Lupron, Synarel, Endometreosis...

I once read Suzanne Somers book called "Breakthrough", where Dr. Thierry Hertoghe said this..

"Hormones put you to sleep at night, and they wake you up in the morning. They control your blood pressure; they build up bone, maintain muscle tone, and lubricate joints. Hormones govern growth; they even make the body produce energy and heat. Hormones burn fat. Hormones govern the menstrual cycle & allow pregnancy (& birth) to occur. They fight stress, prevent fatigue, calm anxiety and relieve depression. Hormones make and keep memories. Hormones maintain correct level of sugar in the blood and tissues. They resist allergic reactions and infections. They stimulate your brain and your immune system."

Too many see hormones as teenagers being "hormonal", menopausal women being bitchy, irritable, and just old! But what I have learned to see is hormones as life or death of a body if they are not in harmony, and balanced.

It starts when we are young women and we have our periods. Some of us sail thru no pain, no symptoms nothing. For others of us we are irregular, heavy, have terrible cramping, headache, nausea, vomiting, moody, dizzy, etc.

As a mom of a teen who is going thru what I did when I was her age with all those symptoms above, I get it. I really listen to her and watch her as she experiences these issues. I am fascinated that as a woman of 44 and 7 yrs post hysterectomy - I am mirroring her hormonal imbalance symptoms. I have said that being in menopause is a lot like going thru puberty backwards!

My daughter is already showing signs of being "estrogen dominant" as I was at her age. I first learned of this from Dr Uzzi Reiss's book "Natural Hormonal Balance" and also from Suzanne Somers' book "Breakthrough" pages 112 & 145. They say that PMS is a by-product of LOW Progesterone. That if we are "estrogen dominant" it doesn't mean we have too much estrogen, it means we don't have enough progesterone! So if lack of Progesterone gives us symptoms of; swollen/painful breasts, can't sleep, moody, fuzzy thinking, depression, weight gain & bloating, yeast infections, headaches, painful joints, even allergies, and asthma - hmm then I wonder if this is the key?

Now when I was her age, I suffered endlessly with Endometreosis, cramping, migraines, and my periods were either heavy- heavy flow, or so irregular! At that age I was told I needed a hysterectomy and would never have kids (Thank God they were wrong I have 2). I was also told to get on the pill to regulate my periods.

Well time and mainstream dr care has not changed much! Today in 2009 - they are saying the same for my girl not a hysterectomy, but the pill! What? so I want to rush my girl on the pill at a young age, give her all the side effects of birth control pills, or worse yet give her a pill that she can take that will give her only 2-3 periods a year!!

OMG what are we doing to this generation of girls (and boys)?? This generation is being given Lupron shots (here) mine was Synarel. This generation has pills, shots, patches & creams that stop periods (sounds like menopause to me). This generation if we let it continue, and we don't seek answers our self or take heed to the advice/counsel given to us from those who have already been thru it all will set our girls up to be worse off than we are now!

All we are in need of is bioidentical hormones, vitamins and supplements instead of over the counter or prescriptions when we can and it is safe! Remedies made from nature, the way GOD intended it in the first place. Look at our founding fathers they had the "medicine man" who made herbs from natural sources. Or they just went to their own back yard and plucked out an herb, spice, fruit, vegetable, etc. I am sure they never went to their pregnant mare and gathered up some of its urine and said "ah, now this'll do the trick" EW!!

Bioidentical progesterone, (NOT PROGESTINS which is synthetic hormones made from pregnant mare's urine), was the answer for me then if only I had had a dr that prescribed that, and I know it is the same answer now. Because facts show, when there is estrogen dominance the lining of the uterus becomes thicker than normal and causes a heavy buildup of the uterine lining for excessive bleeding (heavier menstrual flow when you do get it). WOW this to me sounds a whole lot like Endometreosis!!

As I have been saying in all my posts these symptoms if left untreated & unheard, increases our risk to develop a slew of more serious symptoms, eventually diseases like uterine cancer just to name one!

Again, I am not a doctor, I am not giving out medical advice - I am just passing on what those before me are teaching. Or sharing my personal journey.