A person shares their experience with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, comparing patches, pills, and creams. They discuss dosage, application methods, and why the right form depends on your body and what your doctor recommends.
Yes, I do hormone replacement and I'm a huge fan. And I know this is a super individual topic. It's. We're all getting to age how we want to age, and it's something I definitely choose to do. For those of you that have asked me, when I've talked about it before, like, what do I use? Do I use a patch? Do I use cream? Do I use injections? And how much do I use? I'm about to answer that. First, I want to share that it's super individual. So I'm not going to tell you my amounts. And the reason I'm not going to tell you my amounts is because it should be based on your labs. So my amount could be the same as your amount, but if our lab started at a different place, it would affect us different. So telling you my amount is like telling you my weight. It doesn't matter because we're also individual there. Okay. So my progesterone I keep by my bed because this is bioidentical compound of progesterone. And I take this before bed. Now, a lot of people cycle it. A lot of doctors have different opinions on it. I take it most nights. Most nights that's what I do. My estrogen, I do estradiol and I do a patch which is topical. So this is what, how you put it on? Just rip it open, little patch looks like this. It's a sticky little patch. And you just stick it on lower abdominal area. Now, fun fact, I'm using two patches right now. Why am I using two? Because the one was not strong enough for me and it was not getting my levels up. So I now use 2. 2 and I change it twice a week. Okay.
Now, testosterone, I use a small amount.
I used to use a topical cream, but it just was not moving the needle for me.
So now I guess. No pun intended. No pun intended. Because this is what I do now. Now I use an injectable and I do a little needle once a week. That's what I do. And then I check on my labs every 90 days and I also check in on how I'm feeling with all the things. Now, how do you figure out if HRT is good for you or not good for you or right for you or not right for you? Well, number check with your doctor. Definitely talk to your doctor about it. But I'm also going to give just kind of friend advice, friend to friend. Learn for yourself. Start doing your own questions, start listening to interviews, start reading books, start just taking in a lot of your own information so that you have the educated questions so you can ask the right questions and if you don't love the answers, get other opinions. But. But we all, we all get to feel good in perimenopause and menopause, and there are solutions. And I'll tell you, there's a lot of things I do, but HRT has definitely made a huge difference, so I hope that's helpful.
