Guest guest Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Lilly I dont know how old you are or how much exercise you do, but I have read , I think from both Reiss and Vliet, that the younger and more active you are, th more E you use up, and that of course is compounded by stress, too. I'm 43 in peri, self-employed(=stress) and exercise alot and have found that I need tons of E. I'm up to 8mg/day (feel like I could still go up to more), using olive oil skin drops from WIP. I started out using oestrogel a few months ago and was having to use minimum of 4 sticks to feel decent, before I figured that I really needed to go a different route - I ended up switching to the oo E so that I could get enough E without having to slather so much skin surface! I dont know if this info will help....but hope it does. The compounded E in OO is realllllllly cheap too. $12.50!!!!! and that pharmacy is extremely professional, knowlegable and helpful. Christa To: rhythmicliving From: lillypilates@...Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:48:46 +0000Subject: 4 sticks of estrogel I am using outrageous quanity of 4 sticks of estrogel and these are blood results:1.) Feb 14 (which was 20th day of cycle eventhough period has not come) my blood was 103 after taking 1 stick at 7:30 AM and 1 stick at 1:30 PM and then blood taken at 4:30, same day mp progesterone was 1.72.) the previous month on 20th day of cycle, one hr. after one stick in the AM, my estradiol was 15, same day my progesterone was 2So even with 4 sticks dosed through out the day, my blood estrogen is only 103 at peak and 15 at trough in AMKind of scary. I am just wondering why I am not shedding any lining if I am taking this much estrogen and topical progesterone apparently not doing anything anyway. Candidly, it has been extremely stressful time-husband is realtor and no commissions in 6 months and now I am having to pay all the bills from my savings and I am considering separating. So, I wonder if my body is burning up more estrogen at this time than is usual. However, in the last 6 months I have felt that I needed more and more estrogel to maintain an even keel on the hormones.>> Your P cream may not be reaching your uterus. According to research I> posted, in 32% of women, P cream does not protect the uterus.> > How many sticks of Estrogel are you using? 8 mg of estradiol seems like a> LOT.> > Val> > > -----Original Message-----> From: rhythmicliving [mailto:rhythmicliving ]> On Behalf Of lillypilates> > I am presently taking about 8 mg of estradiol in the estrogel from > Europe, about 100 mg of progest-progesterone cream over the counter, > and one squirt under tongue of this DHEA stuff. I may change the > progesterone but not sure what to do. I just missed my first period > so not sure what to do to get myself to cycle. However, I feel > pretty good in general and really see no negative effects yet except > that I seem to need more and more stuff to have blood test look like > I have enough E and P, but I don't know if it is that I am actually > going in menopause and actually do need this much stuff or my > estrogen and progesteorne receptors just turn off and just don;'t > respond or something.> Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! Learn more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Thanks the exercise and active thing may be part of it-I am very fit and while not skinny, not a lot of body fat either. I will look into the OO E. Yes, I feel like an estrogel factory and feel as if it is all over me! >> Your P cream may not be reaching your uterus. According to research I> posted, in 32% of women, P cream does not protect the uterus.> > How many sticks of Estrogel are you using? 8 mg of estradiol seems like a> LOT.> > Val> > > -----Original Message-----> From: rhythmicliving [mailto:rhythmicliving ] > On Behalf Of lillypilates> > I am presently taking about 8 mg of estradiol in the estrogel from > Europe, about 100 mg of progest- progesterone cream over the counter, > and one squirt under tongue of this DHEA stuff. I may change the > progesterone but not sure what to do. I just missed my first period > so not sure what to do to get myself to cycle. However, I feel > pretty good in general and really see no negative effects yet except > that I seem to need more and more stuff to have blood test look like > I have enough E and P, but I don't know if it is that I am actually > going in menopause and actually do need this much stuff or my > estrogen and progesteorne receptors just turn off and just don;'t > respond or something.> > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! > http://biggestloser.msn.com/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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