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Hello Ladies.
I have a question about HRT and my wife. She is nearing that menopause age, 48 at the moment. She just started having 'off' cycles and night sweats/hot flashes in the last few months.
She went to her doctor earlier this month and asked about something to help with the symptoms and to have him check her hormone levels. She will go back next week for the results.
Meanwhile, she was asking about hormone replacement. The doctor said estrogen and progesterone are the norm and she asked about testosterone. he about had kittens, her words. Women dont need testosterone, he says.
Ok, we are nearing middle age, im 46, she is 48... but why on earth should she give up her sex drive? women do produce testosterone naturally, so why wouldnt a doctor replace NORMAL female levels?
I have been doing a bit of research on my own, and this apparently is becoming the norm now. Docs do not like to prescribe test for hrt in women. any thoughts or comments on this? I would prefer my wife get her hrt from a doc, I do not want to mess her up. But if her drive goes down, buddy Im gonna do all I can to help her out. We both feel we are too young to be old, so no sex is not an option.
Also, I have checked with these so called anti-aging places that have 'bio-identical' hormones (they are willing to help with her test levels) but any doc, pharmicist or university instructor in the bio/meds field that I have talked to about it have never heard of them and have no idea how they are created or how they will effect her. I am not willing to let my wife be a guinea pig.
Long winded, but thanks for reading.
storm
I have a question about HRT and my wife. She is nearing that menopause age, 48 at the moment. She just started having 'off' cycles and night sweats/hot flashes in the last few months.
She went to her doctor earlier this month and asked about something to help with the symptoms and to have him check her hormone levels. She will go back next week for the results.
Meanwhile, she was asking about hormone replacement. The doctor said estrogen and progesterone are the norm and she asked about testosterone. he about had kittens, her words. Women dont need testosterone, he says.
Ok, we are nearing middle age, im 46, she is 48... but why on earth should she give up her sex drive? women do produce testosterone naturally, so why wouldnt a doctor replace NORMAL female levels?
I have been doing a bit of research on my own, and this apparently is becoming the norm now. Docs do not like to prescribe test for hrt in women. any thoughts or comments on this? I would prefer my wife get her hrt from a doc, I do not want to mess her up. But if her drive goes down, buddy Im gonna do all I can to help her out. We both feel we are too young to be old, so no sex is not an option.
Also, I have checked with these so called anti-aging places that have 'bio-identical' hormones (they are willing to help with her test levels) but any doc, pharmicist or university instructor in the bio/meds field that I have talked to about it have never heard of them and have no idea how they are created or how they will effect her. I am not willing to let my wife be a guinea pig.
Long winded, but thanks for reading.
storm