| What blood tests are needed to check levels of hormones in women? ?

What blood tests are needed to check levels of hormones in women? ?

sstacinator asked:


I watched Oprah’s show about hormones and symptoms if a persons is low, I have those symptoms and more. I am bitchy, having migraines monthly,tired,mean,moody,can’t get to sleep,no sex drive,heavy periods,cramps,PMS BIG TIME,not caring how I look.

On the show the Dr. had a patient with pretty much all of the same symptoms that I have and so they checked certain hormone levels with a simple blood test and hers was low so they put her on hormone therapy.

I emailed my Dr. at Kaiser and she said to me lets just put you on Prozac or Zoloft. Unreal! She is and has been aware of my issues for a long time now and so she sent me to the Kaiser OB/GYN and he put me on birth control pills, first off this pissed my husband off cause he had a vasectomy and second I have been on them months and there is NO CHANGE, except weigh gain and I am risking getting breast cancer and other diseases linked to birth control pills. Instead testing me for what the problem is she they just put me on the cheapest treatment and wants it to say that way even though it doesn’t help. I need help to find out what tests that the Dr. on Oprah’s show said we needed to be tested for, please help and thank you!

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  1. sokokl on April 26th, 2009 3:13 am

    They need to check for estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone levels.

    Oprah also mentioned about making sure that thyroid levels are checked too.