Soy isoflavones and/or some "menopause support" blend of herbs have helped me when they get to be a bit much.
One of these days, I may try out estradiol cream and see if it can help w/my bones. I'm over 2 yrs post-meno, had most of the risk factors for osteoporosis, so I asked a doctor about the DEXA scan, and a bit unsurprisingly, but frighteningly enough - I've got osteopenia. Looking at my scanned pelvis (it don't look right) and reading those numbers has made my anxiety skyrocket! Scan was 2 days ago, w/the report & disc 10min. after getting scanned.
The kicker is, I was (and still am) tapering from 6 months of 5mg val, and those 2mg tapering tabs don't come so easily. And IOP source of liquid v is gone. I just finished my last bit of that (I'd have more left, but my clumsy self spilled 50mg/ml when first emptying the ampoules into a bottle for oral admin.
But knowing I've lost some bone mass, well, is a loss, and I'm frightened, and so tempted to updose to 10mg daily and undo all the hard work I'd put into this slow taper I started last month. I have 1 more day on 4mg, then planned to start on 3.5mg - and I've done several by now - but I feel like, fuck the taper! The only thing keeping it worth staying the course is that sources have dried up like crazy, and doctor visits are crazy expensive! And this doc only wrote me for #30 2mg w/no refills. Pill mills around here have even taken a hit, as if it wasn't hard enough already.
I could resign myself to being on a full 5-10mg daily for the rest of my miserable life, but tolerance sucks ass, hence the repeated medication vacations.
Anyway, back on topic, I started having bad night sweats back in 2003, w/no other signs of meno, except for menses being consistently closer together for the longest time. I had to change my pjs up to 3x/night, sometimes even the sheets got soaked (sweat, not urine - waist up). So for me anyway, they're not nearly as frequent nor as severe, but it still interrupts sleep, as do more bladder urges.
As someone who's always been intolerant to the cold, I'd looked forward to hot flashes back in my youth. Little did I know, that they're called hot *flashes* for a reason: it's like a faulty internal thermostat...there's this feeling from inside the chest, suddenly I need to disrobe, drink something cool, throw open a window, or run a fan....then, about a min or 2 later, I'm okay again, so I get dressed and all, only to have chills that can go on for a few hours....bundling up, hot beverage, burying beneath several blankets, heat on, sitting in my sauna, lather, rinse and repeat. And on those days, I tend to be more prone to random out of the blue panic attacks.
? Is anyone currently going through menopause right at age 50 like me. I’m on my fourth maybe fifth month without a period. Even though I know there was no human way I was pregnant I still took a pregnancy test because I just couldn’t believe it gone that long finally. After skipping. And having a regular periods for two years and all the other mess they’re like describe above. I’m just a fucking disaster right now. Lately my breast hurt in a different way but constantly.
I will look into the testosterone cream as soon as my doc gives me the OK! 
@alixjones2018 what a tough cookie you are !! 
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ontovzik:
When I had long term shingles, lasting two months. All he could give me was a 10 day supply of dilaudid. He looked at the ground while we were talking about it. I could tell he was ashamed but it was the legislature and the governor that tied his hands. He was very upset that non-medical political people, the media, and the scared public were controlling how he treated his patients. Someday those people will need meds and a hospital bed and they will be gone.
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WTF7218:
@xenxra 😆😂. Yes, but only a few brave souls will ever find the number. You must first order a Dirty Shirley from the bartender. Then you must discreetly take the cocktail napkin from under your drink and unfold it. There you will find the map to the location of the phone number, and clues to decipher the code that it is written in.
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xenxra:
he left his phone number scribbled in a stall at the pub three blocks down
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aBBazaBBa123:
@rockychoc How do I contact you?
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Alkazar:
@NYStateofMind I dont really have a history of abusing things, my docotr is just really stingy. I am thinking of switching.