iT WAS EASIER TO QUIT SMOKING.

DYes, hormone depletion post menopause left me weepy all the time, I could puddle spontaneously at a mere thought. I had the bio identical pellets inserted (I feared the artificial pills and topical bio identicals did nt work for me) and I feel like a new woman. I still have periods of legitmate sadness but I was emotional all the time before, long past the initial intense grief I felt in the beginning, it's been 2 years for me, and I know now what I was dealing with. Wish I'd done it years ago.

I'm interested in this, Harp. I've been checking into the bio identical for the same reason...I don't trust the pharmacutecals, but I wasn't aware that they could be inserted. Do you need a specialist for that?

Yes,, solo, this is done by a MD, you must have a blood test EVERY time before the insertion. The pellets last up to 6 month, but in the beginning, I was so depleted that they were dissolved in 3 WEEKS. 3-4 months is about average It is rather expensive, insurance does not pay for pellets, sometimes for the dr. visit or the surgery (very small, quick, painless and minimal office visit, very quick). But well worth it from my standpoint. They also insert testosterone, my XN left mainly because my sex drive evaporated entirely (pretty shallow, eh, but typical N surface attachment). and I missed that aspect of my personality. Nothing else worked. Good luck. are you in the states or UK?

I'm in the states. You? I've been having a hell of a time finding new doctors. I had moved away for a few years and I've found that all my old doctors have either moved away, retired, or died. Not only that, but many doctors are giving up their own offices and going into clinics that I don't want to use or I'm being told that they have reached the maximum number of patients that they can take who have Medicare as their primary insurer. They're really being dictated to these days, either by their own insurers or the federal government. I found this one MD who is so sick of being told what to do about insurance stuff that she won't even take ANY insurance payments at all. Are these pellets just for testosterone? They're not are they? I don't have a problem with sex drive....it's there...big time...but I don't think I've ever been as emotional as I am now. Not even when I was pregnant or during menopause itself. I'm finding it really hard to find a doctor who will just order the tests so that I can get a read on ALL my hormone levels. I already know that I have a thyroid imbalance...i don't want to take the usually prescribed drugs. The naturally based Armour thyroid was the only one that ever worked for me but now the ingrediant have been changed and I might end up having to order it from Canada IF I can even find a good endrocrinologist around here. Somebody told me that you can actually order your own blood tests now, gave me an internet address...don't need a doctor's order....I'm still checking stuff out.

I found an osteopath at my chiropractor's clinic that tested and prescribed the topical BHRT in treatment for fibroymyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.

My hot flashes have stopped and I'm not having periods at all at 47 - pretty early menopause. And, I originally sought BHRT out (hahahaha!) because my libido was totally non existent in my marriage! Go figure!

So, BHRT, or getting rid of the bastard . . I don't know, getting rid of the bastard definitely was key, but after I kicked him out . . a couple of months later I was delighted to realize I still feel like a woman and my libido wasn't dead after all.

Yer, I tried HRT in the spring when I had found that my libido had gone out of the window (typical WWLTM looking to herself as the cause of the problem!) ......but came off it when I started to realise that it WASNT MENopause it was "the MAN".......!!

Ya, MANOPAUSE. lol

I am given both estrogen and Testosterone. My loss of interest was totally physical. (I'm almost 64) The new therapy has given me back my energy, comfort from flashes, returned my usually optimistic disposition, etc. I feel like I did before menopause. For me it was the right action to take, but not I know HRT is not for everyone .

I'm ready to try it. I went to a women's health seminar a few weeks ago and they went over every hormone produced in the human body with an explanation of all the functions. I was amazed to find out that low levels of a certain hormone triggers the fibromyalgia that I've been treated for. Why didn't the rheumatologist that I had been seeing mentioned that? The last endrocrinologist that I consulted, seemed to resent my questions and definitely didn't want to run the blood test I requested. These doctors are going to have to start dealing with the fact that we have access to more information now. They are going to get knocked off their pedestals.