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Women's Health | Last Active: Apr 14 8:26am | Replies (13)
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I have had two sisters and mom with breast cancer due to high estrogen. I have severe depression and bipolar for years and because of this family history doctors have not been receptive to my starting HRT, but post menopausal symptoms and vaginal dryness became so unbearable that I insisted that this latter part of my life, currently ate 70, be more bearable. In consult with a female ob/ gyn we came to a mutual decision that minimal estrogen would improve my quality of life and depression. It has been helpful for me.
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It is always great to hear a success story about the benefits of hormones. What kind of estrogen were you prescribed? Oral or vaginal/transdermal? Do you only use estrogen or also progesterone with it? I am 71 and also have so many menopausal issues such as vaginal atrophy, dryness, insomnia, difficulty maintaining body temperature and now depression. The depression really hit me at the beginning of last Feb. Did your depression clear up soon after using the hormone therapy? Did you have sleep issues that it helped with? Thank you for sharing your experience.