PLEASE HELP!!!! so sick

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I am 55 yrs old. haven't had a period since 2007.

this past October I lost my smell and taste after

getting over a cold and it wasn't coming back, the

condition is called anosmia. I freaked out and went

into severe anxiety mode. I tried everything to

alleviate it. I guess the anxiety took its toll on me.

I went to shrinks and tried Anti-depressants but

one didn't help and the other made me so sick,

I could even take a shower. An old friend told me

about this Wiley Protocol using bioidentical hormones

and went on it, they use massive doses of estradiol

and progesterone, witht the philosohphy of bringing

a woman back to her 20's and getting her periods

again. I didn't like that part. I was on it for about

7 weeks and it made me sicker. I stopped it cold turkey.

The anxiety and stress continued, I started to get my

smell back some by then, although I wasn't even thinking

of that anymore.

I never tapered the hormones and that was probably a big mistake but they were

making me so sick and I continue to be so sick now after off of them for about a

month. My gyno gave me some other creams with 2 clicks of estradiol and

progesterone pill with pregnenoone which I did for about a week. No

improvements, continued to be sick...then he reduced the dose and changed me to

progesterone cream with no pregnenolone. continued not feeling well, and as of 5

days ago, I have taken nothing. I have never been so sick like this and if my

progesterone levels were so elevated on the saliva tests along with the

estradiol, why coninue taking them. something is making them high. did the WP

screw up my levels? did they affect my thyroid (high reverse T3) high cortisol,

high serum DHEAS, high testosterone on blood tests, but normal DHEA and

testosterone on saliva. I wish I never started these creams. Now what do I do?

Now the you know what hit the fan......my blood

pressure started to skyrocket, my pulse was fast,

palpitations started (I currently take and have been

on a beta blocker for over 20 yrs) My head felt like it

was going to expode, I was shaking, jittery, nervous,

had the runs all day, all the classic symptoms of severe

anxiety, but I didn't have anything to be so anxious

over. did the anxiety that started in October when

I lost my smell take over and won't let go?

or is it something else causing this?

I went to another gyno and he knew his stuff.

I had, had many blood tests taken showing low estrogens

and progesterone levels, low prolactin, low FSH,

low Vitamin D, high calcium, high DHEAS and

testosterone, and this one endo told me I had

the classic signs of PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome)

but how??? I am in menopause, never had a fertility

issue or any know cysts on my ovaries, although hadn't

had a scan recently. 2 other gynos disagreed with her

and said impossible. Recent saliva tests now show,

very high progesterone and estrogen levels, off the

chart levels, normal DHEA and testosterone but very

high cortisol levels in the PM, and normal levels

in the AM. all classic signs of the start of adrenal

fatigue. I also have a very high reverse T3 level.

I wake up every morning shaky, jittery, anxious where

it won't leave no matter what I do. everything bothers me,

I can't cry, wish I could, haven't laughed in so long,

I can't remember. my head is exploding, my heart

is pounding and skipping all the time. I am taking

holy basil as prescribed by gyno and he wants me to

continue the creams although I can't understand why

since my levels are so high.

I spoke with a doctor, a naturopath who told me that high levels of progesterone

can actually make you sick and have the reverse affects

of levels in balance and as long as your adrenals and thryoid

are messed up, the P/E levels wil remain high and

won't give you the beneits. makes sense???

If my cortisol levels according to saliva tests are normal in the AM, why do I

wake up so jittery with high anxiety. according to the saliva tests, they are

high in the evening and PM. The serum test results were so very different than

the saliva results. I can post them in another message.

I am a real mess, can't function, just have no health

to do anything at all. I can't even shower or take

care of myself without help. So far nothing is working.

I take an occasional valium and even that doesn't work.

I don't sleep and have no appetite, have lost tons of

weight and feel like i am going to die.

I had cancer 2 yrs ago and that weighs heavily on me

since NHL [non-hodgkins lymphoma] can come back.

I have a severe neck condition

that prevents me from driving or working. I sit in this

house wanting to cry and can't to release some stresses.

I made an appt with an internist who specializes in

endocrinology but that is not until June unless there

is a cancellation.

I stopped the creams and are only taking the holy basil

and some vitamins. I can't keep starting and stopping

the creams which will make the levels flucuate

even more. I don't know what to do, the more I worry,

the more my cortisol levels go higher. I can't feel

worse than I already do. I feel like I am going to die.

something is seriously wrong with me.

Thanks so much for listening....I know I wrote a

book here. I also realize you are not doctors and

can't give medical advice.

Take care

Regards,

Nanci