Kitty,

I don't think that's a good idea at all. Hormones, while natural substances, are extremely powerful substances, and can have a profound effect on both body & mind. IMO, they're not to be messed around with cavalierly. You could conceivably wind up with even more inexplicable symptoms and mess up how you feel even worse.

I don't understand your doctors' actions either (I read your Nightmare post), but you really should have a doctor on board with this stuff. You need to be tested for exactly which hormones you need if you're deficient at all, and have some guidance and someone knowledgable to help you through the process - testing & evaluation, how much of what to take, how often, what warning signs to look for, possible interactions with whatever else you take, when to stop, retesting & monitoring, etc.

I don't know how the medical system in France works either. Are you not entitled to a second opinion? Or to just transfer your care to another doctor if the first is not right for you? Do you have any kind of patients' rights that entitle you to answers about your health/healthcare? There are websites to help people find doctors here in the US; I would think that there are in other countries too, and I think finding one to at least order the tests would be a good first step. Then when you know exactly what's what, ask if anything can be done.

I do know something about pain, the process, the desperation, and the stages of grief we all go through with it. I'm hopeful about this therapy too, but I would not be doing it myself without my own doctors' involvement. There is just too much that I don't understand myself.

As patients, we all must be involved in decisions about our healthcare, but it's a joint effort, and there are certain things we should not attempt without a doctor's help, and I think this is one of them.

Doc