I am so glad to have found this thread. I am, as of last month, one year without my period. So I am in menopause, or am I post- menopausal? I guess it really doesn't matter, whatever....... I just have a question or two.
I had been taking a natural hormone perscribed by my doctor. It was a concotion of stuff I didn't know much about, untill I went to the drug store where they made the pill that I took. ( It is quite a distance from my home and they always mailed it) The pharmacist told me it had black cohash and wild yam and lots of other things.... and his pharmacy was the only one around that made this natural hormone. It worked like a dream! Within 2 weeks I was free from all symptoms. Including the anxiety and panic attacks the hot flashes seemed to bring on.
Well lo and behold ~ over a month or more ago ~ out comes the news "that hormone replacement" is not safe for us girls....
Sooooooo I weaned myself off the pills and now I am back in the furnace again, feeling more agitated anxious and periodically panicky!
What I would like to know is ~ were the researchers referring to "Natural Hormons" as well as "Synthetic"? Are they all unsafe?
Because I am about ready to go back to taking my perscription of natural HRT.
I have never used a creme before... Are they natural and are they safe? At this point, I am feeling desperate and looking for some safe relief!
Also has anyone out there experienced the "anxiety and panic" feeling, that I seem to get just before the hot flash sets in?
I have a history of panic disorder, but I have not had any problems for a few years and now they are back... I seem to recall them dissapearing a few years ago when I started taking the HRT....I never connected the theory that maybe the hot flashes had a lot to do with the anxiety, which then in turn turned into a panic attack! But now the feeling I get right before the Hot flash is sooooo similar to anxiety, I am beginning to wonder......Any information on this will be SO appreciated. Osuzana