One thing I have been doing every year, off insurance, is getting a micronutrient test done. It shows me that I am low on Bs and D, but that is all that I am missing. I love that test! I know I don't have any nutritional gaps so I am just focusing on the hormone balance for now.
My doctor is not a naturopath, just a med school trained gyn whose specialty is hormone related issues.
I have slept like a log the past two nights, my first nights on the estradiol patch and the progesterone tab at night. It makes me calm so far.
I would like to investigate more about the effects of taking estriol with the estradiol, as it has been shown (not proven) to have an effect that lessons the risk of breast cancer (which already is less on the bioidenticals.)
I am finding it's best to go straight to the sources for these studies, though they can be hard to interpret. Harvard, Women's Health Institute, etc.
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