Bio-identical Hormones for Menopause

I started taking bio-identical hormones for my perimenopausal symptoms. I think I may be feeling a little better. But I've only been taking them for about five days so it might just be my imagination. I had to do something. I felt horrible. I have been sleeping a little better—well, I didn't sleep well on Saturday night but that's another story entirely. I had my girls on Saturday night and they slept with me. The five-year old does OK. She picks a spot and goes to sleep. The three-year old on the other hand spins like a top. Anyway, I didn't get much sleep.

But back to the drugs. I think they help. At least I'm hoping they do. My doctor wrote a prescription for me that I had to have filled at a compound pharmacy—where they actually mix the drugs in house. Most pharmacies don't do it. Anyway, bio-identical hormones contain all of the hormones your body makes itself but loses at menopause and at the levels your body would make them. Anyway, I don't know if that makes sense. 

Taking this compound potion may even help me lose weight. At least some of the stuff online says it might. My doctor said I may have no side effects at all from taking them as well—and that's a good thing, right? God knows I need all of the help I can get in the weight loss department. So, we'll see how this goes.

I worked out this morning. Yea. I got in cardio and strength training. Good way to start the week. With a lot of luck the scale will moving again soon. When they messed with my thyroid meds, I gained a total of seven pounds. I have now lost that weight and am back to where I started. So, I'm hoping things will pick up. It's been almost a year that I've been trying to get my old self back. And I feel better now than have I felt in years. So it's still all good.