Hi Mary G
I think it makes much more sense, if you want to take hormones, to have them tailored to individual needs.
Stellajane, I did take estrogel and utrogestan, but only for 3 months. I had to come off it immediately, because of the horrific side effects it caused me and these are meant to be ?natural?
It gave me a huge appetite ( so put on a lot of weight), really horrible anxiety, but worst of all were the increasing breathing problems, to the point I was gasping for breath. At that point I was told to stop immediately. I think a possible blood clot worry.
One thing I do wonder about and this is because, since I came off hrt, my natural m symptoms have decreased very much over the last year...is, if I had not had those terrible side effects, I would probably still be taking the hrt. That would be nearly two years now. So, I could have gone on for years and years, but would not have known that my natural hormones had balanced out and those natural symptoms had passed. So, I would have spent years, maybe decades, spending on appointments and tests and prescriptions etc, not to mention adding those drugs to my body, when there was no need.
This concerns me for other women.
I have read quite a few posts where women are struggling with withdrawal symptoms, trying to come off hrt, which also leads me to wonder, if hrt is addictive? Does anyone know anything about this?
Take care ladies x