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I'm using progesterone now. I'm worse. Why? John
Lee, M.D. believes that an excess amount of estrogen causes PMS. Cattle and chicken grown for consumption are routinely
given estrogens to fatten them up. The cattle have water retention and increased fat to make the meat more tender
and weigh more.
The exact same thing is happening to you when you take too much
estrogen. You retain water and get fat.
Dr. Lee believes that xenoestrogens
that we ingest our environment cause PMS.
If you take estrogen in the form of pills either for hormone replacement
or birth control. This estrogen may be part of the cause of PMS.
Constant estrogen ingestion in the form of pills or xenoestrogens
causes the estrogen receptors to down regulate. In other words, the estrogen receptors become less sensitive. A
good analogy would be when you enter a noisy room. When you first enter the room you notice the noise. However,
after being in the noisy room for a while, the noise becomes less noticeable. Your ears become less sensitive to
the noise. In effect, your ears down regulate. Thus, if you take estrogen supplements or get doses of xenoestrogens
after a while your body will become less sensitive to estrogens.
However, when you take progesterone the estrogen receptors are resensitized
to their original sensitivity. In other words, when you begin to take progesterone, you regain your original sensitivity
to estrogen.
The solution is to cut back on the dose of estrogen. Dr. Lee recommends
immediately cutting back the dose to 1/2 of the normal dose. He recommends stopping the estrogen dose altogether
over a period of 3-4 months phasing out the dose of estrogen slowly. He maintains that women produce enough estrogen
endogenously.
Fat cells produce estrogen. In fact, a heavy set woman after menopause
will produce more estrogen than a skinny woman before menopause. After menopause, progesterone levels fall to less
than 1% of premenopause levels and estrogen levels fall to 30%-50% of premenopause levels.
In summary, taking progesterone will resensitize the estrogen
receptors so that your body becomes more sensitive to estrogen supplements or xenoestrogens. The solution is to
immediately cut the dose of estrogen to 1/2, and discontinue estrogen supplements altogether over a period of 3-4
months. Cut out as much xenoestrogen intake as possible. The body's internal production of estrogen is more
than sufficient.
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