fire.horse
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Re: Preexisting hormonal imbalance and self-medicating?
I should also add for any women reading this, if you have a persistent inexplicable hormone imbalance and also have a "non-hormonal" copper IUD, please see your naturopath to check your copper levels (note: blood tests are not an accurate way to assess copper).
A Mexican study showed women with copper IUDs for many years to have double the normal acceptable levels of copper. Not toxic, but enough for chronic symptoms. Excess copper has many symptoms, but namely of interest here, it eventually leads to adrenal crash and hormonal imbalances.
Also, a foreign object in the uterus causes chronic inflammation, which is a physiological stressor, to which the body responds with elevated cortisol and eventually adrenal fatigue as described above.
I should also add for any women reading this, if you have a persistent inexplicable hormone imbalance and also have a "non-hormonal" copper IUD, please see your naturopath to check your copper levels (note: blood tests are not an accurate way to assess copper).
A Mexican study showed women with copper IUDs for many years to have double the normal acceptable levels of copper. Not toxic, but enough for chronic symptoms. Excess copper has many symptoms, but namely of interest here, it eventually leads to adrenal crash and hormonal imbalances.
Also, a foreign object in the uterus causes chronic inflammation, which is a physiological stressor, to which the body responds with elevated cortisol and eventually adrenal fatigue as described above.