I think it\'s working!!

Ohmigod, I think it's working!  I started that higher dose of nat'l estrogen the day before Mother's Day, had a BAD Mother's Day, and since then, other than a couple times of having slight little waves of Menopause....I'm doing pretty good!   On the 18th, I felt Normal,and had a fun time with my husband and daughter and her little friends. Am sticking well to my vitamin supplements, using the patch and Prometrium (nat'l progestin), and whenever I don't feel so good, I put on music and go to bed. Even if I don't sleep, just relaxing in a comfortable spot listening to music is a nice stress-reliever. Oh, I also take a Gas-EX here and there for when I start to feel the digestive shit starting again, or at night if I feel bloated (which sometimes happens even if I've had only a light meal). I also sometimes take one in the morning if I wake up and have That Feeling.    I wonder how much of the Depression and Moodiness has to do directly with physically feeling like shit? I've had one or two low days, but nothing near the deep, deep depression or dementia that comes when my body is turning inside out.   Along with adjusting my mindset to have off-days, I also have to adjust it to accept Relapses. It's been almost 2 weeks, but experience reminds me that no matter how careful I am, there's simply going to be a bad day here and there...and I just have to face it, accept it, and do whatever it takes to get over it. (I also continue to remind myself that, given the last 2 1/2-3 years, the Bad episodes have decreased in frequency as well as severity, although this is hard to remember when going through a Bad episode.   So...maybe I finally found what does it for me, that is, what works for me.   Will keep you posted.  Oh, and I recommend Gaelic Storm, and Andrea Bocelli's and Sarah Brightman's duet "Time to Say Goodbye" on his Vivere album.   Love to all who are reading and who have been reading. Write me, too!