Insulin Resistance / Was Progesterone options

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Deb,

I too, have insulin resistance. I had pellets inserted a little over a month ago, and so far it’s going pretty good. My E is now up to 117. (This is good for me!) My testo is 134.(High I know) My P is .5 (had a hyst, no P usage). My fasting blood sugar most days are 95-97. And if I eat certain carbs it can spike up to 150-160ish. (I’m skinny so it’s a balancing act on to little carbs and weight loss. I don’t eat sugar or gluten). Then one day, it will be completely normal for several days with no changes in diet. I can not figure out why this is. This was pre pellets. Since the pellet insertion, I have not noticed any normal blood sugar days.

I have checked my adrenals and they look good for the am and noon and then a bit high on the 4pm and midnight. My Thyroid probably could use a little help but nothing critical at this time.

Liz

Sheree,

I never did Wiley but am having issues getting my hormones adjusted. I had been on hydrocortisone for weak adrenals and when I came off of it, my sex hormones went high, especially E, I am guessing. I had the cycle that Dr. S says you want. Then, I listened to Dr. S's Menopause Power program and was convinced enough to switch to cycling instead of the static dosing I had been doing because of insulin resistance.

So I switched on my own and now am trying to work out how to dose this for me. My doc is helpful, but I don't believe she has others doing this.

Consequently, I was getting horrible low E symptoms on .1 + .025 every other day. Thanks to your post, my doc was willing to up my vivelle to 2 of (.1) every other day, so I will see if that helps. I am also switching my P but couldn't get the Crinone that Dr. S recommends.

I guess the good thing is that I am becoming conversant in what are low E symptoms. I also haven't had the cycle Dr. S says you want as either my E was too low or my P was too low.

What I can't figure out is why low E bothers me so much and doesn't seem to affect many friends my own age (55).

Thanks for your help, and I will probably be asking more questions.

Deb in MI

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Liz,

My E came out at 150-170 by blood tests, but I still got low E symptoms and it

may have dropped because I stopped my testo per Dr. Schwarzbein's Menopause

Power info. I haven't been checking my blood sugar lately due to big event

coming up, but will re-start in 2 weeks.

I would love to hear from people who have reversed the insulin resistance by

getting their sex hormones right as I don't really know anyone but am going by

what Dr. Schwarzbein says. Of course, I seem to be the only one I know going

through all the thyroid, adrenal, sex hormome issues also.

I was thinking that my blood sugars seemed higher during the 2 week P

supplementing but haven't done this long enough to get data so maybe I will know

later this spring.

I do know that doing the combined continuous dosing (not high either) that I

used to do, was giving me insulin resistance problems for sure.

Deb in MI

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> Deb,

> I too, have insulin resistance. I had pellets inserted a little over a month>

ago, and so far it�s going pretty good. My E is now up to 117. (This is good>

for me!) My testo is 134.(High I know) My P is .5 (had a hyst, no P usage).

> My fasting blood sugar most days are 95-97. And if I eat certain carbs it> can

spike up to 150-160ish. (I�m skinny so it�s a balancing act on to little>

carbs and weight loss. I don�t eat sugar or gluten). Then one day, it will> be

completely normal for several days with no changes in diet. I can not> figure

out why this is. This was pre pellets. Since the pellet insertion, I> have not

noticed any normal blood sugar days.

> I have checked my adrenals and they look good for the am and noon and then a>

bit high on the 4pm and midnight. My Thyroid probably could use a little> help

but nothing critical at this time.

> Liz

> > I never did Wiley but am having issues getting my hormones adjusted. I had>

> been on hydrocortisone for weak adrenals and when I came off of it, my sex> >

hormones went high, especially E, I am guessing. I had the cycle that Dr. S> >

says you want. Then, I listened to Dr. S's Menopause Power program and was> >

convinced enough to switch to cycling instead of the static dosing I had been

> > doing because of insulin resistance.

> >

> > So I switched on my own and now am trying to work out how to dose this for

me.> > My doc is helpful, but I don't believe she has others doing this.

> >

> > Consequently, I was getting horrible low E symptoms on .1 + .025 every

other> > day. Thanks to your post, my doc was willing to up my vivelle to 2 of

(.1)> > every other day, so I will see if that helps. I am also switching my P

but> > couldn't get the Crinone that Dr. S recommends.

> >

> > I guess the good thing is that I am becoming conversant in what are low E> >

symptoms. I also haven't had the cycle Dr. S says you want as either my E was>

> too low or my P was too low.

> > Deb in MI