MommaBear
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My 15 year ol daughter has Turner's syndrome and has zero ovary function. (Other dx is epilepsy, hashimotos thyroid and hashimotos encephalopathy which caused brain damage)
She was on estradial patches a couple years for breast development until insurance changed brands and every Sunday she would put on a new patch she would have a seizure. And she gained 30lbs in a couple months. So I stopped the patch. The Dr's got the original brand back but she gained even more weight when we started back up. So I stopped that.
The next step is to start dosing progesterone to start her period and give her a dose of bone density to protect from osteoporosis at age 20.
Being cognitively impaired (she's around the mentality of a 2nd grader) I don't like the idea of having to deal with periods and she isn't keen on the idea either. So the endocrinologist says 'oh we will just put her on the depo shot to stop her period.'
I'm not keen on this method or the endocrine system of care. And I don't agree with things like the deposit shot as I have several friends and family who reacted badly to it.
Any thoughts among you all here on a different course to help her get the hormones her body needs?
I study and practice herbalism and know that red clover gives a good spectrum of the estrogen hormones In balance. And with all the estrogens in our life I'm not too worried about that one. I'm needing to understand progesterone dosing and at what level is needed for health. And if we can dose progesterone without having to deal with periods? She naturally would not go thru puberty (some girls do but hit menopause by early 20's)
She was on estradial patches a couple years for breast development until insurance changed brands and every Sunday she would put on a new patch she would have a seizure. And she gained 30lbs in a couple months. So I stopped the patch. The Dr's got the original brand back but she gained even more weight when we started back up. So I stopped that.
The next step is to start dosing progesterone to start her period and give her a dose of bone density to protect from osteoporosis at age 20.
Being cognitively impaired (she's around the mentality of a 2nd grader) I don't like the idea of having to deal with periods and she isn't keen on the idea either. So the endocrinologist says 'oh we will just put her on the depo shot to stop her period.'
I'm not keen on this method or the endocrine system of care. And I don't agree with things like the deposit shot as I have several friends and family who reacted badly to it.
Any thoughts among you all here on a different course to help her get the hormones her body needs?
I study and practice herbalism and know that red clover gives a good spectrum of the estrogen hormones In balance. And with all the estrogens in our life I'm not too worried about that one. I'm needing to understand progesterone dosing and at what level is needed for health. And if we can dose progesterone without having to deal with periods? She naturally would not go thru puberty (some girls do but hit menopause by early 20's)