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Medical Forum / General / Alternative / September 2003natural progesterone?
At 41, I recently gave birth to my first baby. Something strange occured. During pregnancy, I felt so calm, happy & relaxed. I was on bedrest and all stressors were removed from my life, but I think there is more to it. A doctor mentioned a lack of progesterone/excess estrogen could be at fault. I can't believe it could be that simple... Another doctor says taking progesterone will make my blood pressure worse, while another says not so. I'm really confused now. Prior to pregnancy: Type A personality Always rushing Hypertension Anxiety/Panic attacks Insomnia Hypothyroid Impatient Bursts of anger Perfectionist PMS Migraines Always Tense During pregnancy: ALL my symptoms including Hypertension & Hypothyroid dissapeared. No more bursts of anger, no impatience or signs of my old Type A personality. In a nutshell, I became the calmest, nicest and happiest I've ever been in my life. I was in pure heaven for 9 months. My husband couldn't believe how sweet & calm I was. After pregnancy: ALL my symptoms came back with a vengence, including an extra 10lbs and really heavy periods. In addition, I now have borderline blood sugar numbers. My blood pressure which was low the entire pregnancy literally went back up days within giving birth. Doctor tried Paxil to make the anxiety better, didn't work on me! She then said I may be premenopause..what??? Would appreciate any feedback/opinions. Bree >At 41, I recently gave birth to my first baby. Something strange >occured. During pregnancy, I felt so calm, happy & relaxed. I was >on bedrest and all stressors were removed from my life, but I think >there is more to it. A friend of mine so loved the psychological effects of being pregnant that she had to be careful not to keep having children, not because she wanted lots of children (she didn't), but because she so *loved* being pregant it was a serious temptation. >A doctor mentioned a lack of progesterone/excess estrogen could be at >fault. I can't believe it could be that simple... Another doctor says >taking progesterone will make my blood pressure worse, while another >says not so. I'm really confused now. It *could* be that simple, in the sense that various hormones, so called "brain hormones", and neurotransmitters, can in very small doses have very dramatic effects on the way we think and feel. That's why there's such a large street drug addiction problem. OTOH, while the *diagnosis* may be that simple, effecting the desired change is not, because in the body and brain these biochemicals are knitted together in very intricate dynamic mechanisms, and simply trying to supplement what is lacking is likely to have unexpected effects, some of which may be pretty bad. It could be useful to try consulting a good endocrinologist. This area is very poorly understood, so very few docs have any clue about how these things work, but some of the better endocrinologists have useful intuitions and experiences, and most have a much better appreciation than most doctors of how things can go badly wrong when you fiddle with this stuff. -- Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] |
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