I am awash in confusing information here and elsewhere and have no idea where to start on my own. So, I'll start small:
I am 1 year into menopause. I'm trying to find a protocol to follow / dr to trust w/ my money and my life after years of increasing but from my perspective vague, shifting symptoms that have curtailed all forward movement in my life. Just a few most recent issues: long term fatigue is a constant, joint and tendon/ligament inflammation, hair loss was much worse a few months ago but comes and goes, I feel some tightness behind my knees when I kneel down which is concerning - edema? - but no edema elsewhere -ect. A few years ago I went to a Naturopath with a focus in bio identical women's hormones and she put me on estriol suppositories and progesterone but it didn't work. The estriol helped the dryness and pain but messed with my overall hormones in a bad way as did the progesterone (oral, 12mg tablets - I understand, now, that this is not the recommended way to take it).
Four questions to start:
Can someone point me to a beginning point with the peat way? All I find are articles about specific issues and substances/foods and their effect in the body. I need help navigating what appears to be a long road with layers of recovery. I have no idea what the sign posts are.
has Dr. Peat addressed 1. progesterone causing fatigue?
I've tried small (20mgs) and large (200mg) amounts of topical progesterone when I was still under the influence of crazy perimenopausal hormones and I think it helped -in a general way I can't explain, it just felt right, supportive, in some way, (maybe just because I was sleeping so well) but it made me really tired, foggy in the mind -this part did not feel 'right' and I gained weight in the middle on it.
2. what to do about vaginal pain if estrogen is out?
I read his book on menopause (but a few years ago) and don't recall anything about this - it doesn't even list vaginal atrophy as a symptom but it is common.
I read a review on MoisturePom on the web that RP recommended this pomegranate ointment - "I heard about it from Dr Ray Peat who says it is the only estrogen supplementation he recommends!" -true ?
I tried something with DHEA in it and my hair fell out even more than before.
Thanks!
I am 1 year into menopause. I'm trying to find a protocol to follow / dr to trust w/ my money and my life after years of increasing but from my perspective vague, shifting symptoms that have curtailed all forward movement in my life. Just a few most recent issues: long term fatigue is a constant, joint and tendon/ligament inflammation, hair loss was much worse a few months ago but comes and goes, I feel some tightness behind my knees when I kneel down which is concerning - edema? - but no edema elsewhere -ect. A few years ago I went to a Naturopath with a focus in bio identical women's hormones and she put me on estriol suppositories and progesterone but it didn't work. The estriol helped the dryness and pain but messed with my overall hormones in a bad way as did the progesterone (oral, 12mg tablets - I understand, now, that this is not the recommended way to take it).
Four questions to start:
Can someone point me to a beginning point with the peat way? All I find are articles about specific issues and substances/foods and their effect in the body. I need help navigating what appears to be a long road with layers of recovery. I have no idea what the sign posts are.
has Dr. Peat addressed 1. progesterone causing fatigue?
I've tried small (20mgs) and large (200mg) amounts of topical progesterone when I was still under the influence of crazy perimenopausal hormones and I think it helped -in a general way I can't explain, it just felt right, supportive, in some way, (maybe just because I was sleeping so well) but it made me really tired, foggy in the mind -this part did not feel 'right' and I gained weight in the middle on it.
2. what to do about vaginal pain if estrogen is out?
I read his book on menopause (but a few years ago) and don't recall anything about this - it doesn't even list vaginal atrophy as a symptom but it is common.
I read a review on MoisturePom on the web that RP recommended this pomegranate ointment - "I heard about it from Dr Ray Peat who says it is the only estrogen supplementation he recommends!" -true ?
I tried something with DHEA in it and my hair fell out even more than before.
Thanks!