Re: Menstrual cycle and Sx's

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I've never had worse problems in that area around that time of the month.  I do (and I'm not sure why) have extremely erratic long, heavy cycles when I'm not SCD.  That went totally away or goes away after about a month of the diet.  I've tried telling a doctor (or plural doctors) but I can't explain it well enough or they just don't believe it.  So now my PCP wants me on Provera monthly to keep it straight--from now on.  It's really messed up now taking the illegal i-o-n pills which seems to make it harder to stay legal on so in some cases once you stray, it's just that much harder to get it straight again.

 

Debbie 40 cd

 

Ladies, do you find that where you are in your menstrual cycle affects your symptoms? I'm finding that the week preceding the period tends to be a worse/more sensitive GI-week for me and was wondering if that's common. Lower serotonin levels, perhaps?

Lilian

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I think intestinal symptoms might tend to manifest as symptoms elsewhere - like the male (prostate) and female organs.

To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Wed, December 23, 2009 12:41:35 PMSubject: Re: Menstrual cycle and Sx's

I've never had worse problems in that area around that time of the month. I do (and I'm not sure why) have extremely erratic long, heavy cycles when I'm not SCD. That went totally away or goes away after about a month of the diet. I've tried telling a doctor (or plural doctors) but I can't explain it well enough or they just don't believe it. So now my PCP wants me on Provera monthly to keep it straight--from now on. It's really messed up now taking the illegal i-o-n pills which seems to make it harder to stay legal on so in some cases once you stray, it's just that much harder to get it straight again.

Debbie 40 cd

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:32 AM, liliholm <lilianhd (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Ladies, do you find that where you are in your menstrual cycle affects your symptoms? I'm finding that the week preceding the period tends to be a worse/more sensitive GI-week for me and was wondering if that's common. Lower serotonin levels, perhaps?Lilian

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Ditto.--

 

Yes, my C. problems, GERDS and insomnia are all worse.  And

being 50 and very close to full blown menopause, it’s worse and longer.

Cheers,

SCD 20 mths

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I did try a short prednisone taper a few months back to see if it stopped the bleeding--it did nothing so I gave up on that theory.

 

I also upped the yogurt and that didn't help.  The provera really doesn't either but the PCP said 'do not play' with the hormones so I won't...;-).

 

debbie 40 cd

 

I think intestinal symptoms might tend to manifest as symptoms elsewhere - like the male (prostate) and female organs. 

[Guest guest]

Ladies,If your doctor is wanting you to do provera, you might want to consider bio identical progesterone. Provera is a progestin and it is synthetic -- it is NOT progesterone. Most doctors aren't really aware of the difference, but your body will be. It fits the receptors sites, but it isn't processed by the body the same as bio identical hormones and therefore cannot be excreted the same either. I use Pro-gest and you can purchase it without a prescription in a cream form -- so no illegals. I usually get the box of 48 little tubes. Each contain 20mg of bio identical progesterone. If you are still having a cycle, you only need to apply it during the two weeks after ovulation until your period begins. There are instructions in the

box. I can highly recommend the book 'What your doctor may not tell you about menopause" by Dr. Lee. It will explain it all and then some. Definitely made a believer out of me! AmeliaHusband UC 9 years, SCD 17 Months LDN 2 weeks

[Guest guest]

reading my mind amelia - breakthrough by suzanne somers explains all the

bio-identicals and that we don't need to be going thru those horrible syptoms

etc - i'm not there yet but hoping not to ever be now - lol

eileen 23 months scd

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> Ladies,

>

> If your doctor is wanting you to do provera, you might want to consider bio

identical progesterone. Provera is a progestin and it is synthetic -- it is NOT

progesterone. Most doctors aren't really aware of the difference, but your body

will be. It fits the receptors sites, but it isn't processed by the body the

same as bio identical hormones and therefore cannot be excreted the same either.

I use Pro-gest and you can purchase it without a prescription in a cream form --

so no illegals. I usually get the box of 48 little tubes. Each contain 20mg of

bio identical progesterone. If you are still having a cycle, you only need to

apply it during the two weeks after ovulation until your period begins. There

are instructions in the box. I can highly recommend the book 'What your doctor

may not tell you about menopause " by Dr. Lee. It will explain it all and

then some. Definitely made a believer out of me!

>

> Amelia

> Husband UC 9 years, SCD 17 Months

> LDN 2 weeks

>

[Guest guest]

GOD YES! I get so unbelievably ill that I usually have to take at least one day

off of work. It doesn't seem fair that 2 weeks out of every month my UC

symptoms bother me (in varying degrees). This last time I was just getting over

an actual flare when my period started and I was in so much pain and so

nauseated with all the different symptoms that I almost went to the ER. Regular

pain killers had ZERO effect. " Fortunately " I was the only one home and didn't

have the strength to drive myself there. It's horrible. The only thing I've

ever heard from one of my docs is that it could be the change in hormones that

affects the UC. But that didn't really tell me what I could do about it.

Stacey

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> Ladies, do you find that where you are in your menstrual cycle affects your

symptoms? I'm finding that the week preceding the period tends to be a

worse/more sensitive GI-week for me and was wondering if that's common. Lower

serotonin levels, perhaps?

> Lilian

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