(June 21, 2016 at 3:22 pm)Dust_bunny Wrote: If the serotonin (independant of progesterone) was the problem then lupron wouldnt have any effect. If treating the progesterone issue with lupron adresses the serotonin issue then it's the hormone not the neurotransmitter. So I have a problem with labelling it a neurotransmitter disorder, it is not that, it is a hormone disorder. Is thyroid problem a neurotransmitter disorder too because that can cause paranoia so bad it mimics schitzophrenia. This is stigma on woman and it's not ok. It's not ok to ignore the biological female cause of illness and defer it to mental treatment. Not ok at all.
Not getting over the term sorry just because Big Pharma says I should. You post sounds like its spit straight out of a textbook written by lilly. To me this is herd mentality sorry.
All that cognitive and social theory caca you listed is why I choose not to continue in psychology. Who thinks of this shit? oh right... angry white men over 50 who write medical textboooks lol
I do think there is an allergic element in this as the P.M.D.D. effects seen in the amygdala are similar to the amygdala effects seen in allergy. I will go as far as to say there may be a heightened fear response due to an excess of anxiety related chemicals caused by the allergic reaction or maybe the inverse from possible trauma.
On allergy and neurochemical disruption
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2678838/
On progesterone
http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v13/n3/...2030a.html
In regards to bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, its actually not that hard to find someone to do it once you are over 40. What is sad is that woman are forced to wait until they are over 40. Still, it is not a decision that a woman takes lightly even if she knows she doesn't want to have children. There are serious consequences to early menopause especially when the woman likely has another 10 years of eggs hanging around.
The first source discusses symptoms in patients with existing mood disorders. Do you have an existing mood disorder? Also, did you read where it did not correlate to IgE? I'll need something more credible to consider a progesterone allergy hypothesis.
Re Lupron, yes it works. Fine, go on Lupron the rest of your life. No more progesterone for your brain to react to.
Second source, so? Hormones effect areas of the brain. OMG, news flash. Do you believe that it's only female hormones? Give yourself a big dose of prednisone and see how you react.
The most accepted model says, for what ever reason, that area of the brain reacts differently to progesterone changes in some women when compared to others. You do note that they are not talking about excess hormone (as in your thyroid example). So, that area of the brain reacts differently causing symptoms. No one is ignoring the biological cause. The biological cause appears to be in the brain. It's the brain reacting different, not the ovaries. They are offering an alternative treatment to eliminating progesterone. Want removing your amygdala to be an option?
I didn't list the "caca", the source did. But of course, you know better, all that training and education. Yep only angry old white men. Sandra Bem, Leta Hollingworth, Karen Horney, Christine Ladd-Franklin, all pos.
Re surgical risk, Lupron risk, pmdd risk. Make a choice. Do a risk vs benefit analysis and choose.
After bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, what eggs hanging around? Unless you have them some place else that I don't know about.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
