[shellylabelle]

Has anyone's PVC's been helped by taking hormone therapy? My hormone levels were tested and are normal. Had a hysterectomy three years ago, so I am not sure if I am in peri or menopause.

[jsuter69]

I'm not but I feel when mine do get bad...its usually around THAT time of the month!

[DaniRae]

Mine are not triggered by anything.... Hormones or not. But many have found a link. I am not sure hormone therapy is worth it though. That can arry some high risks from what I understand.... Unless you are just talking birth control. I am on those.

[Katie]

Maybe ask Jodi. I think she tried an estrogen or progesterone cream. They carry those at places like Whole Foods.

[jkfrench]

Nope - I have never tried any creams. Oh, well except for the Estriol cream. But nothing strong like the creams they use on the body. I use such a small amount of the Estriol cream that I don't notice a difference with the palps.

[dr461]

Maybe mine are caused by male hormones????

[Chaoticdopey]

Originally Posted by dr461

Maybe mine are caused by male hormones????

testosterone - PVC heaven

[shellylabelle]

Thanks for the input.

[Katie]

ALOT of people on the boards including myself mention that ovulation and being on their cycle at certain times makes the palpitations worse, or appear. For me it's bad when I'm ovulating and most of the time but not always when I have my period. I would keep a food journal for one month writing down all times of symptoms, times of eating and using restroom etc. Write the week of ovulation in green pen and when you're on your period in red and use ack/blue for the other two weeks and see if there are any correlations in your cycle or in ur BMs or diet. I found out ALOT that way.

[up2late]

Originally Posted by Katie

ALOT of people on the boards including myself mention that ovulation and being on their cycle at certain times makes the palpitations worse, or appear. For me it's bad when I'm ovulating and most of the time but not always when I have my period.

That's me exactly! I just deal with it and watch my caffeine intake. Synthetic hormones scare me though so I'm not taking any of those.