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[quote=Anonymous]My symptoms were “troubling”? I guess that’s the word. Sleep disordered to about 4 hrs a night (vs. a consistent 7.5 hrs my entire life), terrible headaches, dry and bleeding vulva, deep depression and rage that typical antidepressants did nothing for. I also had horrid PPD (which seems to be a bit of a predictor for how you emotionally respond to hormone shifts). I wanted to die. I felt like dying.

My uninformed provider prescribed pelvic surgery, an off label seizure med, and sleeping pills for my symptoms. I wanted to cry.

I went to a provider (OB) who specializes in menopause. She put me on patch and topical estradiol, plus nightly progesterone. I feel alive again for the first time in 2 years. My memory/cognition improved. I sleep through the night. My vulva doesn’t tear when I wipe. Plus, I have symptom improvement that I didn’t even know were peri related—e.g., my eyesight improved!

And given the evidence for HRT for certain types of hereditary dementia, I feel like I’m taking a small step to minimize my Alzheimers risk (double APOE4 gene). Not to mention the improvement in sleep.

Anyway. Women have been gaslit about this for a really long time. There’s a BC link for starting HRT late in menopause onset. But otherwise, for women without contraindications, the risks from HRT are outweighed by the risks from life altering perimenopause symptoms for younger women—cardiac, bone, and memory. The WHI researchers misunderstood the data and it condemned an entire generation of American women (and because of the glacial pace of updating medical standards it continues to do so).

If you are suffering please reach out to a menopause specialist.  [/quote]

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