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https://livefeisty.com/category/podc...lay-not-pause/
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06-22-21, 10:45 AM | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Maryland
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Dr. Jen talks about MTHFR testing which isn't mentioned in the book, but is commonly sold to women: https://vajenda.substack.com/p/mthfr...g-and-estrogen
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06-22-21, 02:50 PM | ||
Join Date: Feb 2014
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I had genetic testing a couple of years ago and I'm compound heterozygous for both MTHFR genes. And I can tell you that I have nothing but problems with estrogen, either high or low. Puberty was horrible, being on the pill was horrible, being pregnant was horrible, the year after giving birth was horrible, and now perimenopause has been the absolute horrible time period of my life. |
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06-24-21, 01:11 PM | ||
Join Date: Feb 2014
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Oddly enough, my perimenopause symptoms are kind of the complete opposite of a lot of women. I don't have hot flashes (yet) but I get chills before ovulating and before my period. I also had a complete blood panel bloodwork done a few months ago. My doctor didn't order estrogen or progesterone because he feels it isn't accurate (saliva preferred for that, but insurance won't cover it). All of my basic bloodwork is in the normal ranges, they are in the low normal but that's about it. My TSH has ranged between 3.5 to 5, but my T4 and T3 are actually in the normal ranges oddly enough. I had been on synthroid briefly in my 20s and it made me incredibly ill and didn't do anything but make me jittery. I really don't want to be on that again but my doctor says he'd rather I not take it again right now since I really don't have any other hypo symptoms. I have low ferritin, but it's actually higher now than it's ever been. I got my hemoglobin back into a good range from a few years ago. My magnesium level is great and my vitamin D is actually good (since I use a UVB light all year). I had two ultrasounds last year and no fibroids or cysts. I also had all types of cancer screenings, and thankfully all were fine. It's really just this massive weight gain in the past 3 years of 30 pounds, all in my breasts and gut. Nothing stops it, nothing works to lose it. I've had numerous injuries in the past 3 years in attempts to lose it. It seemed to have gotten massively worse after my gallbladder was removed. I could handle all of the perimenopause symptoms better if I could just lose any of this massive belly! |
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06-24-21, 11:10 PM | |
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NYC
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I am going through perimenopause. I just turned 50, but have been experiencing symptoms (namely, menorraghia) since 48. In late fall 2018, menorraghia hit me like a ton of bricks. Bloody hell, literally! I've been able to control it with medroxyprogesterone, thank goodness, but right now at 50, I notice weight gain regardless of ramping up the exercise and not eating THAT much.
I just want to get to menopause so at least I don't have to worry about my uterus erupting like Mt. Vesuvius every so often.
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