hormone testing- which one?

[london81]

i have hashimotos thyroid disease and i’m on top of testing and taking NDT

my enduring symptoms are PMT- in my case every month 7 days before my period i’m very angry, paranoid at time’s, i’m very hoarse, bloated and fatigued. as soon as i get my period i feel a lot better.

my cycle is 28-29 days and i am not too heavy or in much pain so my main issue is PMT. I take evening primrose oil, ashwaganda, b complex, magnesium oil, selenium, vitamin D, probiotics, coq10, tumeric and omega3.

i want to pay privately for a test but don’t know where to start.

thanks for any help

[Cooper27]

Pretty much everyone in the health world thinks the Dutch test is the most comprehensive one out there. It's very expensive and needs you to work with a nutritionist to interpret the results, because of the way the results influence one another.

If you wanted to do a blood test, I think you need to understand what it is you're looking for. Our hormones cycle throughout the month, so when I wanted to check for estrogen dominance (which can either be a result of high estrogen or low progesterone), I did a women's hormone test (estrogen, testosterone) on day 2 of my cycle and progesterone on day 21.

This has a good graph showing how hormones cycle throughout the month:

womeninbalance.org/about-ho...

I'd suggest listening to a few podcasts to get to the bottom of what's going on - Well Fed Women is one I listen to, they had a recent episode on Cyclic living that's be worth listening to.

[london81 in reply to Cooper27]

fantastic thank you. i have considered the issue of low progesterone or oestrogen dominance so that may be the best route. i tend to post results in my thyroid group for assistance so have only seen a private nutritionist once ( he’s retired now). as i’m low on funds and feel able to navigate the results myself if i know what i’m looking for. i may need to look for a practitioner if that’s a requirement of the lab. thank you so much for taking the time to respond and for the info/links!

[Cooper27 in reply to london81]

No problem

Just as a rough guide, the Dutch test is about £350, whilst blood tests would be about £79 for the main hormone test and £39 for the progesterone (discount codes available, I think Thyroid10 will get you 10% off).

[london81 in reply to Cooper27]

thank you i think i will need to save for the dutch test but may get the medichecks hormone test while it is on 25% discount, have you ever used that one? i thought it might be useful to get that in meantime to see if any obvious deficincies or the like

[Cooper27 in reply to london81]

Yeah, the medichecks one is the one I went for. It's fine enough, but didn't flag anything interesting up for me.

[london81 in reply to Cooper27]

oh interesting thank you. did you find anything on dutch test?

[Cooper27 in reply to london81]

I haven't done the dutch test, I haven't been able to afford it unfortunately

[london81 in reply to Cooper27]

it’s very expensive!!