This coming Sunday, September 12th - I will start my first progesterone cream treatment. I still have NO idea if it will help or not - but I am hopeful. It feels like this is one of the missing pieces of the puzzle.
Today I also called a Holistic GYN - that I feel I could trust with symptoms and recovery techniques far beyond the regular medicine world. But I have not decided if I should go for it now or not. It will most likely not be covered by my insurance and the first visit is $280... that is almost half a ticket to Sweden over Christmas.
I don't know what to do. Maybe I can go to my regular doctor and have them do some hormone testing on me and that will give me a starting point? But that will mean that I need to get in on Monday so that the progesterone cream does not give a too false starting point. And maybe after a month on the cream if things are still the same I might look for more answers. I don't know... I would love to have someone to talk to that I trust and that would understand...
This past month have been a little set back month for me. I have experienced minor anxiety, heart palpitations, gas, depression, insomnia. food cravings and my cycles have not been on the mark lately either... and I ask myself if it is because I am truly getting a little worse as far as hormone imbalance or if it is because I have been slacking with my supplements eating habits and exercise regimen?! Can it be a little bit of both??
Sunday will be a whole new start for me. I am not only going to attack my issues with the progesterone cream, but also start taking my Thyroid supplements, Vitamin D3, Fish Oil, Vitamin C, and Magnesium along with eating less carbs and sugar and jump back on my exercise schedule again... I have to make it work, I just have to!
What kind of thyroid supplements are you taking? My temps averaged low/hypothyroid-ish this month so I'm wondering about that. I wasn't as good with my vitamins either though. I had cut back on wine a bit and my temps seem to be low if I don't drink. Maybe I need to not feel so guilty about my glass (or two) of wine at dinnertime/after.
ReplyDeleteHey Robin. I am taking Now Foods 'Thyroid Energy' http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-Thyroid-Energy-Thyroid-Support-90-Vcaps/843?at=0 it is a Kelp supplement with some B-vitamins and I also take 450 mcg of plain Kelp that I get from GNC.
ReplyDeleteI think a glass or two here and there is perfectly fine! Are you having any other low thyroid-function symptoms besides for the low temperature??
~Helena
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