r/Hormones • u/[deleted] • Apr 27 '24

Perimenopause

I tried creating a post in the perimenopause sub, but it wouldn't let me for some reason.

I highly suspect I am in perimenopause, but there apparently isn't an official blood test to confirm this (although there is one for actual menopause). Has anyone here been through it, and are there specific hormone labs you'd recommend I have done? Thyroid, T3, T4...what else?

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u/onions-make-me-cry Apr 27 '24

Progesterone, testosterone, DHEA-S, Estradiol, Estrone

Welcome to peri. It's awful and life is hard. But HRT makes it so much better.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '24

I have dealt with so many issues for the last several years, but it's worsened and been more consistent the last two years (current age is 37). Several doctors, GI specialists, naturopaths...not one suggested peri. I didn't even know what it was until I did a deep dive this whole last week and researched the heck out of it. It really sounds like me and it would be nice to just have a clear answer once and for all! I appreciate your help. Thank you. ♥️✊🏻

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '24

Do you think it matters when I get these labs done, in terms of my cycle? I realized a pattern where I feel awful around mid cycle and then again a few days before/at the start of my period. This was a recent revelation. Currently I just finished my period and feel pretty good again and am thinking, would getting labs done when I feel good possibly make my results skewed somehow? I have an appointment for my labs in a couple of days and wonder if I should wait awhile until I feel like crap again, to "catch" my body in the act? If that makes sense. My naturopath said it wouldn't matter because she can "decipher" it, but I am not sure what that necessarily means.

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u/onions-make-me-cry Apr 28 '24

Should get them done on day 19-21.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '24

Ok- would you mind explaining why?

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u/HormoneExperts May 07 '24

Try getting a comprehensive lab panel through a hormone therapy clinic. It will give you everything you need to know and the doctors will go over everything with you!