Hi, for 7 years I've had an ongoing battle with my hormones. Only of most recent though have I discovered it has been my hormones. I've suffered with seizures, that have always occurred come that time of the month. I've seen neurologists, cardiologist, several emergency rooms & alternative therapists - all of which said I'm a picture of health. Along with these specialists I've had every test possible from MRI's to Echo's, ECG's, blood tests etc again all of which had the result of picture of health. About 6 months ago I started seeing a naturopath with biofeedback technology, this has definately helped & reduced the frequency but not solved the problem. 7 years of this & I'm really over it, many a times I've wanted to give up; so many more things have come with it mainly the anxieties. According to my new naturopath I have a progesterone/testosterone dominance. The testosterone dominance is definately noticeable with my adult acne. I eat healthy, cut back on caffeine & soft drinks etc, followed every rule to prevent reoccurence, but there still haunting me. Have u any suggestions?

hi same problem wid me aslo. I have also gained lot of wt. and after wrkign out so vigoroulsy also i am nt able to loose weight. Can anyone give me advice on it .

I have been on hormone replacement for 15 years,and have recently had a mastectomy, all is well, but my problem is I had to stop the hormone replacement, straight away, and after the op the doctors put me on to tablets to take the oestrogen out of my body, now I am having a problem with pain in my upper arms, my knees, and pain in my shoulders, I feel as if I need to replace something in my body to make me feel better, any ideas! Pat

Thanks for your help...easy to understand. Concrete information that i can be aware of and share with others.

ok i dont know if this is wrong or correct in suggesting this.I am 29 and always had acne and terrible moods.but i dont like the idea of medication. i have always said its my hormones and it irks me that doctors dont agree with me. anyway two years ago i finally went to a doctor and he prescribed espiride for me , think mostly for depression. strangely enough my skin cleared up amazingly. so after researching it i have come to the conclussion it is my hormones because why did my face clear up miraculously. I would love to go on to it again but unfortunately you wont fall pregnant on it even though a side effect is lactating. i rate this tablet but if u want kids stay away. and yes i became a nicer person too :) i am in south africa so not sure if available everywhere

Hi. Thanks for the tips. I would also recommend finding a doctor who will actually listen. Seems to be a rare thing. Before accepting any sort of diagnosis – get a cycle-long blood test. I just had 4 blood draws over 4 weeks and charted them with my MD. Before this, she diagnosed me with PCOS based on a couple symptoms that matched. After a week on drugs I said NO WAY and asked her to HEAR ME. She agreed to the blood tests – although I will likely pay out of pocket for 3 of them (insurance complaint a whole different blog…) I have high prolactin, high DHEA, low progesterone and up and down estrogen. After the blood tests, I have done one month of BIO-IDENTICAL oral progesterone. I have this in caps because this is very important. Synthetic hormones are not a good idea. I have been reading up on the industry and it turns out that drug companies make synthetic hormones intentionally so they are not identical to the hormones our bodies make. Why do they do this? Because this way they can patent the drug. They don’t care about our health – they care about being rich. After a month of the bio-identical progesterone days 14 – 28, fish oil all month, primrose oil days 14-28, dong quai days 21-28… I feel good. I was shocked at how peaceful my menses was this past month. I haven’t felt good in over a decade. More fine-tuning to come. With exercise and following the above list, I imagine I will actually feel liberated from the symptoms of imbalance. Cheers, Dhanna age 35