HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE STORIES

46 OR I started taking estradiol (2x/wk patch) and progesterone a few months ago. The first thing I noticed was my moods have been more stable. I also stopped taking Wellbutrin around the same time, so I think that's interesting. In general I have less aches and pains. If I could I'd take progesterone the entire month, but I want to have my period as long as my body wants to - let that end without inducing it to. Progesterone makes me feel so relaxed, I love it. My biggest physical...

PA, USA 53 Omfg. THANK YOU for doing the good work! I'm so proud to be part of a generation of fearless women who are refusing to ignore what they know about their own bodies and experiences. I've been through the medical wringer in my 30s over gut health issues and had to rally doctors, anyone, who would listen. I almost died. I literally saved myself. Fast forward 20 years, when I asked my gyn about HRT, I was stonewalled. She tried to scare me with stories about patients who had suffered...

So yeah, perimenopause changed my life.