My doctor wants to treat my Premenstrual Syndrome with the birth control pill. What will happen?
The birth control pill will make PMS worse because it contains synthetic estrogen and progestin. Both of these synthetic hormones will lower your already low progesterone level. And progestin has been linked to a 20-40% increased risk for breast cancer. Thyroid function will also be suppressed. I had a hysterectomy and my doctor says that I don’t need progesterone because I don’t have a uterus. But I am having problems with the estrogen treatment. You need to be treated with bioidentical estrogen and progesterone. If you choose to only restore your estrogen, you will experience estrogen dominance which will cause you to experience PMS-like symptoms (depression, weight gain, migraines, fatigue, irritability, crying and low blood sugar). Estrogen dominance may also be a cause of breast cancer.
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