the article makes good points but it is for post menopausal wimmins and therefore the complications with concomitant natural pre-menopausal levels of the 3 estrogens/progest are still valid--
what i neglected to mention was winstrol maybe a possibility--depending on goals...though I hate the stuff as it makes my joint hurt like nothing else.
winny makes my arthritis scream so bad I can barely move
for me I'm workin with perimenopausal hormone levels
test is mid range
estrogen is in the bottom third of the bottom third range
progesterone was below normal
all ran based on date/timing within cycle
BUT when those tests were run my thyroid profile was also terrible. Not disease terrible but not optimal.
TSH was fairly low..good number
but T4 was low normal and T3 was a hair below normal..not ideal
RT3 was not a high enough value to be considered a factor but was present
antibodies test was good, again present but below being considered a "positive" test.
I take a prescribed dessicated thyroid
I was prescribed progesterone supplementation but never remember to take it and honestly really noticed not too big of a difference with it which is probably why I never remember to take it.
so there..you have more info to go on