Menopause Support Group

Menopause is the physiological cessation of menstrual cycles associated with advancing age. It normally occurs in women between the ages of 45 and 55, when the body begins to slow and stop the production of eggs, estrogen and progesterone production decreases, and menstruation diminishes, eventually stopping altogether.

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Anyone not taking replacement therapy?

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Is there anyone that is not or can not take replacement therapy? I would like to know how you feel.
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I refuse to take the mare urine-based hormone replacements, so I use bio-identicals instead. I am doing pretty well with them.
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I had used supplements and a progesterone cream. As had been in the news, the progesterone cream now supposedly can cause cervical cancer. I have not taken anything in the form of hormone therapy for a long time. I stopped my periods when I was 42. My doctors never acknowledged that I was going through menopause. They kept telling me I was too young. I am now 48 and having a great deal of difficulty. I have been given antidepressants and antianxiolytic medications which I have recently read is just a temporary fix. I have recently moved to Chattanooga and am hopeful that I can't get real help with this as it really disrupts my life.
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I'm not using anything, and I do not feel so great.
Most of my symptoms are bearable but I was using estrace (a low dose vaginal estrodiol cream for svere vaginal dryness and atrophy.) I had to stop using it because of breast lumps. So my sex life is pretty much over and it's very depressing because I'm only 40.
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I cannot take hormone replacement meds. I have never even been able to take any type of hormone - even birth control pills when younger. I hate the hot flashes, but I feel much more stable with menopause than my monthly problems I had before. I had terrible PMS, cramps, extreme bleeding, etc.. Now, I feel more balanced. I do still seem to have a period every 5 months or so,
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Hi Chrisaa,
I not taking a rx, I take
remifemin. I feel better than I did No hot flashes now...thank God...If u want to talk let me know. Hopeforlife
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So far I'm doing great without any replacements. I had such a horrible time with my periods before menapause that this is kind of welcome. I'm almost 1 year period free and haven't had any hot flashes in a long time. I am taking Prozac..but have been for years for my OCD.
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I tried it and got sick with minutes so I switched over to herbs that work great with the side effects.
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