TIL. Well, okay, yesterday I learned. No, not from the doctor. I just had begun to notice that my breasts seem to be growing again. As it happens, I’ve got an appointment with an endo who specializes in transgender HRT on next Monday. So I decided to search hormones and epilepsy. This might be about to get interesting, in the “May you live in interesting times” curse definition of interesting.
CE (Catamenial Epilepsy) is affected by the hormones estrogen and progesterone. The amount of these hormones in the body changes throughout a woman’s menstrual cycle. The drop in progesterone just before menstruation may trigger seizures in women with CE. The rise in estrogen during ovulation may also rigger [sic] seizures in women with CE.
https://www.cedars-sinai.org/health-library/diseases-and-conditions/c/catamenial-epilepsy.html
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