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Nervous about Hormones testing

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jamie50513
jamie50513

Hi All,

I went to a docs appointment yesterday. I had to see a new GP since my previous one no longer accepts my insurance. I was very anxious and nervous because of health anxieties I hate going to the docs. I didn't like my previous GP but used him because all my family uses him.

Over all, I was pleased with the visit. She actually listened to my concerns even though she thinks I may need to see a therapist for the anxiety. Stated that she would do a complete blood work up to see where my levels are. I expressed that I wanted my thyroid checked. She stated she was going to check that, my cholesterol, and my hormone levels. My previous GP did not check any of that. She stated she don't like prescribing pills if they are not needed.

I am anxious about the hormones. The rest of the blood work I'm ok with as I have had several done in the past few months. I just hate for the hormone levels to come back normal. I feel no one is listening to how I feel and I'm not getting anywhere. I've changed my diet and doing more to help myself but without a doc seeing something on paper they act as if I'm talking like a nutcase when I'm sharing my symptoms. I'm just tired of going in circles and I'm tired of the guessing as to what is wrong with me. I know it's not anything serious from previous visits to hospitals and docs so I'm certain it's hormones but the docs just will not say. Sorry for the long post. I needed to vent.

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  • ellacraig
    ellacraig jamie50513

    Posted

    Jamie that's great your getting hormones checked. At least you might have an answer. Just make sure you get them done on the right day or it's useless. Plus they say saliva is the best measure however Drs won't issue saliva only blood
    • jamie50513
      jamie50513 ellacraig

      Posted

      I just had them done yesterday. It was the first day of my cycle. If it doesn't work out I still have the order from the GYN so I can get them done again on the right day. What is the right day to have them done?
    • ellacraig
      ellacraig michelle46271

      Posted

      I'm in New Zealand so over here, through a naturopath or natural health centre. If you used the Internet to see if you can get them online in your country. But my natural health advisors always advocate saliva over blood . There's a science behind it if you research it (I'm being careful with my wording or this comment won't be allowed..)
    • ellacraig
      ellacraig jamie50513

      Posted

      Ah see I was told more than once you need to do the blood hormones one week before your next cycle, ie day 19 of a 26 day cycle or in our case we'd have to guess roughly due to our irregular cycles. I "think" the motivation behind that it estrogen is the dominant hormone in the follicular phase of your cycle where progesterone is dominant in the luteal so if you take it the test then in luteal and estrogen is higher then you have estrogen excess. 

      I have a friend who works in a lab so this has come from her but also my naturopath. However Jamie you could approach your blood labs direct and order your OWN bloods , over here it costs about $50 to test estrogen/progesterone, without a Drs referral.

    • jamie50513
      jamie50513 ellacraig

      Posted

      I'm going to look into getting my own test. I will let you all know the results of mins when they come back. The other blood work and cholesterol came back normal already. Just waiting on the hormones and thyroid.
    • jamie50513
      jamie50513 ellacraig

      Posted

      The results are back....

      LSH - 5.1

      FSH - 6.3

      TSH w abnormal to Free T4 - 0.757

      My RBC went up to normal levels but my ferritin serum was low.

    • ellacraig
      ellacraig jamie50513

      Posted

      Ok so thyroid abnormal?

      What about the reference rangees relatuve to the time you took the test?

      What do those numbers compare to in yoyr cycle?

    • ellacraig
      ellacraig

      Posted

      Sorry for spelling errors. Stupid ph keyboard
    • jamie50513
      jamie50513 ellacraig

      Posted

      I think the name of the Thyroid test abnormal, once I opened it, it said it was within normal range.
    • ellacraig
      ellacraig jamie50513

      Posted

      What day of your cycle did you take the FSH etc tests?

      they should say what results are in the normal range according to when you took the test. Trying to see if your FSH etc was considered normal.

      il hunt mine out if I can find them

    • jamie50513
      jamie50513 ellacraig

      Posted

      It didn't have the range listed. I was looking for it. I took the test yesterday so it was the 28th day. The first day of my cycle.
    • ellacraig
      ellacraig jamie50513

      Posted

      Ah ok well read mine and see if it gives any answers, however lab ranges may vary in the uk to us?....
  • nikiola18292
    nikiola18292 jamie50513

    Posted

    Hi Jamie,

    ​I have had numerous blood tests, when i was in the same situation as you, feeling odd, really down, anxious, feelings of doom,  thinking there was really something wrong with me.  I had my first experience of this when i was 47, 51 now.  It took 4 years of regularly going to my GP and telling her, asking her if i could have blood tests to see if i was peri-menopausal and every time they came back normal.  I now know that they fluctuate so much its really hard to get an accurate reading on them.  I would suspect that you probably are peri, i was feeling then what i feel now and it was confirmed finally last year that i am peri-menopsausal.  I think that Drs need to explain this a bit more to woman, as after reading many stories on here it seems at some point we are in the wilderness where we feel weird not right but because the blood test says you should be feeling ok, it can be inacurate and we are peri-menopausal.  I take magnesium, Agnus Castus, vit B and changed my diet, did help a bit the best thing was knowing that i wasnt going mad and there was a reason i was feeling like this.  If you have a gut feeling that your body is changing then it most probably is the start of it.  The biggest thing i think is anxiety, i try to deal with best i can, dont take anything for it.  I read about a plant based estrogen diet i.e.,(soya milk) which i think can help, as does exercise when you are feeling low.

    • jamie50513
      jamie50513 nikiola18292

      Posted

      Thank you Nikiola,

      I have a strong gut feeling that I started peri about three years ago when I turned 35. I noticed changes then but thought it was normal. Now I'm having even more weird changes and the horrible anxiety.

    • jamie50513
      jamie50513 michelle46271

      Posted

      Yes it is. I couldn't believe that hormones could do subside much. But I'm a believer now.
    • elaine33371
      elaine33371 jamie50513

      Posted

      It is peri, but its very early and that might be why you havent had cycle changes yet, I had symptoms aged 35 but didnt have cycle changes as such, except to say they went extremely heavy and lasted longer, that carried on for 12 years, when i was 47 and nothing showed in my hormones until aged 49, which, is 14 years after starting peri,  it could just be down to your body jamie,  how sensitive you are to changes going on in your body, what may not show in a test with regards to fluctuations etc, doesnt mean that you wont feel it, some will be more sensitive to it happening, and some wont feel it all going on until many years later, you may just be more in tuned to what your body is doing and feel it more, but the tests wont reflect it yet, if that is the case, then wont be able to help you with regards to the menopause because your not on it enough to show yet, eventhough your feeling it, and until something positive does show in a test, i think all you can do is accept it as being peri regardless, because so far everything has been ruled out, what else can you do.

      What is wrong with the thyroid?? could it be this.

    • jamie50513
      jamie50513 elaine33371

      Posted

      I thought the Thyroid was abnormal, but it's not. It's in within the normal range. The name of the test she ordered was TSH Rfx on Abnormal to Free T4.
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