Most of this article comes from Andrew Jones, M.D at the Women’s Health Institute of Texas. I’ve copied and pasted some of his article here mainly because I’m not an expert and Dr. Jones says it better than I ever could. The italicized parts were written by Dr. Jones; my comments are not italicized.
What is menopause? The word “menopause” literally means “cessation of the monthly cycle.” It’s derived from the Greek words “meno” (month) and “pause” (cessation). Brought about by declining sex hormones, you’ve officially reached menopause after your last monthly cycle ends.
Men and women both go through hormone declines. As noted, in women this is called menopause. In men, it’s called andropause. Men and women each have their own recognizable symptoms, and both are easily treatable and reversible.
The problem with treating these conditions lies in the bungling manner in which mainstream medicine handles the therapies, and its failure to recognize safe and completely natural treatments. This has resulted in massive confusion in the media - resulting in skepticism by the general public of any treatment method - whether mainstream or natural.
Read the whole story at the menopause website:
www.1-Menopause.com
In the natural course of human life, hormone production of all types peaks at the age of 25 in both men and women.
Hot flashes and night sweats can be major problems, extensively interfering with a woman’s life and the lives of those around her. She is intensely uncomfortable, and her responses to these distresses affect her loved ones as well. For me, hot flashes have been the worst! If you know me then you know I joke that the symptoms make me either suicidal or homicidal…and sometimes I’m NOT joking.
What if you have had a hysterectomy? Do you still need progesterone?
Yes. Doctors continue to get this wrong. They were taught the wrong approach and continue to espouse bad advice.
Every one of your trillion or so cells has receptors for all hormones, including estrogen and progesterone. This means that your skin, brain, finger nails, heart, and eyeballs have progesterone receptors, too.
Just because your uterus has been removed does not mean that every other organ in your body should be forgotten. When you take estrogen you “oppose” it with progesterone regardless of whether you have a hysterectomy or not.
Having said that, it is recommend that you take a progesterone (bio-identical) with your estrogen supplementation. Why? To keep your estrogen from being “unopposed”. You don’t want to create too much of an imbalance with estrogen with progesterone.
When the production of progesterone falls off for any reason, a woman can become “estrogen dominant” - a term popularized by Dr. Jonathon Lee. Dr. Lee proposed that estrogen dominance was responsible for many chronic health problems now seen in women.
These estrogen dominant health problems now include migraine headaches, PMS, depression, loss of libido, weight gain, water retention, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, heart disease, strokes, mental decline, blood clots and increased risk of gynecological cancers.
Dr. Lee passed away in 2003, but prior to that he was a keynote speaker on the subject and had many case studies, which proved the hormone balance of using bio-identical progesterone cream in hormone replacement therapy.
In closing, I suggest doing your own research to find what works for you and find a doctor in your area who specializes in bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. Your life after 50 and beyond doesn’t have to be miserable. In fact, I’m counting on them being the best years of my life!
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