Know any good menopause treatments?

Question

Do not want to take HRT. Has anyone had any good results from accupuncture?

Answer 1

I think it is wise that you have decided to forgo HRT. HRT only prolongs the inevitable, making the symptoms resurface after stopping therapy. I took HRT therapy for two years after having a hysterectomy (utereus only), then I stopped due to estrogen-receptor cancer cells found after having a breast lumpectomy. I underwent the same menopausal symptoms as before the HRT for about a year, and they eventually subsided.

I personally did not find Black Cohosh to be effective, even after months of usage. Research evidence has not supported the efficacy of this herb. I found Evening Primrose to be a better choice for me. Although I do not have any first hand experience with Remifemin, some doctors recommend this drug for menopausal symptoms (see url).

I found that exercise, plenty of water, a good nutrition/diet program and vitamins was the best regimen. Avoiding sugar, alcohol, fatty and salty foods was key to successful avoidance of hot flashes, night sweats, and sleep disturbance. Also, regularly getting 8 or more hours of sleep each night.

I hope this helps you. Good luck.

Answer 2

Well, you could try it, but I suggest you give more traditional options a try first. This is a systemic issue, and acupuncture is only a temporary fix. Let me suggest:
1) make sure your diet is balanced and long on fruit and vegetables--they have lots of the vitamins and minerals your body needs just now.
2) Eat or take as a supplement soy products. There are several on the market that are specifically formulated for the relief of menopausal symptoms. My sister uses them, and finds them extremely effective.
3) Black Cohosh, which can be found in most pharmacies, is a long-time specific for the most bothersome of the symptoms--night sweats and hot flashes--but also has ameliorative effects on many others.
4) Keep a positive attitude. I found that most of the discomforts and annoyances of menopause troubled me a lot less if I kept in mind that this is a natural process, and that it doesn't last forever.
Let me also encourage you to avoid HRT if at all possible--the side-effects can be much worse than the condition they aim to cure!

Answer 3

I find taking soy isoflavones and Brazilian ginseng supplements help me. You should be able to find them in most health shops. (Brazilian Ginseng = pfaffia paniculata; available from Rio Health Direct. com online shopping, if you can't find it.)
Apparently Red Clover or Black Cohosh are popular. I haven't tried them because I am happy with the supplements I take.
Other beneficial herbs include Evening Primrose Oil; St. John's Wort, Vitex (Chaste Tree), Dong Quai, and Wild Yam.
Many vitamin and herbal supplement suppliers offer a blended formula, which might be a good way to start. Check out your local natural health shop or search on the internet (www.puritan.com (especially for women category.) is a reputable supplier.)
Basically, when you are trying to help yourself, you have to do a bit of research and make choices according to your own particular symptoms and the supplements available. You should give a product about three months test time. If it still isn't helping you after that time, try another.
Often, with luck, a product will work for you right away, as in my case with the soy and Brazilian Ginseng. I don't use them every day, only when I feel a symptom coming on. But we are all different, so you need to work on this WITH yourself.
I haven't had acupuncture for menopausal symptoms, but there is no harm in trying, if that is the way you want to go.


Hope this helps!

Answer 4

Hey,
If Excessive sweating is your problem you'll find here vert good tips: http://hyperhidrosis.toptips.org



About 2% to 3% of the general population experience excessive sweating a condition called hyperhidrosis which can occur with or without a trigger. The most common type is called primary (or focal) hyperhidrosis and it has no known cause, although it seems to run in families. You may have a different type of excessive sweating called secondary (or generalized) hyperhidrosis.
This means that your symptoms may be due to an underlying medical condition or disease (e.g., nerve damage or a hormone disorder), or due to a side effect of a medication you are taking. Talk to your doctor.

Answer 5

Soy products. Black Cohosh root. Dong Quai (woman's ginseng). Wild Yam. Evening Primrose. (These are all herbs that you can get at any health food stores). There are also a combination of herbs that may say something like, "Menopausal Support" on the bottle. Do not have your uterus taken out! What if all women that went through menopause did this! Give me a break!

Answer 6

Don't really know about accupunture.

Black cohosh has some evidence as a natural treatmetn.

Take a look at the link below for an excellant advice sheet about HRT alternatives.

Answer 7

Haven't had to do that, yet. I am controlling mine with diet. Estrogen production fades as you become peri-menopausal. Estrogen helps keep insulin under control. Insulin, thus, can go wild. The purpose of insulin is to open the "cell's mouths" to let food and water in. Thus, insulin may be madly tucking food and water in cells.

The food insulin tucks in cells is blood glucose. If there is too much insulin (a condition known as hyperinsulinemia), it can result in there being too little blood glucose in the blood stream for the rest of the body to use during the day (a condition known as hypoglycemia). If the brain senses a low blood sugar condition, it can throw a fit (read that as mood swings, hot flashes, etc).

Check out the symptoms link at www.hufa.org to see how many of your menopausal symptoms are also symptoms of low blood sugar.

Answer 8

hi Julie i'm very early peri menopausal. OTC cures were expensive and ineffective. there is one component which helps boost the mood - 5HTP an amino acid- even though it ought to no longer be mixed with anti depressants.i'm utilising Bio similar hormone therapy adapted to my criteria. there are a decision of scare memories about hormones yet at the same time as the files are analysed it became shown that the speed of breast maximum cancers rose from 40 3/one thousand to 40 4/one thousand. Menopause is in basic terms an engineering flaw as we are no longer meant to live to inform the tale our ovaries. i quite advise hormones because the organic answer.

Answer 9

There is natural estrogen found in plants, like soy. Tofu is a good source of natural estrogen. I use it to ease up the menstral cramps each month, and the heavy flow.

Also, talk to someone at the local health food store for other natural alternatives.

Answer 10

Before you try anything, have a look at this website. It really was a lifeline to me www.power-surge.com. Its properly moderated with lots of forums,messageboards, articles,comments on treatments etc. I took Esterobalance from Holland and Barrett and I had my plummeting oestrogen levels sorted within a month.Best of luck and it does pass.