Posted by Glydin on August 15, 2005, at 18:21:29
Girls, please be careful if you choose to use OTC available items for hormone balance.
I have toyed with some of these things for a few years and for me, they never really panned out BUT they also never really caused a horrible problem either. This time was different. For 4 weeks I did a women’s oil mix with various hormone balancing items – soy, EPO, Flax oil. While there may be other factors, I have had extreme protracted bleeding for the better part of 2 weeks. I actually contacted my GYN today and if going off of this doesn’t make an impact, I will need to be evaluated for a possible D&C.
For the most part, my perimenopausal symptoms are some night sweats and the occasional foul humor prior as PMS. Low dose Klonopin treats this for me, but I wished to stay off of it, so I sought an alternative. Alternative ideas did not work out for me. I think I prefer Klonopin use over what this has seemed to caused.
I’m not knocking it for others and if you are finding success without untoward effect, I think that’s great. I guess my message is: If this is a new thought for a plan for you: Be careful and listen to what you body might be telling you. My plan is to seek conventional guidance and treatments if things get really difficult.
This hasn’t been a good experience for me.
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