13-05-2012, 19:27
Hi Isabelle, thanks for the input, informative as always 
I will try cutting my zinc tablets in half, since 60mg does seem like a lot and I don't think it has done any noticeable good with the skin and hair issues. But it is also possible that I am not really getting anything out of the zinc because I tend to take it in the morning, before food, and I've seen it mentioned that zinc needs protein to absorb?
And I have been taking the B6 in the morning - I didn't know about the sedative effect. I'll be taking it with my nighttime magnesium from now on then.
I think that I would rather do saw palmetto or, as you suggested, pygeum bark, before pharmaceuticals, but I'm starting to wonder if it really matters. I mean, the reason I've been avoiding them is that I consider them to be kind of a band-aid and because they'd make things complicated when I want to have kids. But how much difference is there between the herbs and what is given to me by a doctor, in those regards?
I don't know how to fix this problem of high androgens. And nobody else seems to know how either, or is even able to say whether in women, problems with energy regulating hormones causes high androgens, or the other way around. Maybe the cause can't even be gotten rid of, and all I can do is treat the symptoms. I hope that, in the end, I will somehow be able to be free from these health problems without using drugs and HRT, but maybe something like a doctor-prescribed anti-androgen could help me move in that direction? Not having acne and greasy hair all the time, and growing some legit boobs would really help my confidence and happiness, and that would go a long way in improving my health.
I will try cutting my zinc tablets in half, since 60mg does seem like a lot and I don't think it has done any noticeable good with the skin and hair issues. But it is also possible that I am not really getting anything out of the zinc because I tend to take it in the morning, before food, and I've seen it mentioned that zinc needs protein to absorb?And I have been taking the B6 in the morning - I didn't know about the sedative effect. I'll be taking it with my nighttime magnesium from now on then.
I think that I would rather do saw palmetto or, as you suggested, pygeum bark, before pharmaceuticals, but I'm starting to wonder if it really matters. I mean, the reason I've been avoiding them is that I consider them to be kind of a band-aid and because they'd make things complicated when I want to have kids. But how much difference is there between the herbs and what is given to me by a doctor, in those regards?
I don't know how to fix this problem of high androgens. And nobody else seems to know how either, or is even able to say whether in women, problems with energy regulating hormones causes high androgens, or the other way around. Maybe the cause can't even be gotten rid of, and all I can do is treat the symptoms. I hope that, in the end, I will somehow be able to be free from these health problems without using drugs and HRT, but maybe something like a doctor-prescribed anti-androgen could help me move in that direction? Not having acne and greasy hair all the time, and growing some legit boobs would really help my confidence and happiness, and that would go a long way in improving my health.