Estrogen natural replacement
Common Questions and Answers about Estrogen natural replacement
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If you are concerned, you should see your doctor for evaluation and he/she can order an ultrasound, if appropriate. Also, just so you are aware, “natural” hormone replacement has the same risks of estrogen exposure as “clinical” HRT. Estrogen is estrogen, whether it is from soy or the lab. This is why we recommend that women with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer avoid HRT as well as soy and other “natural” estrogen products.
Im reading a lot of advice against the use of hormone replacement therapy, but the studies I have researched report that its the combination of progesterone and estrogen that is bad for you, and that estrogen alone may actually decrease the risk of breast cancer. My question then is has anybody else read any studies similar?
So if I was still getting my period, I could take birth control pills (which have a lot more estrogen in them than the estrogen replacement) in addition to what my body would be making and this is safe?!?! Has anyone asked their doctor about this or has anyone heard of any studies being done on young surgical menopause people? This is so confusing and scares me. When I wasn't on enough estrogen, life was miserable. I was 35 and yet I felt like I was 86!!
I think hot flushes should be given to men! ;-P
I suffered greatly with hot flushes but, am going through some kind of imbalance somewhere, somehow and am seeking out help from a gynecologist for it. I've also had the weight gain...right around the mid-section. Grrrrrr.
I think that most of us will say that the hot flushes and the weight gain are pretty annoying to say the least. Estrogen can cause weight gain but, can help with the hot flushes some.
I had a hysterctomy almost 3 years ago at the age of 35 for a borderline serous tumor. My oncologist put me on an estrogen replacement patch and I have been using them ever since. With all the stuff in the news lately about HRT and their new findings, I would love to know your opinion. Are these studies only on women who have gone through natural menopause or do they also include women who were put into surgical menopause at a young age?
I am 49 years old and just going through menopause. My new doctor recommended me to have a salivary test to test hormone levels/cortisol/dhea. The results show what she called estrogen deficiency and high cortisol levels. progestrone level is okay. She said that I could try "natural" estrogen cream but I have tried bioidentical progestrone cream before and this brought on bleeding again just after 3 days of use. I also experienced giddiness with it use.
t take the sublingual, bioidentical progesterone he prescribed nor should I continue to eat protein bars and other sources of soy protein which provide a natural bioidentical estrogen. She said there is an increased cancer risk associated with both progesterone and estrogen supplementation. Since I have high risk HPV (cancer causing) I should not take these supplements. Does anybody know anything about the increased cancer risk associated with bioidentical hormone enhancement???
however, many women and healthcare providers are no longer routinely asking for or prescribing traditional estrogen replacement therapy because we now know that traditional HRT using synthetic progestins and estrogen increases the risk of heart disease and breast cancer.
To treat the symptoms of menopause including night sweats, mood swings and hot flashes, women are turning to natural alternative treatments.
Have you thought about bioidentical (natural) hormones?
I am almost 43 and feel perimenopause may be the cause of the exacerbation of my anxiety symptoms also. I have had panic disorder for many years, but it has gotten worse the past few months. I am in the process of doing a 28 day saliva test for my adrenal and hormones.
I am a smoker and was told to not take my estrogen replacement until i have stopped smoking. I am not having much luck with quitting completely and the night sweats and hot flashes are horrible! I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with any of the natural products? I have tried estrovan Pm as I am not getting any sleep, but I felt even more groggy and tired when I took that. I cannot go on like this for the nest 20 yrs any advice would be greatly appreciated.
My question is that because I was 35 at the time of surgery, my doctor recommeded estrogen replacement. I have been reading on forums where people with borderline tumors do not take estrogen replacement because their tumors tested positive for estrogen receptive. As far as I know, my doctor did not test my tumor for that and he has never talked about it.
Can you give me any insight into where if anyplace I should head with this. I have notice when dosing off of estrogen replacement, that things really change, so prefer to stay on at this point. No other medical health issues except for acid reflux.
I have been on estrogen replacement since my surgery in 1998. I still have moderate-severe hot flashes and they seem to be getting more intense with age.
I switched from oral Premarin which covered me pretty well but I didn't want to be taking pills the rest of my life. Since then I have tried a variety of patches that are really not very effective on a regular basis and very expensive. At my age, what do you recommend. Is Premarin dangerous (risk of DVT).
You are having hot flushes? It suggests your amount of estrogen has dropped from what your body was getting before. Ask the doctor. He or she might want to test your estrogen level in your blood, or might just interpret that the hot flushes mean your estrogen level is a little low.
So, while our estrogen levels fall by a certain percentage, our progesterone may drop far more. That may leave us estrogen dominant and adding more products that stimulate estrogen can lead to things like a thickening of the endometrium which, over time, can lead to precancerous or even cancerous situations. Estrogen and estrogen like compounds can be stored in fat while progesterone can't (especially if we are already overweight).
Funny, I just got back from the Dr who recommended Remifemin as an alternative to HRT. It's over the counter. German made estrogen replacement - NOT actual estrogen but restores the balance, apparently.
Don't know how I'll go with it - I ahve MS, chronic migraines and am inlate peri-menopause/menopause and half the time I cannot tell what's what!
I am recovering from a hysterctomy due to uterine cancer. My oncologist said he will wait a YEAR to start hormone treatment. I told him I only want to be put on bioidentical therapy. He said "no estrogen is a good estrogen" so I am confused. I feel a year is much too long to wait. I have hot flashes all day. am jumpy and nervous and feel like I weigh 1000 pounds. What should I do now? I am 74 and only have social security and my medical insurance.
There may be an initial increase in hair growth or reduction in hair loss experienced by few women when they start taking birth control pills or estrogen replacement pills. Since you have been taking it continuously estrogen levels will stabilize and the natural hair growth cycle might be restored. Long term use of hormonal contraceptives should be discouraged. You may try discontinuing the pill when you are trying to get pregnant. Give your hair extra nourishment and take a balanced diet.
My ovarie(s) are being removed due to my need to be estorgen free due to a Breast cancer tumor that was estrogen possitive and then me getting a blood clot in each lung due to Tamoxifin. Surgery is February and lapriscopic, outpatient. What I am most concerned about is how to deal with the onset of an instant menopausal stae as op[posed to a gradual inro to menopause.
Estrogen replacement? Depends entirely on your age. Check with your doctor about the problem. It almost seems like a non-hormonal lube might help.
A critical issue here is the duration of your replacement therapy - among older women, it is known that estrogen replacement being given for menopause increases the risk of getting breast cancer. It would not be accurate to use their data for someone your age. In general, a period of 3 years at the most of estrogen replacement therapy is estimated to balance the risks of cancer and the control of menopausal symptoms.
Could it be related to the fact that I am not taking any type of hormone replacement? What type or kind is recommended these days? I do not want to take any form of synthetic type. I don’t have much faith in many types of traditional medicine. I have watched both parents die from the effects of cancer treatments from radiation and chemotherapy. The physicians in both my parents cases were not willing to explore other alternative methods of treatment.
How do you stay a good and compliant patient to both doctors with opposing opinions? Are there really benefits to continuing estrogen therapy after a natural menopausal age? Is it a trend to continue the therapy indefinitely? Does anyone have any experience on how long after a total hysterectomy and menopausal age you continued estrogen therapy? I want to help my mom get back to being the person she was, and her neurosurgeon and family doctor seem to think that she can do this.
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