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[quote=Anonymous]For the other perspective, there are people who don't have good experiences with hormones. Given my past experiences with hormonal birth control, and my own symptoms, I decided not to do HRT. My initial symptoms were insomnia, night sweats, insulin resistance, weight gain, thickening middle and brain fog (extreme - to the point I thought I might have early onset dementia). I radically changed my diet/eating, went Whole30 to understand my inflammatory triggers, did intermittent fasting and low carbs (no grains for me). This dramatically reduced my symptoms. Time and some acupuncture helped some too. After about two years I never have night sweats, rarely have insomnia, almost never have hot flashes, have all my hair, and my body appearances is similar to before the onset of symptoms (so I fit into all my old clothes). I still have a sex life, but now need to have lubrication. That's about it. I firmly believe that people have radically different experiences, and I would never rule out HRT for someone else (my sister is on it, and likes it).[/quote]

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