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[quote=Anonymous]It’s extremely individual, and really dependent on the symptoms you have, your risk, and your age/relationship to menopause.

For me, APOE4 positive (mother, uncle, grandfather, grandmother, great aunt have Alzheimer’s with mom’s onset prior to 65) plus

terrible sleep at 46, 7 months no period, mood swings, dryness plus

No history of hormone receptive BC

HRT (estrogen patch, progesterone pills) have changed my life. I have no doubt. The doctors who refused to give it to me, suggesting instead 1) off label seizure meds for sleep; 2) surgery to fix prolapse so the dryness didn’t bother me (what?) were so uninformed as to be malpractice.

Go see a menopause specialist. pay out of pocket. Medical evidence is mounting for certain circumstances. My grandmother and great aunt were part of the Boston Nurses study that was halted in 2000! She developed Alzheimer’s and died within 3 years! her sister within 5!

It’s not a magic pill. But it can be very important for people like me.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2013/02/accelerated-biological-aging-evident-in-women-with-alzheimers-risk-factor-but-inhibited-by-hormone-therapy-researchers-say.html

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