I was reading this thread - http://www.msworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=106983 - on the connection between menstruation and symptom flare-ups and thought I'd start a new thread to ask my question rather than hijacking that one.
I do not have an MS diagnosis (first neuro appt. in the morning), but I have noticed a definite connection with my MS suspicious symptoms and my hormones. This past week I had my worst flare-up to date. My period was 4 days late. Once it finally started, I began to feel a little better. Now that it's over today, I'm feeling much, much better.
I had gone to my gyno when all these strange symptoms first started several months ago. They didn't think it sounded like a gynological problem, but did a pap and an ultrasound. Nothing was out of the ordinary. I have endometriosis, but have for years with no dizziness, numbness, tingling, etc.
So, my gyno's only suggestion was to cure the endo and see what would happen if I went estrogen free for 6 months by taking Lupron. I told him I wanted to wait until after I'd seen a neurologist (it's taken me awhile to get in). I didn't want to take any risks of Lupron actually making it worse.
So what do you think? Would Lupron be a bad thing or a good thing? I definitely flared-up before and during my period this month, but in the past it has been around the time of ovulation. Those are on two opposite ends of the estrogen spectrum! So I don't know if the Lupron could help stave off symptoms or if it would make things worse. It would basically cause me to go through early menopause.
I appreciate any advice you can offer. Thanks!
I do not have an MS diagnosis (first neuro appt. in the morning), but I have noticed a definite connection with my MS suspicious symptoms and my hormones. This past week I had my worst flare-up to date. My period was 4 days late. Once it finally started, I began to feel a little better. Now that it's over today, I'm feeling much, much better.
I had gone to my gyno when all these strange symptoms first started several months ago. They didn't think it sounded like a gynological problem, but did a pap and an ultrasound. Nothing was out of the ordinary. I have endometriosis, but have for years with no dizziness, numbness, tingling, etc.
So, my gyno's only suggestion was to cure the endo and see what would happen if I went estrogen free for 6 months by taking Lupron. I told him I wanted to wait until after I'd seen a neurologist (it's taken me awhile to get in). I didn't want to take any risks of Lupron actually making it worse.
So what do you think? Would Lupron be a bad thing or a good thing? I definitely flared-up before and during my period this month, but in the past it has been around the time of ovulation. Those are on two opposite ends of the estrogen spectrum! So I don't know if the Lupron could help stave off symptoms or if it would make things worse. It would basically cause me to go through early menopause.
I appreciate any advice you can offer. Thanks!
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