Progest-Me
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Hi everyone,
I was hoping to get some suggestions on my new lab results. For years I have suffered from anxiety and panic, which has steadily gotten worse. I do have a lot of stress in my life with my corporate job, being a single mom of 2 little kids, and now my health issues. Last year I broke my tibia in 3 places when I fell running after my 1 yr old, and had to undergo surgery. It was a huge trauma, and I ended up having a very bad panic attack a couple months thereafter. Ever since the panic attack, I have been having a paradoxical reaction to xanax, etc., which as slowly gotten a little better. My doctor did give me progesterone to start my cycle, since I felt my hormones were "off." This is before I found Dr. Peat's work.
Things have gotten better, but some days I'm unable to get out of bed due to feeling anxious, dizzy, agoraphobia, brain fog and/or lethargic. I have very little energy almost all the time. If I get stressed or overwhelmed, I get brain fog, dizzy and generally do not feel well.
I used to be a very vibrant person. I was a division I swimmer in college, now I can barely get out of bed some days. I have also gained 80-100 lbs in 7 years, although I know this is just a symptom of what is going on in my body generally. I desperately want to be the person I know I am capable of.
I should also mention that I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was young, but I didn't show many symptoms then (I think only because I was young and healthy). My doctor did, however, put me on birth control for many years, which I now know is terrible. As I've gotten older (currently 35), I show many more symptoms of PCOS.
Since the panic attack, I have been taking ativan (.25-.5mg) and propanolol (2.5-5mg) almost every day. Some days I can go without it, but only when I'm home for the day. I hate taking it.
Supplements: digestive enzymes, vit e, shilajit, progest-e, magnesium, probiotic
At night, I take 1.5 grains of T4/T3, magoil, progest-e. I recently added 5mcg T3 and 25mg Benadryl and I have been sleeping much better.
Another thing - I usually feel much better at night than I do in the morning. Pretty immediately upon waking, I feel panic and anxiety come on (probably adrenaline and/or cortisol). It takes until midday 12-2 for me to feel somewhat "normal." I have tried taking orange juice with salt upon waking and it helps a little, but not enough.
Here are my lab results. It looks like my TPO antibodies, DHEA-S, prolactin and cholesterol are all high. Vit. D and CO2 are low.
TSH - .079
Free T4 - 1.03
Free T3 - 3.1
TPO - 31
Vit. D - 26.3
Ferritin - 65
Progesterone - 3.82
Estradiol - 44.62
Testosterone-S - 43.3
Free Testost. - 8.3
DHEA-S - 422
Cortisol PM - 5.4
Prolactin - 9.7
Cholesterol - 218
CO2 - 22
Any insights or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I was hoping to get some suggestions on my new lab results. For years I have suffered from anxiety and panic, which has steadily gotten worse. I do have a lot of stress in my life with my corporate job, being a single mom of 2 little kids, and now my health issues. Last year I broke my tibia in 3 places when I fell running after my 1 yr old, and had to undergo surgery. It was a huge trauma, and I ended up having a very bad panic attack a couple months thereafter. Ever since the panic attack, I have been having a paradoxical reaction to xanax, etc., which as slowly gotten a little better. My doctor did give me progesterone to start my cycle, since I felt my hormones were "off." This is before I found Dr. Peat's work.
Things have gotten better, but some days I'm unable to get out of bed due to feeling anxious, dizzy, agoraphobia, brain fog and/or lethargic. I have very little energy almost all the time. If I get stressed or overwhelmed, I get brain fog, dizzy and generally do not feel well.
I used to be a very vibrant person. I was a division I swimmer in college, now I can barely get out of bed some days. I have also gained 80-100 lbs in 7 years, although I know this is just a symptom of what is going on in my body generally. I desperately want to be the person I know I am capable of.
I should also mention that I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was young, but I didn't show many symptoms then (I think only because I was young and healthy). My doctor did, however, put me on birth control for many years, which I now know is terrible. As I've gotten older (currently 35), I show many more symptoms of PCOS.
Since the panic attack, I have been taking ativan (.25-.5mg) and propanolol (2.5-5mg) almost every day. Some days I can go without it, but only when I'm home for the day. I hate taking it.
Supplements: digestive enzymes, vit e, shilajit, progest-e, magnesium, probiotic
At night, I take 1.5 grains of T4/T3, magoil, progest-e. I recently added 5mcg T3 and 25mg Benadryl and I have been sleeping much better.
Another thing - I usually feel much better at night than I do in the morning. Pretty immediately upon waking, I feel panic and anxiety come on (probably adrenaline and/or cortisol). It takes until midday 12-2 for me to feel somewhat "normal." I have tried taking orange juice with salt upon waking and it helps a little, but not enough.
Here are my lab results. It looks like my TPO antibodies, DHEA-S, prolactin and cholesterol are all high. Vit. D and CO2 are low.
TSH - .079
Free T4 - 1.03
Free T3 - 3.1
TPO - 31
Vit. D - 26.3
Ferritin - 65
Progesterone - 3.82
Estradiol - 44.62
Testosterone-S - 43.3
Free Testost. - 8.3
DHEA-S - 422
Cortisol PM - 5.4
Prolactin - 9.7
Cholesterol - 218
CO2 - 22
Any insights or suggestions are greatly appreciated.