Okay, I was looking up the things I want tested in the blood test. We scheduled it for a week from tomorrow.

Something that caught my eye was that high progesterone causes
Anxiety, depression, skin irritation, muscle soreness/inflammation

so, I decided it would be worth it to look up progesterone and the skin stuff, since this is a problem I have sometimes, especially today.

When it is really bad, I sometimes sweat thickly, almost sticky. I think I have written about it before.

Anyway, I decided to search for that specific symptom, getting side-tracked. Turns out, other people have it too. It seems like it is also a side effect of some medicines that help prostate enlargement and cancer.

Progesterone also helps these. I don't know if it is THE medicine that has the side effect, but if progesterone helps prostate problems, and things that help prostate problems sometimes cause this problem, I think maybe it is safe to say there may be some sort of connection between increased progesterone and this problem.

Here's the kicker, progesterone levels are lowered by increased D2 activity in an area just outside the brain. Low D2 activity can cause high progesterone. Low D2 activity is considered important in social anxiety.

There are a few problems with the theory. For one, I don't have gynecomastia. That is a pretty big piece of evidence against it.

Still, I am interested now. If good for nothing else, crazy theories are fun and make me hopeful

Here is what I have on my list to ask about being tested so far [if anyone reads this and thinks there is something I should add, message me]:

Histamine levels

Thyroid hormones

steroid-related hormones, especially
Progesterone
Prolactin
Testosterone
Dihydrotestosterone
androstenolone (DHEA)
Pregenolone
Cortisol
Aldosterone

Norepinephrine
Epinephrine

Insulin-like Growth Factor
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
Human Growth hormone

Metals
Magnesium
Iron

Creatine
Anything to do with ATP or mitochondria

Anything that could be related to anxiety or fatigue