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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HRT[/quote]

Not OP here: I’ve been on HRT for 2 months now and am still waking up a lot. I thought it would be life changing but I am very disappointed[/quote]

What dose are you on? The 100mg progesterone wasn’t enough to help my sleep. I didn’t get a benefit until I increased to 200mg about 3 months in. Now my sleep is great. [/quote]

I agree with this. I actually started on the 200 (continuous) and decided I was too sleepy and I’m trying the 100 (continuous). My doc explained that the 200 is for women that take it cyclically, on 2 weeks and off 2 weeks and the 100 was for continuous use no breaks. But she gave me the 200 and told me I could see whether cyclical or continuous worked best for me. I wanted to take it cyclically more like my body is used to / trying to (I’m Peri not meno). But I couldn’t sleep during the off weeks. Doc would let me stay on the 200 but I want to try 100 for now. I can sleep fine on 100 but the 200 really helped. The estrogen may help but it’s the progesterone I notice helping. [/quote]

Oh and I would add this: I do all lifestyle things in addition to HRT (no alc, no sugar, exercise etc) AND when Peri hit me like a ton of bricks several years ago and I wasn’t aware at all how bad it is, I realized I had to step back from a high paying, high stress job even though I’m the lifetime breadwinner for my family by a long shot and it really impacts my family (including kids). I was on the 200 during the job change I went through. Right now life’s pretty stable, but if I had big events with kids, aging parents, spouse, work, I’d go back on the 200 as needed bc the stress and mind rumination would go up and I’d probably need more help sleeping. [/quote]

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