Hey all!
These last days I decided that I am tired of feeling tired and yucky all the time, so I dived into the Diet and health section on the forum and made it my first priority to see into every aspect of my health, before I start ascribing any of the unpleasant symptoms to the EE program. My inquisitive journey brought up the aspect of hormonal health. And I decided to share parts of what I found with you, in case they will be of help to you, now or later. It’s nothing new really, just a compilation of info. Plus i have some questions.
I should mention that I know from test results that I have a low functioning thyroid. I am adamant about not taking any medication for it, but my endocrinologist told me to have the test done again in six months and if it did not show stability or improvement, he would put me on meds. Well, I did not go back nor took the test. I came here ;)
In the forum I found the threads about progesterone
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=12458.0
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=7462.msg53066#msg53066
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=12247.0
and I think I truly need that natural progesterone cream! Not only it will help my thyroid's performance, but also my last PMS was extremely severe, and the first day of my period I had such pain to the point that I cried while driving from work home, and once there, curled up in bed and could not move. I took two Panadol pills (paracedamol) but it did not stop the pain, though it alleviated it a bit. I never take pills and the last time I took paracedamol was in 2006 and it put me to sleep immediately. So it was unusual that it did not work for me.
On that subject, i came upon some interesting sites on PMS symptoms, his one in particular i found to be very informative:
Four Keys to Kick PMS
and also the one from the authors of Hormone Well and Hormone Hell, mentioned elsewhere:
Hormone well
I ordered both the book and the cream from this site, but few days later they refunded me and said they don’t ship to my country. So my first question is, where do people in Europe get their natural progesterone cream from?
I also found this cool Women health issues website, which has several topics on thyroid function, adrenal fatigue symptom and tips on how to go about dealing with any of the problems with alternative treatments:
Women to Women
Given all I learned from the readings about thyroid problems being the result of environmental estrogens/toxins, it becomes apparent that detoxifying through a wholesome diet, supplementation and using infrared saunas is the way to start off. Then there’s the relationship between toxicity and adrenal fatigue syndrome, which is closely linked to candida excess in the body, so overall, the health regime that is outlined in these forum pages is the most comprehensive to deal with these most important issues
And to tell you the truth, I’ve been following everything, doing the sauna 2-3 times a week since last February, the anticandida diet, the shakes/supplements, detox diet for a year now, and for 3 weeks last September I did the ultra simple diet along with the 3x a day nystatin regime. I know it’s brief, but that was about as much nystatin I brought with me from a recent trip to Canada :/ I wrongly remembered that nystatin is to be taken for two weeks instead of two months
The thing is however, that only now I realize that whatever wellness regime I have followed this far, I did not go into it with all my heart. It took getting really tired of feeling horrible everyday and lots of reading here and everywhere to make me realize that our bodies are indeed a solid structure made up of interconnecting networks, and how the function or dysfunction of one part affects all the others, and how this in turn affects the extending, not-so solid looking parts of the body, the emotions and the thought processes. I mean, I could intellectually grasp it all when reading, understanding their significance, but now I Feel it also!
Anyways, back to women and thyroid. The Women to Women website has a questionnaire designed to assess our hormonal health:
Hormone Assessment
and I took, and they e-mailed me the results:
Then they go on about contacting them so they can create a personalized program for you. Looking at their assessment of what i need to do to bring me hormonal harmony :) what i am not doing right now are:
1. taking a "medical-grade multivitamin designed for women that includes an essential fatty acid supplement"
2. taking a "bone building supplement that delivers the right dosage and forms of the key bone building nutrients"
3. having an exercise regime
The last one, i could deal with, probably start swimming again, but i would like any advice you might have on the supplementation suggestions, because i already take some supplements: lipoic acid, magnesium, fish oils, spirulina or chlorella, vit C, 5-htp i do the shakes with the berries, flax seeds and flaxseed oil. And i take Himalayan salts when i do the infrared sauna. I don't know what's good bone-wise, other than calcium.
I have to admit here that i am feeling a bit disappointed with myself for not taking better care of me - real, heartfelt care. It's the hardest thing for me to do, and i am the only one who can do it for me - only now i see the real irony of this.
I heard often in the past that women are more affected by thyroid and bone related problems, but I just never thought I’d be one, mostly because i was flying high on the invincibility stick that accompanies young age. Well, I am not that young anymore, and feeling invincible health wise prevented me from taking the necessary steps all these years to strengthen my body and bones, by exercising more. I am very thin framed to begin with, i should have seen it coming or listened to my pediatrician who told me when i was a teenager that i should look well after my bones .
But better late than never, no?
These last days I decided that I am tired of feeling tired and yucky all the time, so I dived into the Diet and health section on the forum and made it my first priority to see into every aspect of my health, before I start ascribing any of the unpleasant symptoms to the EE program. My inquisitive journey brought up the aspect of hormonal health. And I decided to share parts of what I found with you, in case they will be of help to you, now or later. It’s nothing new really, just a compilation of info. Plus i have some questions.
I should mention that I know from test results that I have a low functioning thyroid. I am adamant about not taking any medication for it, but my endocrinologist told me to have the test done again in six months and if it did not show stability or improvement, he would put me on meds. Well, I did not go back nor took the test. I came here ;)
In the forum I found the threads about progesterone
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=12458.0
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=7462.msg53066#msg53066
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=12247.0
and I think I truly need that natural progesterone cream! Not only it will help my thyroid's performance, but also my last PMS was extremely severe, and the first day of my period I had such pain to the point that I cried while driving from work home, and once there, curled up in bed and could not move. I took two Panadol pills (paracedamol) but it did not stop the pain, though it alleviated it a bit. I never take pills and the last time I took paracedamol was in 2006 and it put me to sleep immediately. So it was unusual that it did not work for me.
On that subject, i came upon some interesting sites on PMS symptoms, his one in particular i found to be very informative:
Four Keys to Kick PMS
and also the one from the authors of Hormone Well and Hormone Hell, mentioned elsewhere:
Hormone well
I ordered both the book and the cream from this site, but few days later they refunded me and said they don’t ship to my country. So my first question is, where do people in Europe get their natural progesterone cream from?
I also found this cool Women health issues website, which has several topics on thyroid function, adrenal fatigue symptom and tips on how to go about dealing with any of the problems with alternative treatments:
Women to Women
Given all I learned from the readings about thyroid problems being the result of environmental estrogens/toxins, it becomes apparent that detoxifying through a wholesome diet, supplementation and using infrared saunas is the way to start off. Then there’s the relationship between toxicity and adrenal fatigue syndrome, which is closely linked to candida excess in the body, so overall, the health regime that is outlined in these forum pages is the most comprehensive to deal with these most important issues
And to tell you the truth, I’ve been following everything, doing the sauna 2-3 times a week since last February, the anticandida diet, the shakes/supplements, detox diet for a year now, and for 3 weeks last September I did the ultra simple diet along with the 3x a day nystatin regime. I know it’s brief, but that was about as much nystatin I brought with me from a recent trip to Canada :/ I wrongly remembered that nystatin is to be taken for two weeks instead of two months
The thing is however, that only now I realize that whatever wellness regime I have followed this far, I did not go into it with all my heart. It took getting really tired of feeling horrible everyday and lots of reading here and everywhere to make me realize that our bodies are indeed a solid structure made up of interconnecting networks, and how the function or dysfunction of one part affects all the others, and how this in turn affects the extending, not-so solid looking parts of the body, the emotions and the thought processes. I mean, I could intellectually grasp it all when reading, understanding their significance, but now I Feel it also!
Anyways, back to women and thyroid. The Women to Women website has a questionnaire designed to assess our hormonal health:
Hormone Assessment
and I took, and they e-mailed me the results:
Then they go on about contacting them so they can create a personalized program for you. Looking at their assessment of what i need to do to bring me hormonal harmony :) what i am not doing right now are:
1. taking a "medical-grade multivitamin designed for women that includes an essential fatty acid supplement"
2. taking a "bone building supplement that delivers the right dosage and forms of the key bone building nutrients"
3. having an exercise regime
The last one, i could deal with, probably start swimming again, but i would like any advice you might have on the supplementation suggestions, because i already take some supplements: lipoic acid, magnesium, fish oils, spirulina or chlorella, vit C, 5-htp i do the shakes with the berries, flax seeds and flaxseed oil. And i take Himalayan salts when i do the infrared sauna. I don't know what's good bone-wise, other than calcium.
I have to admit here that i am feeling a bit disappointed with myself for not taking better care of me - real, heartfelt care. It's the hardest thing for me to do, and i am the only one who can do it for me - only now i see the real irony of this.
I heard often in the past that women are more affected by thyroid and bone related problems, but I just never thought I’d be one, mostly because i was flying high on the invincibility stick that accompanies young age. Well, I am not that young anymore, and feeling invincible health wise prevented me from taking the necessary steps all these years to strengthen my body and bones, by exercising more. I am very thin framed to begin with, i should have seen it coming or listened to my pediatrician who told me when i was a teenager that i should look well after my bones
. But better late than never, no?
This is why I went to the trouble of listing every single ingredient of both labels in this thread. I don't know which ingredients have done what, but I do know that I trust this Kokoro brand, because of my continued success with this cream. I hope that it is able to help you the way its helped me and I would be curious to know your experiences if you try it. :)
Not only i now have the information, but i have my personal experience with the information and my story as example to share with anyone with thyroid problems.
