have enough of it) but just "stupid receptors don't understand it"!
Btw, my boobs grew when I was only using PC and nothing else! I know that Wahaika says PC actually stopps all growth but it didn't happen in my case. The growth I got from PC stayed, so it wasn't a temporary swelling.
Btw, I believe that to achieve growth you need to work with all hormones, not just estrogen. In puberty both estrogen and progesterone are high, prolactin too, and tons of other very important hormones like growthhormone.
So, I would advise you do BBT charting. It is complicated in the beginning and annoying at times (you have to do it first thing in the morning after you wake up at the same time every day) but it's worth it. You will be able to see what kind of deficiency (hormonal) you have after 1-2 months.