Posted by katekite on July 18, 2002, at 19:20:48
In reply to Re: estrogen is helping, Yasmin-Chloe, All, posted by hildi on July 18, 2002, at 18:05:15
I did try Promensil, a plant-estrogen compound. It recommends one pill once a day I think, so I took 2 twice a day, and it seemed to help faintly.
If you are helped at all by the duck-airsac-extract or whatever this thing is, then that would be a clue, at least.
That we have to resort to trying non-FDA approved things like this shows that the medical system is dangerously out of balance. We should be able to see a doctor and say, "look, I want to try Y or Z" and they should let us, tell us the risks etc, work with us, be there for if it goes wrong. Of course we will resort to unproven unresearched remedies if they don't work with us, because our problems don't just disappear when we leave the office. Asking to try the BC pill is not like asking for oxycodone. It just makes me so angry!
But anyways....
I wonder about Planned Parenthood type clinics for you -- if you're in an urban area there I bet there is something like that that would gladly shuffle you through and give you a BC pill, without demanding testing.
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