That's even more unpleasant than I had expected! I feel as though I'm having increased problems with restless leg-type symptoms. I've wondered if it were hormone related.
I'm glad you're doing better, and if I get worse, I may head myself to TN. I actually had a female gynecologist tell me she could prescribe "PMS medicine" for me. Really? PMS medicine? "Oh yes!" she said. It was called serafem.
Too bad for her, I knew it was prozac and never went back. If that was all she could do for me, fine. Just admit that. But don't lie to me.
My doctor doesn’t use the HT that is made from horse urine as mentioned in the article but she does do the HRT cocktail. They use something different that she said was more natural. I took Estradiol and the other one was Prometrium. I took one estrogen pill and one Prometrium a day at the lowest dose possible. They fixed me right up but she let me know first thing that it was a temporary fix. Normally your body will adjust itself in time where menopause is concerned but the first few years are awful for some women. I think that by weaning myself off by gradually decreasing how often I took them helped me a lot.
She also checked my vitamin D level because without enough D you don’t make the best of calcium and they have also found that vitamin D fights breast cancer. I take one prescription strength vitamin D capsule a month. None of my male doctors checked me for vitamin D deficiency.
Good going GoldwaterChick! I hope I’m in as good shape as you are in my 70’s. I’m very small boned and bone loss is my main fear.