I have been on hormone replacement therapy for two years, and I'm wondering if its safe to?
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It depends on the type of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) you are on. If you are on stuff like Premarin or Prempro, I'd encourage you to explore other options. Those medications are made from pregnant horse urine and are NOT the same as your natural hormones. The studies that question the health risks of HRT ALL use those medications.\n\nHowever, if you are on bioidentical hormones and being followed by a gynecologist familiar with their use, then you are doing great and I encourage you to keep it up.\n\nAs to the use of feverfew in conjunction with HRT, I have not heard of any problems with combining the two. However, if you are currently taking Premarin/Prempro and switch over to bioidenticial hormones, you might not need the feverfew. A hormone imbalance is often the cause of migraines, so once you get your hormones straightened out, the migraines may not be an issue.\n\nAnother thought: have you tried cranio-sacral massage or chiropractics for your migraines? They have a good track record for that problem.
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Just want to warn you that people are not suppose to take hormones as they take aspirin.\nHormones can b very dangerous bcse they can change your internal balance!
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i too am on hrt and have been for a few years now ..originally i put on weight and i went back to my doctor and said i wanted to come off it!...he said the benefits far outweighed the weight problem...but i was not convinced..so he put me on the lowest dose which is 25mg ..anyhow i gave that a try and stopped gaining weight!..plus i got all the benefits he spoke about \n\n          1..my skin felt and looked younger\n          2..stopped having hot flushes\n          3..my hair was shinier\n          4..felt better and more energy than i had for \n years..(its great)and protects you from brittle bones disease
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Well I would say the key word is partial, that means that the ovaries or at least one of them is still in place. Which is a good thing for you in that you won't need to be on hormone replacement drugs...Your body will still do what it needs to do with or without the biggest part being the uterus, with ovaries, it would make no difference, except that you would no longer have your monthly or get pregnant... try looking at teh sites below for information. I know that when I had mine I had a ton of questions afterwards and that was before every house had a computer.. take care
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Oh my. YES, stop the Provera!!!\nIt's a synthetic hormone, and is not healthy.\n\nInstead of a hysterectomy, please consider a natural progesterone cream. There are virtually NO side effects because it is exactly the same as the hormone your body used to produce, and this is what SHOULD have been recommended to you in the first place.\n\nYou still need your girly parts, even into menopause. There are horrible consequences with hysterectomies!\n\n\n-----------------------\n\nProvera is a synthetic version of progesterone; its actions bear little resemblance to the natural hormone. Most physicians mistakenly think Provera is progesterone, so it¹s not surprising that the media doesn't understand, let alone emphasize, the difference either. \n\nComprehending the available information on HRT requires an extensive understanding of hormone physiology. Unfortunately, very few physicians and even fewer in the media can explain HRT or converse intelligently about the variety of viable and healthy alternatives to HRT already in existence.\n\nEven more disturbing are many of the "solutions" or alternatives to HRT offered in popular magazines. No one has mentioned using the real ones to combat hormone deficiencies. Instead, recommendations include Prozac for depression, Lipitor for cholesterol, high blood pressure drugs to treat hot flashes and, of course, the recently patented (and profitable) designer estrogens and biphosphates to treat osteoporosis. The side effects of these are alarming.\n\nConventional medical doctors have known for decades that progesterone counters the negative effects that excessive estrogens can cause throughout a woman's system. With consistent use of inappropriate hormones like Provera, however, this knowledge dwindled to the myth that progesterone only protects the uterus and is therefore unnecessary if a woman has had a hysterectomy. The entire foundation of HRT has been faulty from the beginning because of misinformation like this.\n\nIt's not the least bit surprising that using mismatched and artificial hormones has delivered less than optimal results. What is surprising is that it has taken medicine this long to figure that out. Almost everyone intuitively understands that using diesel truck parts in a finely tuned sports car would hamper performance, if not stop it altogether. Yet, we're repeatedly given the equivalent of diesel parts for our finely tuned human bodies.\n\nPatent laws in this country favor the creation of synthetic artificial chemicals to the exclusion of anything natural. Since anything that occurs in nature cannot be patented, it will never be astronomically profitable. This simple fact has affected medical education and practice since its inception.\n\nIt is in the drug company's interest to convince medical doctors and the public that natural herbal remedies and bioidentical hormones are either useless or extremely dangerous and uncontrolled. Never mind hundreds, and in many cases thousands, of years of safe and effective herbal use by humans. As for the hormones, I¹ll put my money on three million years of human evolution over 50 years of questionable pharmaceutical research.
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It's going to take your body quite a while to try to find its own hormone balance. You have been using birth control methods that have been artificially changing the hormones and your body is confused.    I would go in and get a blood test to test your levels of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.  I think that in about 3 more months, it will probably correct itself, but I would go to the gyn just in case.  I would suggest you never go back on any type of hormone related birth control though.
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It depends on family members that have/had breast cancer.  If it was a close relative, then you shouldn't take HRT (hormone replacement therapy).  It is best to check with your physician.
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I've been on it for two years now and I actually like it. there are days when I'm so happy and I can't figure out why I'm just in a great mood. it also helped me lose weight!
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I think you should discuss it with your doctor... There probably are estrogen pills you can take, but be aware of the consequences.
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wow, i did when i was 20 y/o, and it was scarey, but all went well with me, and now i'm doing great...just have to take a thyroid supplement every day, and make sure you have it checked reg. throughout your lifetime...for me, i had to have thyroid removed and then a radiation treatment (I-131)...not all people have to go through this step
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yes, type hormones replacement in search bar. My wife has her ovaries removed on the 22 of this month and she go on on them. If you want to learn more search the Internet and also talk to your Dr.
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Fun wow! Been there, doing that. Get some HRT that works for you. Exercise. Watch your diet. Your thyroid goes amuck. I chose not to take the synthroid and really watched my diet. Silly as it sounds, for the sleep problem, I took/take 2 benadryl before I hit the sack. Read and read! There are lots of good articles on the net addressing this. I was lucky, I didn't get hit till I was 55, but then I also had a baby in my forties.....so go figure. Good luck!!!!
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I had all my female organs removed includeing my cervix in 2000 at the age of 36. I am still on hormone replacement after 5 years to control the hot flashes. I am not cranky like the old wives tales say. Now this is just what I have been thru. Vaginal dryness....I am more sensitive to foods as in I get nausia several times a week that lasts for several hours at a time. I have had all the tests run possable to find out why this is happening and they find nothing. I get more headaches since the procedure. My skin is dryer and my hair is a little thiner. It sounds bad, but it's so much better than what I was going thru when I had my period.\nHope this helps you.
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I am not sure what you mean by "hormone therapy" so I will try to answer the best I can. First of all are you sure you aren't ovulating? If you are 100% sure you are NOT ovulating the first thing a doctor would want to do is complete bloodwork to find out the cause. It is usually due to a disease called polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Then they will give you meds to help regulate you. The treatment for PCOS is metformin (glucophage) and/or clomid. As a matter of fact, the usual treatment for not ovulating is clomid.
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I am personally very wary of those birth control methods that make you have no periods for long stretches of time.  The hormones released during your monthly cycle are extremely important to keep your bones healthy and strong.  I mean just look what happens to women after menopause!  Their biggest worry is osteoporsis from not having estrogen and the other hormones associated with periods any longer.  That is why those estrogen replacement drugs are/were so popular.  I would reccommend thinking twice before using those no cycle birth control systems.  They could be causing more harm than they are worth.  I would rather deal with a monthly period now than have to worry about a hip fracture when I am 50.
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I tell everyone this whos considering implants.  Lots of things can happen, a variety of health issues, things can easily go wrong.  It depends on the person...but it does break down your immune system to dangerous toxins/illnesses.  I wouldn't do it.  You sound as if you have no worries in the breast dept.  Natural breasts are just so much better...most men agree!  Also, breast implants usually expire after about a decade...then they are no longer safe in your body.  Do you want to be an old woman shuffling implants in & out of your body until you die?  It's a sad realization...my friend did this, she is soooooooo incredibly sorry she did it.  It doesn't feel natural..and she doesn't look better than she did before, which was natural & beautiful.\n\nGood luck, T
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