Hormone imbalance? - Hormone Problems Message Board

roocey · 05-02-2004, 10:16 AM

Hey guys. I have finally been told by my gyno. that I have a bad hormone imbalance. This is after months of going to dr.'s & being told I was depressed!! Anyway I did not get a period in April so he has given something to take to start it, then try birth control.(I have my tubes tied) He says he is optimistic that this will regulate the hormones in a couple of months if not we will try something else. Has anyone else done this? My worst symptoms were weight gain(alot even though I exercise & eat well) dizziness, hot flashes & mood swings. Anybody have any input?

kiddie derm · 05-02-2004, 06:36 PM

I have two words for you Natural Hormones...Progesterone and an estrogend balancing diet. You doctor may be befuddled but that's his/her problem...

1angel1princess · 05-02-2004, 09:15 PM

OMG Im so so so happy youve written about this, Ive posted about it last week and didn't get much of a responce. Ive been going threw so much with my EXCESIVE weight gain (I eat VERY healthy, and exercise daily)and the way Ive been feeling for a few years... It mellowed out durring my pregnancies and nursing and than picked back up with 15 lbs within 3 mths of weaning my daughter and its still coming strong even though Ive slowed down my eating to 900cals a day sence weaning.
I have an appt with an enoconoligest on friday and hope that he'll be able to tell me what is going on.
Ive had my thyroid tested over and over and had NO idea that a hormonal imbalance could do this to my body. I only thought it may be an hormonal imbalance when I quit nursing and BOOM it hit me HARD. While nursing I couldn't loose weight to save my life, and I didn't feel that great especialy when my period decided to come... but sence quitting I feel 10 time worse.
What exactly did they do to conclude you have an hormonal imbalance (blood tests, saliva testing?)... all they are going ot do is put you on the pill to help it? I belive it was my allergy to bcp's that started my imbalance in the first place.... What else where your symptoms... fatigue.. depression..anxiety... hair loss.. irragular periods..REALLY tired durring periods... cold intolarence...hives?????
Any info you could give me would be most helpful. I know its new to you but Im so scared that this endo will over look me and not do what testing I need... I cant live this way anymore and I don't want to have pills thown at me for depression, or allergys, or whatever else they can find to get me out of their office... Ive been dealing with it for 4 years.
Im so glad to find someone who may be going threw the same pain and trouble Ive been.

Natalee

roocey · 05-03-2004, 11:33 AM

Hi Natalee, My symptoms started about a year ago, and have really come on STRONG in the past 4 mnths or so. Like you I have been exercising & dieting & just continue to gain weight. It is soooo depressing because I have never had a weight problem before even after having 2 kids. I feel sooo tired most of the time even if I sleep well @ night. I just feel totally drained. I am also very moody & snappy with my kids. That is just not me either. My hair does shed alot! For awhile I was cold all the time, now I have Hot flashes!! My memory has gone downhill & my concentration is about gone. None of these are normal for me!!! I am usually a happy go lucky and energetic person. I went to a clinic several mnths ago, they did blood work said everything was fine & tried to give me antidepressants. I then did some research & thought it might be my thyroid, so I went to an endo. He did blood work, gave me 25mg. of synthroid & made appt. for 6 wks. When I went back in 6 wks, he said it was not my thyroid & tried to give me antidepressants. He also said some people were just meant to be bigger. I told him I know my body & RAN out of there. At this point I was just hopeless. I went to my gyno. for a yearly & told him all the problems I was having. He agreed that I was not depressed & something wasn't right. He tested for everything, thyroid, diabetes, hormones etc. My hormones were out of balance & that causes all of the symptoms. I am relieved to know what the problem was, now just to fix it!! He is giving me progesterone? (sp) to start my period after that start birth control. He says he is optimistic that within a month I will start to feel better on it. If not we will go another route. I hope & pray that this works I feel soooo bad about right now & my self esteem is completly shot!! I look & feel like a blimp!! I hope this helps ya & you find some answers. You might ask the endo to test your hormones too so you don't have to go through all of this!! Now I am just wondering if anyone else has had any luck with birth control helping their hormones??????

1angel1princess · 05-03-2004, 09:21 PM

You sound so much like me. I never had a weight problem until I got on bcp's at nineteen. When I got on them I broke out in hives and within a year and a half I gained nearly 75 lbs no matter what I did. I got off of them thinking it might help the problem and of course got pregnant... and ended up having two little girls in ONE year! Than went on to nurse 15 mths... durring all that time I didn't have the extreem weight gain problem, it seemed to even out the hormones... I only gained 23-25 lbs with both kids. Than durring nursing I couldn't loose any weight, and I still had a lot of the symtoms. But i was able to maintain weight wonderfuly.... than as soon as I quit nursing I gained 15 lbs in 2 and a half mths. That is what made me reolize that it was a hormonal thing and not a thyroid thing like I thought it was.
Before getting off the bcps originaly I saw Dr after Dr and got so many diffrent responces "cut down carbs" "your not eating enough" "your exercising too much and too hard" GIVE ME A BREAK... and of course Ive been thrown many many diffrent perscriptions for depresion and other things because Drs are pretty dang good at COVERING symptoms as apposed to finding the root of the problem...
Sence having my second daughter Ive been told to go on Weight Watchers, cut my calories (I only eat 600-900 a day!)... Keep a food journal (like my other symptoms where NOTHING) I took in my food journal and they said I must have "not counted EVERYTHING" because there is no reason for me to gain the way I am with that eating and exercise scedual" and "we cant help you unless you want to help yourself" THE NERVE!
Than I get the whole thing "as you get older your metabolisem changes" Give me a break.... not THAT much at NINETEEN!
Im just praying that this endo will be able to help me... I cant keep searching for some one to at LEAST run more tests! Not just keep pushing the thyroid and sugar tests!
Ive been dealing with it for 4 years and I cant do it another day... its so depressing to go from 108 lbs to 189 in that short of time dispite my efforts to loose... not to mention how horrible I feel physicaly!
I wonder if they will put me on bcp's again... I guess they will just have me get off long enough to get pregnant when its time again?..... I guess we'll see!
Thank you so much! and the best of luck to you! Please let me know of your process... I think you and I could help eachother!

Natalee