Wellness

[granddi]

The discussion of bioidenticals HRT is usually related to those just entering menopause and on. I wonder if anyone has STARTED bioidentical HRT age 65 or over? Or maybe you used HRT for a few years then 10 years later restarted?

[IMW]

yes, used it in patch form from peri men at 37 for over 10 years.  Started using estrogen cream again at about 58 or so. Still using cream at 64. 

[willdob3]

Yes.

[Zhills]

Started on birth control pills and went to HRT...never stoppped!

[Nightowlz]

I started using bioidentical progesterone cream in my early 40's. I used it on & off. 18 yrs later I just stopped using it again. I started using Andrew Lessman's Women's Wellness & feel better. The bottle says take 2 per day but so far don't do that because it has EGCG in it (caffeine) which makes me jittery & I could not sleep. I have been taking 1 with good results. I'm hypothyroid & not suppose to take soy but I had to do something. My doctor was not help.

[Reba055]

I believe there might be a slight increase of adverse effects if started later. That said, unless I was high risk (and a doctor probably wouldn't prescribe anyway) I wouldn't let that concern me too much. You have to have a good quality of life IMHO. 

[Goldengate8361]

I wondered about this, too. I was thinking that maybe by taking them, I could slow down my wrinkles, belly fat, etc. what do you think?

[SaRina]

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@Goldengate8361 wrote:

I wondered about this, too. I was thinking that maybe by taking them, I could slow down my wrinkles, belly fat, etc. what do you think?

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I think you should do your research to understand that bioidentical HRT is not intended for this kind of use.

Personally, unless I was experiencing serious quality of life issues that prevented me from functioning normally every day, I would not touch any form of HRT.