[PrincessBubblegum]

It sounds like you have a similar experience to me in the hormone area. Do you know if you've always had imbalances, or if it came about later on?

To finally answer your question, super after the fact...I've always had imbalances. My acne was terrible in high school. My periods were so heavy that I couldn't make it through the morning bus ride without sometimes soaking through a super-plus tampon and a pad. And without birth control, I still get awful mid-cycle pain. I'd say I'm better off now than I used to be, but I still need DHT/androgen blockers to maintain a decent complexion.

Anyway, I think your decision to go back on maca is good! And staying away from PM now is probably for the best. Have you considered using something that lowers androgens? Spearmint tea, reishi, massaging with coconut oil. I want to say that most of those are going to be pretty much harmless in regards to other aspects of your heath. Reishi is a general health and immune tonic. Spearmint tea is just...tasty tea. And coconut oil has numerous benefits, externally and internally. They're seriously the only things that brought my acne down without BCP. And DHT is a huge inhibitor of breast growth.

That's alright. That sounds kind of like me, except that I have light periods. It stinks having to go through all of that. :/

I drink spearmint tea almost every day (definitely tasty), and I have coconut oil that I sometimes take internally. I didn't realize that coconut oil helped lower androgens. I might get some reishi too.

Newbie here... Is there a place where I can get a list of all the abreviations you guys use? I found this thread searching for info on Maca. But I can't make heads or tails out of what you guys are saying because of all the abreviations

Welcome I remember feeling that way too at first. The link will clear things up.