Lisa Watson
I want to start by saying I like wine. At times I have loved wine. The bubbles of a lovely…
Many women with PCOS are told they will struggle to get pregnant. And while that can be true, few women…
In this article I want to talk about one of the most common things I see in my patients: multiple hormone imbalance. In particular, I want to talk about those women who have low thyroid function (hypothyroidism) combined with symptoms of hormone imbalance in their Big Three Hormones: Cortisol, Estrogen, and Progesterone.
A woman’s body undergoes massive transformation during pregnancy, and our rebound to our baseline of health can take up to a year or longer. With hormone levels plummeting in the weeks after delivery, and nutrient deficiencies being incredibly common, combined with sleep deprivation and the challenges of new parenthood, many women feel tired, overwhelmed, and unwell during the months after the birth of a child.
For most people with histamine intolerance they experience multiple symptoms in different areas of their bodies, further complicating the process of recognizing histamine intolerance. Add to that the hormonal aspects, the impact medications and digestive health can have, and you have a lot of people suffering unnecessarily.
High levels of estrogen, or estrogen dominance, majorly impacts our ability to breakdown histamine, leaving women in their 30s and 40s especially vulnerable to histamine intolerance.
Hashimoto’s and other forms of hypothyroidism can seriously mess up your periods. It’s not enough that you’re tired and depressed…
Thyroid hormone influences, and is influenced by, just about every other hormone in our body – from stress-based cortisol, to sleepy melatonin, to period regulating progesterone and estrogen. These hormone relationships play out in various ways for women with Hashimoto’s.
Right before her period starts, and for the first 2-3 days, a woman is most vulnerable to migraines. Menstrual migraines, as they are known, are typically thought to last longer, be more severe, more likely to recur, less responsive to treatment, are more likely to be associated with nausea and vomiting