Postmortem,
The nurse practitioner at my doctor's office told me that raising my progesterone should lower the testosterone and offset its effects. I have noticed a tremendous difference in my skin (and so has everyone else) and I've recently started to notice a minor difference in the hirsutism. I attributed the skin to the new, healthy diet but since I've started the progesterone my skin seems to glow even more. No pimples at all! I used to have what almost looked like a rash on my forehead - like a thousand little pimples - and it's completely gone!
Ella 831,
Wow! I did not know that at all. I'm going to ask my doctor about it. Do you know how long of a break you are supposed to take from the progesterone cream? Is it the same with the natural progesterone pills? I've heard lots of good things about aloe vera juice. I plan on trying it when my series of appointments is all finished. Eating a high fiber diet helped me a lot too. I've been doing that for over a year now and my cholesterol has come down from 267 to 209! This was before I saw this doctor. Even with a high fiber diet, I experienced the alternating diarrhea and constipation. It really was the candida yeast for me probably. If you are just getting constipated on a high fiber diet, all you need to do is drink lots of water. It works wonders. I want to stick with only doing what my doctor tells me until it's all solidified because that way I'll know that it's his treatments that are helping me and not something I've done on my own. I'm putting him to the test so to speak.
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Dx: PCOS, Estrogen Dominance, Migraine, Hypothyroid (caused by high levels of reverse T3), Candida Yeast, Vitamin D deficiency, Adrenal Fatigue, Insulin Resistance
Meds: Armour Thyroid, Bio-identical Progesterone cream, Nystatin
Supplements: EPA/DHA, Chromium Picolonate, Multivitamin, CLA, Vitamin D, Ortho-Biotic, L-Carnitine |