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From: Elizabeth on 22 Jun 2008 22:34
Hi,

I found an article somewhere (sorry, I did not bookmark it) that discussed
this relationship. Evidently, in women, low thyroid can contribute to
adrenal exhaustion, which in turn causes low progesterone because the
adrenals help create progesterone.

Low progesterone may cause an imbalance of estrogen and progesterone, which
then can cause peri-menopausal symptoms, such as insomnia, mood swings,
fatigue, and brain fog.

It looks like it makes sense to test all the hormones, including thryoid,
female reproductive, and adrenals, because even if the thryoid hormone is
restored, the others may still be affected.

Elizabeth


From: amanita on 27 Jun 2008 14:33
Elizabeth wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I found an article somewhere (sorry, I did not bookmark it) that discussed
> this relationship. Evidently, in women, low thyroid can contribute to
> adrenal exhaustion, which in turn causes low progesterone because the
> adrenals help create progesterone.
>
> Low progesterone may cause an imbalance of estrogen and progesterone, which
> then can cause peri-menopausal symptoms, such as insomnia, mood swings,
> fatigue, and brain fog.
>
> It looks like it makes sense to test all the hormones, including thryoid,
> female reproductive, and adrenals, because even if the thryoid hormone is
> restored, the others may still be affected.

If your thyroid hormone level is out of balance, then it follows that
there is likely to be an imbalance in the other hormone levels too. I'm
not sure that there's any point in testing the other hormones until you
are sure that you are on your optimum thyroid dose /medication. Some
people do find that they benefit from using progesterone cream, but
balancing hormones is a tricky business. Obviously if you are taking any
contraceptives, this needs to be taken into account too.
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