It's interesting that the subject of high estrogen levels and progesterone cream would come up. For years, I suffered from very severe PMS. Not the kind you joke about, but the kind where I suffered 10 days out of each month with extreme irritability, depression, very sore breasts and anxiety. For years I complained to all of the various gynecologists I had and they would either say nothing or offer me Prozac.

Last March, I went to the Pfeiffer Treatment Center right outside Chicago. They specialize in nutritional biochemical imbalances, e.g. mercury, copper toxicity, etc. and treat people with things like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADD, etc. They are world renowned and people go there from 70 different countries. Anyway, they found me to have elevated copper (along with my very elevated mercury). They explained to me that a big indicator of this is PMS because PMS is caused by elevated estrogen and progesterone that is too low. They said that when your estrogen is very high, you retain copper. So then I came back to Boston and they told me to go and get my estrogen levels tested. I went to my gynecologist and TOLD HER what I wanted done. She called me back 5 days later and said "Oh, I got your results and your estrogen levels are off the charts". I said, let me guess, my progesterone is very low, right? She said yes. The next comment out of her mouth was "I can give you some prozac for the PMS. I was going to tell her off, but decided to save my breath since I am too fatigued due to mercury illness.

Then I went to a homeopathic doctor who immediately knew that PMS was caused by high estrogen and she had the natural progesterone cream right in her office to give me. I've been using it now for almost 3 months and no more PMS. What the heck is wrong with these doctors? How come not one gynecologist ever thought to run my hormone levels in all the years I was complaining of PMS? Do they even know that PMS is caused by estrogen that's too high? Not to mention, high estrogen can cause heart attack and stroke, among other things. The point is that there is something seriously wrong with medicine today. What business does a gynecologist have prescribing Prozac anyway? Prozac made me manic. Prozac can make people crazy. Prozac can make people homicidal and suicidal.

Another example: I went to my PC physician and complained of symptoms of extreme fatigue, irritability, depression and anxiety, along with weight gain. Granted, I know this is all due to the mercury. However, he immediately wanted to give me an antidepressant. So I said to him "Did you know that all the symptoms I've just told you are the exact symptoms as Cushing's Disease (a very serious adrenal disorder). He just looked at me. I told him I wanted to see an endocrinologist. I'm not saying I had Cushing's but anyone with those symptoms could have Cushing's, which you can die from, but instead you'll be given an antidepressant. IT ALL SICKENS ME!!

We'd be better off with the way that doctors practiced medicine 50 years ago than the way they practice it today.

Sandra