Has Anyone Struggled With Low Estrogen Levels For No Obvious Reason?

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I'm specifically asking women who still have their ovaries and are premonopause are not on any hormone inhibitors (like Lupron). It is so weird to me because it starting showing in my bloodwork after excision surgery and my hysterectomy (complete, not radical) that I have low estrogen levels. I figured it was my body adjusting to the excising of the endometriomas as well as maybe the removal of my tubes, but the low estrogen has continued to stay abnormally low and I am definitely experiencing subsequent symptoms (e.g. vaginal dryness, absent sex drive, changing body shape etc.) I am not on any medications right now nor taking any hormone related supplements. I am wondering if I am just not getting enough estrogen or phytoestrogens in terms of foods, as I no longer eat dairy and I've been avoiding soy (and soy ingredients) like the plague, both of which are extremely hard to avoid I've learned. I've been so scared of the endometriosis rearing its ugly head again but I'm wondering if I may be too cautious so I thought I'd ask here and hope I may be able to hear about some of your experiences and what helped, if anything. I am going to call my surgeons and ask if going back on an estrogen-progerestone birth control might actually be a good idea now when it was definitely not before.

A MyEndometriosisTeam Member · Accepted Answer

Surgeries can cause that to happen,even if not removed.

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