Elizabeth Miller wrote:

> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> "Are you taking estrogen in addition to progesterone (HRT)?  I'd suggest
> dropping the
> estrogen and going only for progesterone (prometrium ONLY or one of the
> creams)."
>
> The problem with this suggestion is that not only do you need estrogen
> for hundreds of reactions throughout the body, but without an estrogen
> peak you don't produce the progesterone receptors needed to utilize the
> progesterone. Estrogen and progesterone do a monthly dance -- estrogen
> creates progesterone receptors and progesterone creates estrogen
> receptos. I personally take both transdermal bio-identical estradial and
> progesterone in physiologic amounts in a cyclical fashion. (see TS
> Wiley's Sex, Lies and Menopause)

Have you ever had the saliva test to see just what your estrogen and
progesterone levels are?  In my case, though 7 years past menopause
and not supplementing estrogen, my estrogen levels were still twice
normal while my progesterone was 1/20th of normal.  Most women unless
very thin make plenty of estrogen in their fat cells even after menopause.

http://www.salivatest.com/

    Lynnet