Re: Menopause and CMT

[Guest guest]

Hi Gretchen,

Thanks for your email and all your searchings.

This is amazing , don't you think? I could not find anyhting regarding

either...haha!

Yes, so we are Pioneers... Great to have the group!!!

Thanks Again to YOU and again for giving us this great opportunity ...we are

able to share our life, experiencies, strugles, pain and joy ...that is SO

WONDERFUL!

It is so important in times of difficulties to be able to share with our

friends...we can understand one another and this also helps the healing process

surely! GOOD TO TALK !!!

Now, in fact my doctor asked me before If I knew anything regarding CMT and HRT

and I said NO! This was something that I did not want to consider either

Gretchen.

But the reason for that was because menopause affected far too much my

health in so many ways...We are all unique Gretchen, and our body

responds in different ways to treatments too. As you know so well,

sometimes what is good for one is not nescessarly is good for the other person.

My dear mother for instance did not have any symptoms of

menopause, nothing!

I know how hard it has been in the middle on the night I go to

have a bath...open the window and switch the ventilator to cope with this ...and

many nights I have to change my bed linnen too...so HOT and Sweat...Awful

feeling like glue, sticking all over my body!Sometimes following with those

panick attacks and palpitation...so, what do you think?

For you Thank God has beem much milder than for me...as I said, we are

different and therefore one must try everything in order to feel better inside

always. I have been taking ashwaganda, rhodiola, and peruvian maca ...for all

this time. What can I say to you? I also tried the isoflavones for 6 months...Oh

Dear...you know how much I would prefer to have the natural aproachess always,

but sometimes patience has limits and my limits are coming to the end really!

My friend told me that Pregnonolene (sorry I am not sure about the

speling)...could also be good to try. ?

THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I POSTED MENOPAUSE AND CMT. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHO

TAKES HRT AND WHO DOESN'T.

IT WOULD BE VERY NICE TO FIND OUT MORE REGARDING ALL THE IMPLICATIONS

REGARDING CMR + HRT.

Regarding the vitamin B6 and B12 I just don't know ecxatly what do you

meant there...so far I do know we can not take B6 right? But now B12? I just

don't know if it it good or not...But I am not taking for a long time any

vitamin B.

I will have to wait for my blood tests results to find out if something is

missing, and then I will take from there, and yes, I am taking the Vitamin E and

many supplemments to help me as well. This is not something that started

yesterday,I have been going through it for more than 4 years now.

Yesterday, I started to take CITALOPRAM yesterday and hope this drug

will help me with the anxiety and bad, very bad sleep less nights.

Anyway, I am here at the gym at the moment and need to go NOW...there are some

people waiting to use the computer here....haha! I will be in touch later on!

Today here at the gym people are very happy...Brasil is playing very

soon at the World Cup and I need to do my exercises before the

game...hahaha!!!

I AM SO SORRY ABOUT MY ENGLISH SPELLING ..COULD NOT CHECK ANYTHING

HERE!!

Thanks a lot for your help and support as always

Hugs

Joana in London

[Guest guest]

Joana,

Another natural alternative is Black Cohosh.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks a lot for your info.

In fact I have it at home, bought the other day to try it...but becausen I just

started to take Citalopram this week I need to wait a bit longer and make sure

about drug interactions etc...I am atking clonazepam and others suplemments too,

so I need to be very careful!

So, I will give a call to my nutritionist and ask her about this. I have been

taking for quite while Ashwagandha and Maca for that.. I must say that for while

did helped me, but NOT anymore for some reason...

In any case, I will found out soon regarding taking Black Cohosh!

Take Care

Joana in London

[Guest guest]

Joana,

Let me know what you find out. I haven't tried anything yet but I'm starting to

have pre-menopausal symptoms and was wondering if it would help.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Yes, I certainly will inform you as soon as I know more. So far I have been

thinking to try Back Cohosh also Sage. I will need to be sure if it will be safe

with the rest of supplements I am on. I am

taking so many supplements at the moment. As I said before, we are

all different and something can be very good for you and not

necessarily be good to me, that is the problem! I am taking the

Ashwagandha and Peruvian Maca for the menopause, and it did work for while, then

suddenly all the hot flashes and night sweats started all over again, this time

even worse than before. I am suffering with this menopause for more than 4

years now.Crazy but true!

But no one is the same , my mother did not know what menopause was, she was

very lucky there! Now, I also must to take in consideration the fact that I am

not well at the moment and suffering from depression and great stress and all

this for sure make things worse.

From today I started to feel a bit better, felt more comfortable with myself and

slept much better last night too. I know it is just the beginning of my

treatment and I still need to sort out others things regarding my hip pain,

mobilitiy, etc.

, another thing is Wild Yam... So, you could start to look at those herbs

and see what do you think? I have also tried the Isoflavones for sometimes as

well! All the best wishes to

you. Have a Great Week.

Take Care

Joana in London

[Guest guest]

Hello,Joana, over there in London eating chili peppers,

In what may I ask? Just curious. Get a hold of yourself, Joana. First off,

get off all the herbal stuff - who knows what that's doing to your system. All

those herbs and stuff can interfere with medications.

Donna B. in Texas