Dr Sally’s Short List of Sex Hormone Symptoms

By Dr. Sally Daughtry

Too much estrogen:

  • Water retention

  • Fatigue Rash

  • Breast swelling

  • Fibrocystic breasts

  • PMS-like symptoms

  • Loss of sex drive

  • Uterine fibroids

  • Craving for sweets

  • Weight gain

  • Desire to isolate (due to irritability)

  • Fatty foods can upset digestion

  • Heavy periods

Too little estrogen:

  • Hot flashes

  • Shortness of breath

  • Night sweats

  • Sleep disorders

  • Vaginal shrinkage

  • Painful intercourse

  •  Loss of sex drive

  • Vaginal dryness

  • Dry skin

  • Anxiety

  • Rosacea/rash on face comes and goes with spice or temperature changes

  • Mood swings

  • Headache

  • Depression

  • Memory Loss

  • Heart palpitations

  • Yeast infections

  • Inability to reach orgasm

  • Hair loss

Too much progesterone:

  • Depression

  • Somnolence

  • Sore breasts (swollen breasts)

Too little progesterone:

  • Headache/ esp worse before periods/ esp if ‘regular’ headache medicine does not work well.

  • Hot flashes, sweating when it’s not too hot.

  • ‘SNAPPY’ short temper even in a ‘nice’ person

  • Low libido

  • Anxiety

  • Night sweats

  • Lumps in breasts, tender lumps

  • Painful breasts

  • Sleep disorder/insomnia

  • Shortness of breath

  • Moodiness

  • Vaginal shrinkage / esp if post menopause

  • Fuzzy thinking

  • Painful intercourse

  • Depression

  • Vaginal dryness

  • Food cravings or aversions

  • Dry skin

  • Irritability

  • Insomnia

  • Mood swings

  • Memory loss, confusion

  • Weight gain

  • Heart palpitations (fluttering or irregular)

  • Bloating

  • Yeast infections

  • Inability to concentrate

  • Inability to reach orgasm (even if sex drive is intact)

  • Painful joints (anywhere but especially low back/sciatica)

  • Asthma

  • Desire to isolate, love family but want to be away from them

  • Heavy periods

  • PMS

  • URINATION too frequent, especially at night

  • Hair loss

Too much testosterone:

  • Oily skin

  • Acne

  • Facial hair

  • Deepening voice

  • Feelings of anger and aggression

  • Male pattern baldness

  • Clitoral enlargement

Too little testosterone:

  • Vaginal dryness

  • Urinary incontinence

  • Dry skin

  • Brittle hair, hair loss

  • Decreased sexual desire

  • Reduced energy and sense of well-being

  • Insensitivity to clitoral stimulation

  • Insensitivity to nipple stimulation

  • Decreased arousability overall

  • Lower capacity for orgasm

  • Thinning of pubic hair (for some women)