At 11:42 -0600 1/16/03, Matt Baker wrote:
>
>Most of the "menopause hormone" books I'm familiar with pretty much take a
>unilateral stance that *estrogen dominance* --that is, lack of
>progesterone--is the problem with hormonal imbalance at
>peri-menopause/menopause.  While that may indeed be true for some or, maybe,
>the majority of women, it's not true for all.  In my case, my estrogen
>levels were below even menopausal levels, while my progesterone was a little
>low but still well within the ref range.  Interestingly, my symptoms were
>identical to those Lee and others cite as hard evidence of estrogen
>dominance/low progesterone.  I was convinced.  *BUT* if I had followed the
>advice of the books to go buy some otc progesterone,  I would have seriously
>skewed/unbalanced my hormones even more than they already were.  Books, no
>matter how convincing,  are no substitute for accurate knowledge of one's
>body.   I think it's a good idea to get at least an initial baseline profile
>before supplementing any hormones.   Otherwise, you could end up tweaking
>the wrong direction and make things worse instead of better.
>
>Theola


May I ask what you did for therapy, if anything? Take it off list if
you like. How did you determine what proper balance would be?

ginny



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