The Hormone Balance Test

Find Out if Your Symptoms Are Due to a Hormonal Imbalance

1. Read carefully through the list of symptoms in each group, and put a check mark next to each symptom that you have. (If you check off the same symptom in more than one group, that's
   fine.)

2. Go back and count the check marks in each group. In any group where you have two or more symptoms checked off, there's a good chance that you have the hormone imbalance
   represented by that group.

3. The more symptoms you check off, the higher the likelihood that you have the hormone
   imbalance represented by that group. (Some people may have more than one type of
   hormonal imbalance.)

4. It is recommended that you print these pages and use them as a reference.

5. Go to the answers

Answers | Women Symptoms | Men Symptoms

1. SYMPTOM GROUP 1
   Progesterone deficiency: this is the most common hormone imbalance among women of all ages. You may need to change your diet, get off of synthetic hormones (including birth control pills), and you may need to use some progesterone cream. (This is explained in detail in Dr. Lee's books, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause and What Your Doctor May
   Not Tell You About PREMenopause)
   
    
2. SYMPTOM GROUP 2
   Estrogen deficiency: This hormone imbalance is most common in menopausal women; especially if you are petite and/or slim. You may need to make some special changes to your diet; take some women's herbs; and some women may even need a little bit of natural estrogen (about one-tenth the dose prescribed by most doctors).
   
    
3. SYMPTOM GROUP 3
   Excess estrogen: In women, this is most often solved by getting off of the conventional synthetic hormones most often prescribed by doctors for menopausal women.
   
    
4. SYMPTOM GROUP 4
   Estrogen dominance: This is caused when you don't have enough progesterone to balance the effects of estrogen. Thus, you can have low estrogen but if you have even lower progesterone, you can have symptoms of estrogen dominance. Many women between the ages of 40 and 50 suffer from estrogen dominance.
   
    
5. SYMPTOM GROUP 5
   Excess androgens (male hormones): This is most often caused by too much sugar and simple carbohydrates in the diet.
   
    
6. SYMPTOM GROUP 6
   Cortisol deficiency: this is caused by tired adrenals, which is usually caused by chronic stress. If you're trying to juggle a job and a family, chances are good you have tired adrenals.

1. SYMPTOM GROUP 1
   Testosterone deficiency: this is most common in men over the age of fifty, and can be remedied with special nutritional supplements; increased muscle-building exercise; and supplemental hormones including DHEA, androstenedione and (natural) testosterone. It is recommended that you get a saliva hormone test to find out which hormone would be best for you. 
   
    
2. SYMPTOM GROUP 2
   Excess estrogen: In men, excess estrogen can be balanced with one of the male hormones and changes in diet and lifestyle.