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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the doctors are relying on an old poorly designed study from over 20 years ago.  The more recent studies show that IF YOU START HRT BEFORE you are fully through menopause it has significant benefits in protecting your heart and brain.  If you wait until you are in your 60s, it’s too late because those receptors have turned off and so your body isn’t able to make appropriate use of the hormones and the effect is negative.[/quote]

I'm 14:24 above.

Regarding "starting HRT before you're fully through menopause," a respected GYN here (Bethesda) (not mine) said start it "within a few years" (I think it was 5 years) of menopause. Like I said, I was a total disaster with the periods I got -- very heavy, lasting 2 weeks. I would have about a 2-week breaks between them. I was losing my mind.

The same GYN also advocated all the health benefits of HRT, cited how the study from 20+ years ago was flawed, etc. But, according to her, you don't need to start before the 12 month point.
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