I've never heard of anyone, once entering into menopause, starting their periods again. But, if your not having any serious symptoms, I say don't rock the boat and count your self very lucky!! I'd try natural or holistic before taking a pharmaceutical for any lite symptoms. Sometimes with the other stuff the side effects are worse than the original issue. My humble opinion. You're really lucky!

I agree with Lily!

Your periods shouldnt resume on hormone replacement therapy if your dose is not too high and causing you to get too much estrogen. Sometimes the dose needs tweaked but most OBGYN's start you out at the lowest dose to see how you do and go up from there depending on how you feel. I was on hormones and dosed up 3 times in three months and should have taken the lowest dose for a solid three months before going up and it caused me to have a period. That is the reason for the low dose starting out. Best Wishes!

If your symptoms don't bother you too much, why are you looking at HRT? In my opinion, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! HRT carries risk with it and you really need to look at the risk/benefit ratio before you start taking stuff. Just my opinion. Good luck.

That's not a stupid question. Actually, no question asked here would be at all. Your period should not resume after starting Natural hormonal therapy. I don't recommend taking hormonal pill prescriptions, they have health risks that could affect your LIVER!

If your menopausal symptoms are not severe I don't think you should take anything that are not considered natural herbs. You should get your hormone levels checked & keep in mind that there are excellent over the counter hormonal creams which are sold at most drugstores that are hormonal friendly such as; drugstore.com, amazon.com, etc.

My progesterone & estrogen levels are low, but my testosterone is pretty high. Most women have lower progesterone levels than estrogen. I use an OTC progesterone cream called, Emerita Pro-gest, & it works pretty good. I don't recommend compounded hormonal creams that come from certain pharmacutical companies, cuz they can be costly & they carry health risks.

Not trying to complicate things for ya, but if you can go to a hormonal specialist or OB-GYN you should get your hormone levels checked. If you have estrogen dominance symptoms (don't use estrogen cream alone), it's not safe to use estrogen cream without progesterone cream, but it is super safe to use progesterone cream without estrogen cream.

Do your research & check out the OTC creams, before purchasing, read the reviews first. If you suffer severe menopausal symptoms, such as; depression, mood swings, dry skin, hot flashes, inability to lose weight, weight gain, hair loss, dry eyes, fatigue, foggy thinking, short term memory loss, headaches, etc. & you feel they are unbearable, talk to your doctor about all of your options & pick the safest solution. (You should get the books by John R. Lee, M.D. - What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause , or What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause.

If the symptoms are too much for you to handle, try the creams first. Just my personal opinions. Good luck to you & keep me posted on your progress. Hang in there. Peace 2 u.

Thank you all so much for your replies. Like I said, the hot flashes are tolerable, the other symptoms bother me worse such as the brain fog, memory loss and mood swings. I've been seeing all these commercials on tv for the natural hormone replacement, and they make it sound so good, but I'm really of the same mind as Hotmom1, if it ain't broke (or not broken too badly), don't fix it.