Posted by Starlight on September 13, 2004, at 15:44:26
In reply to Re: Hormones, Depression Bipolar, esp. Ladies ? holymama, posted by partlycloudy on September 13, 2004, at 5:39:34
I can't remember any worse depression other than when I was depressed on birth control pills. When I first moved here, I was doing really well and then wanted to try a BCP to control heavy periods and let me tell you - bad, bad move, I was crying at work for no reason, which in a professional environment is pretty ridiculous.
I just think there is way more to this than just 'brain chemistry'. Take for instance fibroids; fibroids use estrogen to grow, so they cause an increase in estrogen production. Ovulation, breast feeding, post partum depression, menopause are all related to hormones. It just doesn't make sense to me that they wouldn't take blood a few times at different times of the month to see where you fall balance wise in the spectrum of what they consider normal.
I don't know how they can ignore it. Is it cheaper to mess with my brain? The other thing is, if they found out this stuff was related to hormonal imbalances, there would be less of the stigma and it could protect you from other problems in the future, like breast cancer which also has a correlation to higher than normal estrogen.
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