Re: Menopause and Candida - Experiences Please

It really is sad to lose your youth... literally overnight....

That's what happened to me anyway.. my body changed very quickly... lost all the curves and the skin lost its rosiness. You can really see yourself change quickly....

Then I tried the HRT and some of the fullness has returned to my jaw. The anxiety has definitely decreased..

I was very anti HRT... but now I'm not so sure.. I'm not so sure whether I want to grow old overnight!

Doctor also wants me on HRT for my "bones"

He prescribed Kliogest which is a mid range HRT. I took it for four days and my breasts really swelled up and I felt great.... Scarey! I cut the tablets in half and now that's what I'm doing....

The weight gain was about 2 years before I went into menopause. I only lost 2 periods over a period of 1.5 years.... and then I was in meno.. I never got another period after that - so the build up was quick and that's when I stacked on the weight, just before I went into meno... but then it dropped off like a bath towel. I have read that its the body's attempt to hold onto estogen that it will need for later. Maybe don't fight it too much?

Thanks so much for sharing as well!