How do you know when you need HRT. What are the symptoms?

Answer 1

If you have any of the symtpoms below, you could be needing progesterone! Do NOT be talked into synthetic HRT - it causes cancer and a whole litany of other problems.
Get natural bio-identical only.


35 Possible Symptoms Of Premenopause


1. Hot flashes, flushes, night sweats and/or cold flashes, clammy feeling
2. Bouts of rapid heart beat
3. Irritability
4. Mood swings, sudden tears
5. Trouble sleeping through the night (with or without night sweats)
6. Irregular periods; shorter, lighter periods; heavier periods, flooding; phantom periods, shorter cycles, longer cycles
7. Loss of libido (see note)
8. Dry vagina, a general drying out that can include eyes, mouth, joints and skin. (see note)
9. Crashing fatigue
10. Anxiety, feeling ill at ease
11. Feelings of dread, apprehension, doom (see note)
12. Difficulty concentrating, disorientation, mental confusion
13. Disturbing memory lapses
14. Incontinence, especially upon sneezing, laughing; urge incontinence (see note)
15. Itchy, crawly skin (see note)
16. Aching, sore joints, muscles and tendons (see note)
17. Increased tension in muscles
18. Breast tenderness
19. Headache change: increase or decrease
20. Gastrointestinal distress, indigestion, flatulence, gas pain, nausea
21. Sudden bouts of bloat
22. Depression (see note)
23. Exacerbation of existing conditions
24. Increase in allergies
25. Weight gain (see note)
26. Hair loss or thinning, head, pubic, or whole body; increase in facial hair
27. Dizziness, light-headedness, episodes of loss of balance
28. Changes in body odor
29. Electric shock sensation under the skin and in the head (see note)
30. Tingling in the extremities, (see note)
31. Gum problems, increased bleeding
32. Burning tongue, burning roof of mouth, bad taste in mouth, dry mouth, change in breath odor
33. Osteoporosis (after several years)
34. Changes in fingernails: softer, crack or break easier
35. Tinnitus: ringing in ears, bells, 'whooshing' buzzing etc.

NOTES:

Symptom 1 (flashes) Hot flashes are due to the hypothalamic response to declining ovarian estrogen production. The declining estrogen state induces hypophysiotropic neurons in the arcuate nucleas of the hypothalamus to release gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in a pulsatile fashion, which in turn stimulates release of luteinizing hormone (LH). Extremely high pulses of LH occur during the period of declining estrogen production. The LH has vasodilatory effects, which leads to flushing.

Symptom 7 (loss of libido) For some women the loss is so great that they actually find sex repulsive, in much the same way as they felt before puberty. What hormones give, loss of hormones can take away.

Symptom 8 (dry vagina) results in painful intercourse

Symptom 11 (doom thoughts) includes thoughts of death, picturing one's own death

Symptom 14 (incontinence) reflects a general loss of smooth muscle tone

Symptom 15 (itchy, crawly skin) feeling of ants crawling under the skin, not just dry itchy skin

Symptom 16 (aching sore joints) may include such problems as carpal tunnel syndrome

Symptom 22 (depression) different from other depression, the inability to cope is overwhelming. There is a feeling of loss of self. Hormone therapy ameliorates the depression dramatically.

Symptom 25 (weight gain) often around the waist and thighs, resulting in 'the disappearing waistline

Symptom 29 (shock sensation) "the feeling of a rubber band snapping in the layer of tissue between skin and muscle. It is a precursor to a hot flash"

Symptom 30 (tingling in extremities) can also be a symptom of B-12 deficiency, diabetes, alterations in the flexibility of blood vessels, or a depletion of potassium or calcium

Some of the 34 signs may also be symptoms of one of the following:
* hypothyroidism
* diabetes
* depression with another etiology
* Multiple Sclerosis
* other medical conditions

Answer 2

UR aware that U can only stay on HRT 4 a few years & comes with a sting in the tail?
It causes high blood pressure & has been known 2 do more harm than good.
Have U considered Herbal Alternatives?
Look up on the Net the vast array of supplements available.
Link below should help U understand Menopausal symptoms.

Answer 3

When you go through the menopause, you can get hot flushes, you can suddenly become very withdrawn or even get very agitated for no apparent reason. If you go through these things, pay your gp a visit and decide the best way forward. Not everyone however needs hrt.

Answer 4

Reading these, think I am in need of it but am going to try the natural remedies. I have read too many bad things about HRT.

Answer 5

I think the 35 symptoms are already listed. Just go to your GP and he can do a quick blood test to determine if the menopause has started.

Answer 6

Doctors offered me HRT..After the research I did..I saidf forget it!!

I drink soy milk, I eat tofu, I take plus tablet supplements from Mannatech I use Tim Bales to order from cause he has always been upfront and he just happens to be a Christian...
I get hot flashes..fatigue..headaches...skin disorders...my joints...OY VEY!!
Well you get the idea...I changed my diet...I exercise with light weights to prevent bone loss...etc...and I have been doing pretty good, once in awhile I have to rub progesterone cream on my skin and it does help...
Well good luck to ya...If you want more ifno or support just email me...

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Answer 9

Hot flushes and being a b*tch. Although with my mother it was hard to tell where reality finished and menopause started. LOL

Answer 10

when you enjoy a choclate biscuit more than you enjoy the company of your family.
When you prefer to read mills and boons boks rather than have sex with your loved one..
lol and good health from Scotland..