Pepperminty - I think there are success stories but it is like anything people usually only go searching for information or explaining their circumstances if they are negative - it's human nature really. When we find something which is good or the solution to a problem, or things get generally better we sort of shrug and get on with our lives and I think the same is probably the case with HRT. I also think Droopydrawers we can be "allergic" to loads of different stuff. What doesn't agree with me would be fine for you. eg femoston definitely didn't agree with me but loads of ladies here take it quite happily nor did Provera progesterone! Elleste wasn't great either and PrempakC wasn't strong enough although it took 7 years to work it out!
I am sure there are plenty of women who go to their GP's and get put on some form of HRT and never give it another thought but the same thing probably applies in the stats too. If GP's practices have patients that report everything is ok and are on repeat prescriptions why would they give it any thought? Most people only collect stats on the issues where they need to use them to work out the scale of the "problem" they need to "solve".
I have had some terrible problems which I now believe to have been hormonal all along throughout my life but my meno journey excacerbated them and they have only been taken seriously because I was at a time in my life when GP's thought they should have been focusing on hormonal issues. If I had always known what I have learnt from this site years ago, I could have made a case earlier but its just a case of which comes first the chicken or the egg? Why would I be on a site like this when I was 25 or 30. It's like those poor young women at 20/25 who get cervical cancer or bowel cancer and doctors dismiss their symptoms "because they are too young to fit the profile for cancer"! When I was 26 "hormonal problems" didn't exist as far as the medical profession were concerned much less find anyone who would do anything about it if they did'nt think you were off your head!
Some of my hrt hasnt been right for my body and I think as we go through 10 years of peri into post meno the treatment which is right at the beginning is probably no right for us at the end. I have had to be on the ball but looking back I am probably better today than I have been in 20 years! (having a good day today people!) in terms of joint health, sleep, pain, anxiety, panic etc. Still can't get the depression under control but boy is it easier to live without the rest of the stuff every day but it has taken about 3 years to get there. Looking on the other side, where would I be if I had given up - personally I think I wouldnt be commenting on here or anywhere!
It certainly is an interesting subject bearing in mind half the world is female and there probably should be more stats than there are but it seems it has only just "become a hot topic" (pardon the pun!
) in the wider world generally more recently. Most people find themselves here on the forum because they have an issue or a question or need support.
I think stats will become more important because there has been a petition in Parliament about better HRT services and the likes of Louise Newsom are appearing all over the TV now. When that happens women ask their GP's awkward questions which need proper answers and that's when people in the medical profession start looking for answers and treating it like a problem that needs to be solved.
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