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Dr. Diana, both a doctor (therapeutic optometrist), and a recovered POTS and ME/CFS patient, offers help and hope for POTS, Dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Lyme, vascular abnormalities, Fibromyalgia, and Multiple Sclerosis. Dr. Diana is now working full time at POTS Care.

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Reply To: Progesterone while pregnant

NEW STUDY! Parasym Plus™ for Multiple Sclerosis › Forums › PrettyIll.com Discussion › The Latest Research › Progesterone while pregnant › Reply To: Progesterone while pregnant

December 1, 2011 at 7:52 pm #1593
Dr. Diana
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Hi Diane, What an interesting question. I can’t say that I have an answer, but I will tell you that with POTS, we certainly get worse with estrogen! Any vasodilator (like estrogen) or HISTAMINE (as in mast cell disease) causes us to feel much sicker, usually. Many of us stop our periods to get by (I stopped my period for 2 years). That helps a lot of us. Progesterone can cause vasoconstriction of the arterioles, which could bring less oxygen to our tissues (including our brains). I don’t believe researchers have it all sorted out yet (as evident by the conflicting articles that we read! What’s a woman to do?). Does anybody else have any thoughts on this? Thanks for a great question! 🙂 Diana

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