Five years ago (age-47) my gyn wanted to put me on hormones and gave me a mess of samples, they sat on the vanity for a few weeks (dh even asked, was I going to take them- with pleading in his eyes...)but the worst of symptoms settled down- If I had taken the meds I would have thought they had cured me! I then realized my complaints were very much like a cycle. I started vitamin D(mood), and B12 (brain fuzzies), used black cohosh(flashes)and started yoga classes(patience- 3 teenagers). Got back to my original weight and am careful to stay there. I think I'm better for it and enjoying the hormonal freedom!

My mother NEVER went through "the change" at 65 she finally just had the plumbing taken out. I on the other hand glided through it,because I was taking birth control pills. NO hotflashes,flooding,moodswings,etc.... THEN the GYN says stop taking pills so we can check your hormones,,I didn't HAVE any. I thought WOW that was easy,then a week later I started having freez flashes and hot flashes around the clock every 15min. I did this for a week and called the Dr,told them they better give me my drugs back or I was going to grow fangs. One would think that would be the end of it,,but NOOOOOOO. I had a period that lasted,nonstop,nomatter what drugs I was on from Jan 2010 to Dec 2010. To say that it and I were unpleasant is an understatement. You should try going out of town for a week on the back of a motorcycle,living out of a Tbag and you are the ONLY girl. Anyway ended up with an ablazion "Merry Chistmas" still take hormones,pretty lil pink pills that they are and so far being on the OTHER side of menopause is ok. No hot or cold flashes or other stuff. I will begin weaning myself off the hormones,lower dose or whatever after my next apointment. The past year was so hard on me emotionally and physically that I am just going to ride this wave a little longer.

My dr. said there could be some light bleeding, but he doesn't think so.I am taking the lowest dose you can get and hope it helps because women shouldn't have to live like this. I work in the lunchroom with 7 other women age 30- 60 and 1 52 year old man and some days it drives me absolutely crazy , but I think it is more them than it is me. What hormones do you take? I took bC ppills a long time ago but I developed stroke level blood pressure so doctor took me off them immediately.

Lite I can live with for a while. A tampon every hour for almost 365 days while we kept changing hormone levels,if you can JUST imagine what a nut case I must of apeared to my sweet man.
I take PremPro and haven't had any BP problems.