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Menopause Discussion => Alternative Therapies => Topic started by: DawnR on November 06, 2024, 09:50:32 AM

Title: Alternative Supplements
Post by: DawnR on November 06, 2024, 09:50:32 AM
Hi I'm a newbie and was just wondering if anyone could recommend an alternative Supplements for HRT as I've taken myself of HRT patches.
Title: Re: Alternative Supplements
Post by: CLKD on November 06, 2024, 11:03:44 AM
Which symptom would you like to ease first?

Which HRT were U prescribed and why did U stop, U may have said elsewhere  :-\

Many alternatives are not tested as prescribed medications have been.  Some help for a while but benefits may be lost when our hormones become less.

Some should not be taken for longer than 3 months at a time and certainly not with prescribed medication.


VitD levels are important, have U had those as well as thyroid function blood tests recently?
Title: Re: Alternative Supplements
Post by: DawnR on November 08, 2024, 10:43:51 AM
Hi hot flushes are my main priority and also I can cry at the opening of a matchbox these days.
Title: Re: Alternative Supplements
Post by: CLKD on November 08, 2024, 11:17:36 AM
 :bighug:  I would sob the night B4 a bleed began, even when a period wasn't due.

MayB have a lookC at the Holland and Barrett website for starters ........ 'black cohash' springs to mind.  But don't rely on meno-brain here  ::). There are anti-depressants that relief hot flushes too.