[caption id="attachment_686" align="alignright" width="100"]<a href="http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-686" title="Now What?" src="http://www.hormonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1.jpg" alt="I think Im Estrogen Dominant, Now What?" width="100" height="150" /></a> I think I'm Estrogen Dominant, Now What?[/caption]

I'm going to take a wild stab and guess that if you're not estrogen dominant then someone you love probably is, that's how prevelant estrogen dominance is in our society today.  Let's say you've determined that you have several of the symptoms  (<a title="What does it mean to be estrogen dominant" href="http://www.hormonesoup.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-estrogen-dominant/" target="_blank">click here</a> ), some of which are pesky little nuisances in your life like decreased sex drive, headaches, fatigue, irritability but hey - you're a woman, that's normal right?  Some of the symptoms you might not even be aware of, like magnesium and zinc deficiency or bone loss.

If you go to your family doctor for most of these symptoms you will most likely be given a prescription.  You are very likely to walk out of her office with a prescription whether it be for antidepressants, headache pain relief, birth control pills (Oh God, not more Estrogen!!), or Chlomid for infertility.   If you're lucky you might get a lab requisition for some tests like checking your thyroid level.  Sadly the level your doctor will probably consider to be normal is inaccurate and based on old information.  Many doctors are still using TSH ranges of 0.5 to 5.0 or 6.0 and are not following the latest recommendations by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists which are actually 0.3 - 3.0 (and some doctors believe a TSH level over 2.0 puts you in the category of hypothyroidism). Thats a discussion for another day.

I will admit that thinking about the not-so-pesky but more life threatening symptoms of estrogen dominance frightens me a bit.  I've been estrogen dominant my entire adult life so I have had unopposed estrogen roaming freely throughout my body.  I'm not telling you this to frighten you but if you're estrogen dominant you need to know this stuff even though it's scary. I am telling you this because it fits with my view to <strong>Educate, Advocate and Empower%