Is this estrogen?
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So after I have breakfast + b vitamins and a bowel movement, about an hour later I have weepiness and crying. It’s happened for the last week.
I thought it was related to the prometrium I was taking cyclically but I didn’t take any last night and it still happened this morning.
It feels like estrogen detoxing.
For context, I cry easily if I hear something upsetting and I was a kid that cried a lot. I’m 37 female and “unexplained” infertility is my current main issue. However nothing is triggering the weeping currently, it just appears.
I don’t do well with fibre and have upper GI irritation from it but hugely improved with peat principles and gelatin. (Just in case someone suggests raw carrot salad, I can’t handle it currently)
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My first thought was serotonin.
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I wouldn't say Serotonin, it rather blunts emotional response, subdued kind of sadness yes but not crying. No idea what effects estrogen has though.
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Hi @LucyJ, I can’t recall if you’ve mentioned this, but do you have a history of hypoglycemia? Prior to treating my thyroid, I had frequent hypoglycemic episodes and random crying spells were my telltale sign that my blood sugar had crashed. Within 15 minutes of having some fruit or juice, I was back to my old (cheerful) self.
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@Jennifer
I think I used to but it's hugely improved. It doesn't seem to have before ovulation hence thinking it was estrogen. -
@Peatful interesting. I get serotonin issues form pineapple and bananas and tomatoes. But curious why it would happen second half of cycle only.
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@pittybitty I wonder if that's different for different people as I cry sooo easily and do have serotonin issues?! I have histamine issues too though
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@Peatful Reading what you've posted I wonder if I get a Co2 breathing device. I do think I have serotonin issues as ondansetron does help if I'm really anxious and can't sleep. Just wonder why serotonin is still such an issue despite doing a lot of peat stuff and generally feeling better...
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@LucyJ said in Is this estrogen?:
@Jennifer
I think I used to but it's hugely improved. It doesn't seem to have before ovulation hence thinking it was estrogen.I’m glad to hear it has improved. Since you mention having unexplained infertility, is your doctor testing your estrogen and prolactin (tissue bound estrogen) levels regularly? That should confirm if the crying is estrogen related, and perhaps your doctor needs to adjust your dose of Prometrium?
To confirm if your symptoms are serotonin related, if you haven’t done so already, you could ask your doctor to order a 5-HIAA urine test? Apologies if I’ve already mentioned this, but back when I had digestive issues, depression and anxiety, and told Ray that my whole blood serotonin test result came back low/normal, he responded that "Whole blood serotonin isn't very informative, because it isn't harmful when it's bound in the platelets, and harmful when it's free in the plasma; urine 5-HIAA (a serotonin metabolite) is an easy test."
