[Monica de Lara]

Hi all.

Remeber I asked you about safe contaception for a person with neuropathy'?? Well I perhaps chose not the safest contraception method.

About two weeks ago I got an injection that is only sold in Mexico. This contaception method contains progestin and estrogen. Its contraceptive effect is supossed to last a month.

The point is that ever since I've had these hormones circulating in my body, my neuropathy sympoms increased.

I remember many years ago (before having neuropathy), I visited the gynecholigst because I discovered some tumors in my breasts and he said these and other bening tumors were there because I produced more estrogens than the ones I needed. He prescribed a drug that contained progestins to regulate and avoid the excess of estrogen. I actually never took the drug because I was very young and didnīt find it necesarry.

I have read that hypothiroidism and Restless legs syndrome sympotms worsen when too much estrogen is present. I think this might be my case because of the symptoms have clearly increased since taking the contaceptive drug.

I am considering going back to the gynechologist or to the endocrinologist and asking him if he thinks I should take progesterones in order to have normal hormone levels. I first wanted to ask you what you think.

Is too much estrogen really related to neuropathy??
Should I take synthetic progesterones to balance this?
What progesterone do you recommend?

I am hoping that progesterone, along with d chiro inositol can help regulate my hormones.

What do you think?