09-10-2011, 20:50
Hi again NBE-newbie,
it's not PCOS, because if it was, LH would be high. It isn't.
Prolactin is a little on the high side, but not enough to cause amenorrhoea.
If the progesterone is in ng/ml, it's not bad.
If you still have high testosterone, there may be a problem with aromatase. The only herbal aromatase blocker I know is flax. But that binds to aromatase 100 times less strongly than testosterone, so it's not really a blocker. I know body builders take synthetic aromatase blockers to prevent growing breasts. Any chance there is, or was, anything like this in your diet or medication?
That still does not explain why DHEA is so high. Then both your 17B-HSD and 3β-HSD would also have to be blocked:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Steroidogenesis.svg
Aromatase, 17B-HSD and 3β-HSD: that makes three enzymes you may be lacking. How much fresh fruit and vegetables do you eat? I mean fresh off the tree or out of the field? Do you eat fruit that are full of enzymes, like mango? I know lled34aa switched to the caveman (paleo) diet, and it helped lower her testosterone.
it's not PCOS, because if it was, LH would be high. It isn't.
Prolactin is a little on the high side, but not enough to cause amenorrhoea.
If the progesterone is in ng/ml, it's not bad.
If you still have high testosterone, there may be a problem with aromatase. The only herbal aromatase blocker I know is flax. But that binds to aromatase 100 times less strongly than testosterone, so it's not really a blocker. I know body builders take synthetic aromatase blockers to prevent growing breasts. Any chance there is, or was, anything like this in your diet or medication?
That still does not explain why DHEA is so high. Then both your 17B-HSD and 3β-HSD would also have to be blocked:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Steroidogenesis.svg
Aromatase, 17B-HSD and 3β-HSD: that makes three enzymes you may be lacking. How much fresh fruit and vegetables do you eat? I mean fresh off the tree or out of the field? Do you eat fruit that are full of enzymes, like mango? I know lled34aa switched to the caveman (paleo) diet, and it helped lower her testosterone.