I'm so sorry LL about your osteoporosis. I am taking a lot if calcium, Greek yogurt yadda yadda but it's not enough imo. Probably a lot of these things are genetic. I am on the lowest estrogen patch made - .05 and I didn't think it helped with mood just sweats and hot flashes. Last week my stupid patch fell off and I relapsed after over 1 1/2 yrs sober. I went out and bought a gallon of vodka because I was freaking insane. It's like being double bipolar. The meds only help so much. Now I cover the patch with waterproof first aid tape.
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Originally Posted by lizardlady
I am many, many years post-menopause. Of course then I was precocious about it and entered menopause at 38. By 42 I was done with it. I went on HRT for about a year. I tried herbal estrogen replacement, but it did not help with the symptoms I was having. And I was having every last one of the stinkin' symptoms! Thickntied, you mentioned you thought it was mental illness at first. I was one raging, screaming queen B before I went on HRT. I took the HRT to get me through the worst of the symptoms. I was okay when I stopped HRT. A few years ago I had a bone density test done that showed I have ostepenia (sp?), the precursor to osteoporisis (sp?). I upped my calcium intak via diet. I'm out in the Florida sunshine a lot so I don't worry about Vit D.
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