I got my lab results back from my appointment last week. They did quite a bit of bloodwork. I haven’t seen my specialist yet to talk about my levels but so far everything is “within normal range”. I had my blood taken during my luteal phase. I know that does not mean I’m not experiencing perimenopause (the symptoms alone tell me I am) but to have blood tests come back in “normal ranges” is tough. I really wanted it to validate my symptoms… I have to keep reminding myself that the blood work isn’t everything and that despite being in range a lot of them were on the low end. I’ve been taking my oral progesterone for about 4 nights now but I haven’t seen much improvement. I know it takes time to see big results and if I need to have estrogen and/or testosterone that might balance things out too but I was hoping to a least sleep a bit better. Anyways, I got my period early (surprise!) and have been having a really rough couple of days. Lastly, does anyone have any insight into a CBC-RLM blood test? I have low neutrophils Absolute at 2.03 and high Basophils Absolute at 0.04. My white blood cells were within range but on the low end at 4.12. I did a bit of googling and the most likely explanation is that I’m fighting off a bug or am experiencing allergies due to a histamine issue. So I guess my question is, since histamines can be a problem In Perimenopause, could that be causing these levels to be off? Sorry for the long post! I hope everyone is having a good day! Thanks! 😊

Out of curiosity - I know we are all different and such but I’m super curious what your all feeling best at with estradiol levels, like what level did you settle at that made you feel you were happy and healthy and optimal?

Forgot to introduce myself. 49 yr old mom of 2 adult children. I’m pretty sure I’ve been experiencing perimenopause for 3 years. Thought I had wan autoimmune disease. I Love working out and strength training, I use it for mental health and of course to look and feel good. I got to a point where I not only lack motivation, but can’t recover properly and feel weak and fatigued. This is soul crushing to me! Everyone keeps telling me I’m just getting older and it’s normal. Nope! It doesn’t change over night like that! I hate not feeling like myself and not feeling good, all while doing all the things that are supposed to make me feel good. I’m not gonna roll over and take it! If I can do something about this, why wouldn’t I??? So don’t tell me this is normal and every woman gets through it and I will too! …ok, rant over. Thanks for listening.

Hi all, I’m new here. I’ve been monitoring hormones for almost 1 year. I had to rule out a few other odd health things before beginning HRT. I’m now ready to do so and found out I have a very small fibroid that has never given me trouble. My naturopath says she doesn’t think I should take estrogen since it can feed fibroids 🙄. I’ve been deep diving and found that other women have been using estrogen even with fibroids. Does anyone here have experience with this? TIA