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Oh estrogen...always causing problems.
Made me wonder if women shouldn't expect to get better after the menopause.
From my experience women seem to be worse after menopause and not better. That is certainly my own experience but I don't think I ever had a high amount of estrogen. I have been menopausal for over 11 years and just take a small amount of bio-identical estrogen daily because I don't want all the bad stuff that can happen to your bones, heart, inability to sleep properly, etc once a woman looses all her natural estrogen.
From my experience women seem to be worse after menopause and not better. That is certainly my own experience but I don't think I ever had a high amount of estrogen. I have been menopausal for over 11 years and just take a small amount of bio-identical estrogen daily because I don't want all the bad stuff that can happen to your bones, heart, inability to sleep properly, etc once a woman looses all her natural estrogen.
He did mention using low doses of DHEA to give a testosterone boost though.
Sushi
I get Estrogel from my GP but I am having a battle at present for her to continue to prescribe it for me because I am 65 years old and the NHS doesn't believe we should be using this. However I have researched this and there is no question there are benefits for your bones and heart health and personally I believe the benefits are greater than the risks. I might well end up having to get it over the Net like I do my dessicated thyroid.bertiedog
Can you tell me which product you use?