Symptoms of Deficient Hormone Levels
1. Progesterone Deficiency
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Physical symptoms or related conditions from progesterone hormone deficiency:
- Weight gain
- Low body temp
- Headaches
- Hypothyroidism
- Hair loss
- Fluid retention
- Allergies/Sinusitis
- Insomnia or sleep disturbances
- Bone Loss
Emotional symptoms or related conditions from progesterone hormone deficiency:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Irritability
- Tendency to be stressed easily
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Gynecological symptoms or related conditions from progesterone hormone deficiency:
- Breast pain/cysts
- PMS
- Fibroids
- Heavy cycles
- Irregular cycles (too close together)
- Spotting before cycle or break-through bleeding
- Endometriosis
- Infertility
- Miscarriage
- Luteal Phase deficiency
- Cramps
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2. Estrogen Deficiency
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Physical symptoms or related conditions from estrogen hormone deficiency:
- Vasomotor Symptoms: hot flashes or night sweats.
- Poor Memory/Forgetfulness
- Insulin Resistance
- Bone Loss
- Heart Palpitations
- Hair loss
- Dry skin/dry eyes/dry hair
- Insomnia or sleep disturbances
- Headaches
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Gynecological symptoms or related conditions from estrogen hormone deficiency:
- Lighter/no cycles
- Vaginal dryness
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Incontinence
Emotional symptoms or related conditions from estrogen hormone deficiency:
- Depression
- Weepy or tearful
- Anxiety
- Carbohydrate Cravings
- Sleep Disturbances
- Low Libido
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3. Testosterone Deficiency
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Physical symptoms or related conditions from testosterone hormone deficiency:
- Aches and pains
- Thinning skin
- Poor memory
- Loss of muscle tone
- Fatigue
- Heart palpitations
- Insomnia
- Bone Loss
- Vasomotor symptoms: hot flashes or night sweats
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Gynecological symptoms or related conditions from testosterone hormone deficiency:
- Vaginal dryness
- Incontinence
- Loss of or thinning pubic hair
- Lichen Sclerosis
- Impaired sexual function or female sexual arousal disorder
Emotional symptoms or related conditions from testosterone hormone deficiency:
- Loss of libido
- Depression
- Lack of motivation
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4. Thyroid Deficiency
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Physical symptoms or related conditions from thyroid hormone deficiency:
- Fatigue/exhaustion
- Cold hands and feet
- Weight gain
- Memory lapse
- High cholesterol
- Low blood pressure
- Decreased sweating
- Hair loss
- Sleep disturbances
- Thinning skin
- Slowed reflexes
- Hoarseness
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- Aches/pain
- Heart palpations
- Bone loss
- Infertility
- Constipation
- Depression
- Low body temperature
- Inability to loose weight
- Poor concentration
- Puffy eyes/face
- Slow pulse
- Dry hair/skin
- Brittle nails
- Low libido
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5. Cortisol Deficiency
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Physical symptoms or related conditions from cortisol hormone deficiency:
- Fatigue or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Allergies
- Stress
- Low blood sugar or hypoglycemia ( feelings of shakiness, weakness, headaches, or irritability if miss a meal )
- Irritability
- Heart palpations
- Sugar cravings
- Chemical sensitivity
- Cold body temperature
- Arthritis
- Aches/pain
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- Hormonal and premenstrual headaches
- Irritability
- Weight gain
- Sleep disturbances
- Low thyroid symptoms
- Headaches
- Low Libido
- Fluid Retention
- Breast pain, Fibrocystic Breast Disease, breast cancer, breast adenomas
- Uterine fibroids
- Heavy bleeding
- Irregular bleeding
- Blood Clots in menstrual flow
- Endometriosis
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Symptoms of Excessive Hormone Levels
1. Excess Estrogen
The collection of symptoms related to excess estrogen is called Estrogen Dominance. This condition occurs when there is a lack of progesterone. In other words, there is not enough progesterone to balance the properties of estrogen. It is accompanied by symptoms and confirmed by lab values that show a low Progesterone-to-Estradiol ratio.
Excess Testosterone Symptoms:
- Acne/oily skin
- Facial hair
- Thinning scalp hair
- Excess body hair
- Mid-cycle pain (at ovulation)
- Pain in nipples
- Ovarian cysts
- Hypoglycemia or Insulin Resistance
- Elevated triglycerides
- Aggression, irritability
Excess Progesterone Symptoms:
(Note: symptoms only occur with taking too much progesterone, the body never over produces progesterone.)
- Sleepiness
- Bloating
- Candida
- Estrogen deficiency symptoms
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Excess Cortisol Symptoms
- Sleep disturbances
- Tired but wired feeling
- Low libido
- Cravings
- Stressed feeling
- Irritability
- Bone loss
- Loss of muscle mass
- Thinning skin
- Hormone resistance to thyroid, insulin, estrogen, testosterone, progesterone creating any deficiency symptoms of any of these hormone
- Breast cancer
- Headaches
- Heart palpitations
- Cardiovascular disease
- Insomnia
- Low serotonin-which causes depression and carbohydrate cravings
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