Hormonal Imbalance: Which Doctor?
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at
1:21 pm
I think I may have a hormonal imbalance. Should I go to a specialty doctor to have myself checked out? If so, which one? Or a "family" doctor?
I think it may be something the Pill can fix, but I do not want to be misdiagnosed.
All of a sudden I have grown more body hair and my breakouts have become inconsistent, as with my periods. I am 16 and lebanese, so I’m used to a little body hair, but I think my hormones went crazy over the past 4 months :/
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What do you mean by hormonal imbalance? Maybe your gyne??
You need a blood test to determine whether you have a hormone imbalance or not.
Your regular doctor can order this blood test. Or you can have a Gynecologist order this and treat if necessary. Your hormones may wind up being fine, but the Gyn may determine that the Pill will lessen your symptoms.
Your thyroid and adrenal glands will also be checked. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome will also be ruled out. One of the symptoms of POS is excessive hair (hirtuism).
A complete physical along with a thorough blood work-up will determine if you are suffering from any sort of imbalance.
Doctors are just not good at hormonal imbalance issues because they can only diagnose and treat the diagnosis with drugs. Hormonal imbalance is due to many things, but primarily your diet. The first place you should look is at a Certified Nutritional Therapist and let them test you for specific nutritional deficiencies and take a look at what you are eating. Most of the time, the imbalance can be taken care of simply. If that doesn’t work for some reason and it is determined you have a physical issue that is causing the problem, then go see a doctor.
Many women are having big problems with the hormone treatments doctors are using and you need to educate yourself before subjecting yourself to some of these hormonal treatments. They are not cut and dry treatments and there is a raging controversy going on in the medical community about them and the results that are happening.
Many times organs that produce hormones are being starved of nutrients due to the nutrients themselves and co-factors that are involved.
The "pill" answer is typical, but certainly not without controversy. The "pill" interrupts your endocrine "feed back loop" that affects your whole endocrine system. The endocrine is a system of complex relationships and when you mess with that, as the pill does, you are trusting the drug companies that are making billions on that junk with your future health. Is it no wonder we have 53% of ALL Americans chronically ill today (CDC report 2005). In 1905, before all these "pills" were available and so called "modern medicine" and the drugs being placed into people, the same CDC reported in 1905 that less than 5% of ALL Americans were chronically ill. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE PROGRESS TO YOU?
good luck
Good Luck to you
You need to see a reproductive endocrinologist. They are trained to handle hormone imbalances. This is the only real way to do it in my opinion.
I had this problem.
I went to a family Dr. and he put me on depression meds.
I went to a OB and he told me I was fine and that I was too young for that kind of problem. I was 28
Then I went and saw a RE. He had all the answers. He did blood work on the first day of my cycle 5 days after that, again when I was ovulating, again 5 days later. He put me on a hormone plan. I feel great. I feel 100x better. I am not tired all the time. My cycle is normal and I am a much happier person.
A women Dr. Go see your OBGYN. And ask to start on birth control.