Posted by tealady on December 28, 2003, at 12:39:24
In reply to Re: severe night sweats/disrupted sleep-med s/e?? » tealady, posted by loolot on December 27, 2003, at 18:10:30
> Thanks Tealady. I ordered a home test for hormones and cortisol so maybe that will tell me something. Its a saliva test.
> I guess I should do a swab when I wake up in the middle of the night?
> Is there anything to take to regulate estrogen levels?
Hi,
Just a suggestion.
If you are on the pill, you could ask your doc if you could try a higher dose estrogen pill...they vary, but I can't remember offhand the US names for the higher dose estrogen pill alternatives. This may be enough.
Re : saliva tests
Some docs /researchers think that the swab in the saliva tests in the US give false high values for estrogen..they think they are only reliable for indicating the cortisol ratios in a 4 times a day cortisol test. So they prefer blood levels. Also the timing ..like which day of cycle as well as times of day (noon is supposedly the highest for estrogen, I think) is important.
Jan
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