Hitting a Rough Patch - Advice Needed

busdriver11
Sat, 14 Sep 2013 17:31:48 +0000

Bio-identical hormones. They are so awesome!!

I felt pretty crummy a few years ago (about 48), just tired, unmotivated, gaining weight, mildly depressed, blah. My usual temperament is upbeat, always, no matter what, for my entire life, so this was completely wrong. Overly stressed for no good reason, lack of confidence, slight anxiety.

My regular MD isn’t a believer in bio-identicals, she thinks it’s all mumbo-jumbo garbage. My specialist tested me, and I was not even measurable for certain hormones, which is normal for age…but who wants to be normal? She is giving me enough of each deficient hormone to put me in the “optimal level if I was age 30.” I feel back to normal, so much better, lost 8 pounds without any lifestyle change, and will probably not even notice it when I go through menopause. Why suffer? It very well may be physical, not mental.

My sister was feeling the same way, but so much worse. She didn’t even want to leave the house to go to Walmart, because someone might see her and want to talk to her. What? She got similar treatment, and is now exercising two hours a day, feels great, and is happy as can be. In fact, the hormone adjustment made her low thyroid go up to normal, so when she took the thyroid medication, it made her hyper-thyroid, so they had to readjust. You also may not be getting the right thyroid meds, because they screw that one up often. And don’t thyroid meds lower your iron level?

Vitamin D, get tested, if you’re low, take a decent dose (at least 2K, talk to your doctor) to get it up. You don’t have to feel this way, investigate it. And yes, find fun things to do that you love.