Miz Barbie,

Wow your post caught my eye. I dont have MS but I have been having all sorts of severe hormone and endocrine problems for the last 2 years. It all came crashing down 2 years ago.

And its all starting to come together.

First off I have thryoid problems and a goiter which I eventually had removed. The the sex hormones came to the forefront and are way out of balance. I think they might have been the underlying problem all together. I tracked my last year of blood tests and low and behold regardless of the day of my cycle my estrogen is low. Too low. You could say that well I am 44 and perimenopausal but its too low for that.

On Friday Doc saw the trend and tested me for another autoimmune issue which isn't rare but not talked about. OOphoritis. Similar to Hashimotos when your thyroid is attacked my antibodies, these antibodies attack your ovaries. We'll see how my blood tests come back.

Apparently I also have endometriosis which they treat with birth control pills.

But sure enough the doc put me on birth control pills and the extra estrogen sure made me feel better.

You have 3 sets of hormones that work together. Thyroid hormones, adrenal hormones and sex hormones. Its like a 3 legged stool. If one leg is off the others are too.

I am beginning to be a believer in estriol. Gonna see doc on this thrusday that specializes in it here. We'll see what it brings.

Glad to see they are doing research with MS and estriol.

I really think estrogen deficiency can make things worse.

THanks for this post!