I took a minimal dosage of bio-identical progesterone, which was prescribed by the "BHRT" doctor for post-menopausal insomnia and unexplained weight gain. I wasn't even asked for a blood test--the progest. was prescribed based on my symptoms and I was told I was estrogen dominant. I later went to my family doctor and asked for a hormone blood test that showed that in fact I was estradiol deficient and that my progesterone levels were normal... Still, my family doctor said I could always try the bio-identical progesterone and come off it if it didn't suit me. I took the stuff for 25 days and I lost some weight and started sleeping really well and feeling pretty light-footed and happy again, but little by little I also got such severe heartburn and GERD that I thought I'd need to go to the hospital. I couldn't even drink water without acid splashing into my esophagus and burning my throat. It took forever to get better. Don't mess with Mother Nature, is what I say. The synthetic hormones are known to be bad for you, but the bio-identical ones... the problem is that you can't know much about them--there are too many factors at play: hormone levels, quality of the compounded creams, actual needs, and sadly the people who push them are making a fortune off anything "bio-identical" and basing their "diagnosis" on absolute nonsense.
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I took a minimal dosage of bio-identical progesterone, which was prescribed by the "BHRT" doctor for post-menopausal insomnia and unexplained weight gain. I wasn't even asked for a blood test--the progest. was prescribed based on my symptoms and I was told I was estrogen dominant. I later went to my family doctor and asked for a hormone blood test that showed that in fact I was estradiol deficient and that my progesterone levels were normal... Still, my family doctor said I could always try the bio-identical progesterone and come off it if it didn't suit me. I took the stuff for 25 days and I lost some weight and started sleeping really well and feeling pretty light-footed and happy again, but little by little I also got such severe heartburn and GERD that I thought I'd need to go to the hospital. I couldn't even drink water without acid splashing into my esophagus and burning my throat. It took forever to get better. Don't mess with Mother Nature, is what I say. The synthetic hormones are known to be bad for you, but the bio-identical ones... the problem is that you can't know much about them--there are too many factors at play: hormone levels, quality of the compounded creams, actual needs, and sadly the people who push them are making a fortune off anything "bio-identical" and basing their "diagnosis" on absolute nonsense.
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