HRT advice

i suppose its a matter of try and see

theres no set time, and every woman different, HRT's all differ

'everyones hormones decline' is at different levels, depends what the HRT is thats given,  whether its the right balance etc 

no one fits all answer really 

good luck with it all

jay x

Jayneejay is right everyone is different. My own experience is - I took small dose HRT for 4months and put on a stone in weight!!!! I am only tiny and have been one of the lucky ones in life who are naturally slim & never had to worry abt weight gain - you can see why I was horrified!!! I stopped taking the HRT and it took me almost a year to loose the weight   

But everyone IS different and you must remember this - whats good for one will be bad for someone else - untill you try you wont know...........

Good luck with what you decide to do.....

I know I am not on HRT and don't want it with all the medications I am on. 

It is really up to you and your body on how HRT works with you. 

If I were you I would look up stuff on HRT and decide for yourself what you think thats my advise on HRT. 

Hiya

I'm not yet taking HRT......but will not rule it out, more for my bone health than anything else.

I'm going to follow your thread to see the replies and check how things work out for you.

I hope it gives you some relief, and all I'm sure of is that as the other's have said: its not a case of 'one size fits all', so you may have to change things to get it right for you.

Good Luck!

Sx

Read up on different types..

risks and benefits..

some like the patch as transdermal and doesnt go via the liver 

read about Premarin, Premique and Prempak C before offered it as doctors forget to tell you its equine, ( made from pregant mares urine) and cruelly done ..

' We aint horses' 

theres better choices in my personal opinion..

so do your homework and see what suits you personally - all personal choice at the end if day, some swear by it, some dont, some cant even have it due to family breast cancer history, or their own health history.

some take it and then have peri all over again as when stopped the hormones decline again and the symptoms kick back in.. ( postpones menopause) 

lots to think about,  good luck hun

jay x

 

Well i think most of the ladies on here know my opinion on HRT. I definitely agreed with it. I came off antidepressants as my mood improved in leaps and bounds. I lost over a stone without trying and felt more energetic. Sex life was great too lol. Didnt help my hot sweats much but took the edge off everything else. I was on a low dose. Ive recently had to stop the HRT due to fibroids but im now at screaming point and have asked the doctor if i can go back on it. Im just waiting to see a gyne for advice before i dash to the chemist to get my prescription! I just want my old self back and i think after the last few weeks of hell my poor hubby might whizz me to the nearest chemist whether ive seen the gyne or not!!! :0

Always good to do your own research and get lots of opinions.

Good luck

E.x

I have been on bio identical oestrogen (implants then transdermal MX (matrix) patches now back to implants again - I get a compound chemist to make it up) for 26 years.  Best invention ever.  Not my experience to put on weight nor others that I know.

Those that don't use HRT that I know have tended to put on weight.  Whether it is lack of oestrogen or comfort eating I don't know - probably both.

I generally feel a 'surge' in my breasts when new implant kicks on.  It really does not take too long - never longer than a week.  But then I use high dose (100 ug/day)  On patches I was up and down all the time as the patches did not last as long as they should for me.  I supplemented with the gel form when I felt waves of anxiety or depression, sweats, etc because my patch had run out or I had forgotten to put on a new one.

I don't plan on ever going off it so I am not delaying menopause.  We don't have to go off it.  Those that still have their uterus should take progesterone (progestogen?) as well to stop having problems with their uterus.  Those who had endometriosis should use progesterone (?) too.

I have read some people justify not using HRT because women did not thousands of years ago.  Thousands of years ago, people were lucky to live past 38, so there wasn't much menopause going around back then.  Similarly up through the ages.  One would have read novels including women taking to their bed for the rest of their lives (the wealthy of course) in previous centuries because of 'women's troubles' or vapours or whatever.  Menopause suffering was around if they lived long enough, they just could not do anything about it so they suffered, became debilitated and died.

We are lucky we live in an age where can do something about it.