Aa
I feel like a crack case!!
I hope the question won't bore you ladies. I have been know to be long winded :)
Even back in my twenties I would go to the OB ( only doc I had at the time) and complain of feeling over anxious and PMS'y .
He was a "very " male Catholic doctor who chalked it all up to me being an anxious person and I need to destress!
Well at 38 I went to him due to the symptoms getting worse. All of a sudden he ran blood work and found I was hyperthyroid - After a through diagnoises I was Grave's hyperthyroid and was referred to an endo.
Trusting this endo I underwent Radio active iodine to kill this gland from producing thyroid hormone. This was in 2004.
I am now permantely hypothyroid ( with Hashimoto antibodies) and take Armour thyroid.
It's been a long road for me with really bad doctors - but I now have two pretty good ones. A regular MD and a bio identical hormone doctor too.
This is where I am a bit confused. I know ( at least researched) a ton of infomation on my thyroid condition. But I am not very up on all the female components changing in me.
It turns out after my visit with the bio doc Friday that I am estrogen domaniant. He has prescribed a progestrone cream for me I'll start next week. Again I am reading what I can on all this.
Though this I am also in perimenopause due to the family history with my mother and due to the thyroid disfunction I have now. I am 43.
I suppose I can live with the headaches - back pain - fatigue - etc. What I am not able to be comfortable with is the weight gain. 40 pounds of it since the ablation on the thyroid. Also the crankiness would be nice to leave me too.
Will the progestrone cream help lose some of the weight I gained with this perimenopausal estrogen dominance? Will it balance my mood? I know diet and exercise will need to be done too - but I am a very healthy eater and with hypo - I eat less now due to no hunger.
I never took any hormone pills ( only BC when I was in my twenties)
What would be your suggestions to help get my body and attitude back?
Even back in my twenties I would go to the OB ( only doc I had at the time) and complain of feeling over anxious and PMS'y .
He was a "very " male Catholic doctor who chalked it all up to me being an anxious person and I need to destress!
Well at 38 I went to him due to the symptoms getting worse. All of a sudden he ran blood work and found I was hyperthyroid - After a through diagnoises I was Grave's hyperthyroid and was referred to an endo.
Trusting this endo I underwent Radio active iodine to kill this gland from producing thyroid hormone. This was in 2004.
I am now permantely hypothyroid ( with Hashimoto antibodies) and take Armour thyroid.
It's been a long road for me with really bad doctors - but I now have two pretty good ones. A regular MD and a bio identical hormone doctor too.
This is where I am a bit confused. I know ( at least researched) a ton of infomation on my thyroid condition. But I am not very up on all the female components changing in me.
It turns out after my visit with the bio doc Friday that I am estrogen domaniant. He has prescribed a progestrone cream for me I'll start next week. Again I am reading what I can on all this.
Though this I am also in perimenopause due to the family history with my mother and due to the thyroid disfunction I have now. I am 43.
I suppose I can live with the headaches - back pain - fatigue - etc. What I am not able to be comfortable with is the weight gain. 40 pounds of it since the ablation on the thyroid. Also the crankiness would be nice to leave me too.
Will the progestrone cream help lose some of the weight I gained with this perimenopausal estrogen dominance? Will it balance my mood? I know diet and exercise will need to be done too - but I am a very healthy eater and with hypo - I eat less now due to no hunger.
I never took any hormone pills ( only BC when I was in my twenties)
What would be your suggestions to help get my body and attitude back?
Stella,
I will try to respond tonight. I don't have a computer at work (I teach troubled youth)... please drop me another message tonight if I miss this.. I don't mean to ignore these posts, I just sometimes get overwhelmed with my job as of late (we need another teacher to help me... until then.... YIKES!!!!!)...
Mary
I will try to respond tonight. I don't have a computer at work (I teach troubled youth)... please drop me another message tonight if I miss this.. I don't mean to ignore these posts, I just sometimes get overwhelmed with my job as of late (we need another teacher to help me... until then.... YIKES!!!!!)...
Mary
Im in the same boat with you had ovaries out 2 months ago evey dr tells ya something different , mine says all I need is estrogene I use the vivelle patch I know I need a stronger dose caus Im happy, sad then mad at the drop of a hat, driving my family crazy, Ive resurched this a lot genral opinion is bioidentical is best, I take black cosch an erbal supplement and believe it or not it takes awya the hot flashes, theres a lady named mary53 who wrote a big article on here about bioidentical hormone lots of good info, look her up under people, btw I got the thyroid prb too makes the menopause so much funner LOL. good luck.
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