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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've seen a lot about this on those natural not mainstream medical science websites, especially in regards to estrogen dominance. I'm nowhere near menopause but I do have endometriosis and fibrocystic breasts. I have to admit it made a lot of sense about what was going on with my body. I had an excess of estrogen as opposed to deficient progesterone, so I didn't use progesterone cream but I did alter my lifestyle. For the first time in 10 years, my fibrocystic breasts went away and was even able to get pregnant after 2 years of infertility and being told the chances of such were ~0%. So count me as a believer but it's definitely not something that is mainstream medical science, if that is something you are looking for.

This website has a ton of info: http://www.drlam.com/articles/progesterone.asp

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Wow, PP. I'm glad you shared this. I also suffer horribly from endometriosis and nothing I've tried so far helps. I can't take estrogen (or combination) BCP's to control it, or anything with estrogen for that matter. I'm trying Progestin now, but too soon to tell if it's helping.  I'd love to hear more about what you did/what changes you made that helped you. Any other websites would be much appreciated! Doctors seem so stumped by endometriosis and they each tell you something different, often contradicting each other. I'm ready to take matters into my own hands![/quote]

Hate to hijack ops thread but here goes. I did the endo diet alone for several months and honestly it didn't do much for me by itself. I eased up on it... Still followed the main idea, but didnt sweat it if I ate a donut etc.

I then read about other ways to lower estrogen levels... I upped my exercise. I had been going to the gym minimally but I stepped it up. I'd go walking for 1.5-2 hrs a day 5 days a week. I also tmi focused on my bowel habits. I had not previously cared about chronic constipation but apparently estrogen is disposed of in bm's and when you don't go, your body reabsorbs it. So between increasing my fiber intake and the exercise I was able to go daily. I also was lucky enough to be able to quit my stressful nightshift job so stress was minimalized.

Im not sure out of all of that what was the magic ingredient because all of this occurred around the same time but I was pregnant on the 2nd cycle after making the changes (or maybe that has nothing to do with the changes anyway and is just luck!). Good luck to you![/quote]

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