Thank you kindly Fiatlux and indigo 🙏🤗
As might be expected my body is a little confused today. I woke with nausea then ended up with a migraine (which is easing now). But... I am definitely improving in terms of my mood state again and how I feel in my body. I once again feel more energy and less anxiety and depression. I am now on one tablet continuously instead of two cyclically, so it will probably be a more gentle improvement than before, but there is no doubt the improvement is happening. It is incredible how fast it works and how powerful these hormones are.
indigo, yes, the ancestral component is interesting. I have no doubt there were hormonal dysregulations in my mum and her mum. There was incredible suffering in the lives of my dad's mum and her mother. But, of course, they never would have got one ounce of help for those struggles that they lived with in isolation. Early trauma apparently predisposes people for lifelong, chronic hormonal dysregulation along with autonomic dysregulation and autoimmune issues. I was diagnosed with pustular psoriasis on my left foot in 2010. Well in those first 12 days on HRT it just started clearing up all by itself! I have thrown every kind of treatment at it over the last 14 years, both conventional and alternative. So, indigo, I think you are on the mark that other health issues are likely to clear up on their own now.
I saw my psychologist yesterday as well and was so glad to tell her how successful the HRT has been. I was telling her how my muscles and bones just feel so much stronger, like they are thriving! My core muscles suddenly work exceptionally well like I have been training at the gym (when I haven't). In the last few days without the progesterone I was starting to lose those benefits again, but even just after restarting last night the difference is already noticeable. It is just a remarkable transformation in my whole being. There can apparently be benefits in preventing osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline. Certainly my thought processes are much clearer and tasks seem much less difficult to perform. Things I have put off doing because they were just way too overwhelming now seem possible and doable, like the motivation part of my brain just works again. I've been learning that oestrogen and progesterone are far more than reproductive hormones. They are apparently extremely important in multiple areas of the brain.
I am having to watch I don't get too overexcited, though that is another thing, I am generally more calm and I think a lot of that is the progesterone which can be a calming hormone. Not all women respond the same though and some women on HRT are aggravated by the progesterone component, but for me the fact it calms me so much and seems to give so many benefits, it is obviously what my system needs.
Sorry, rabbiting on here! I'll shut up now, ha ha! But thank you both for being there for me. It really means a lot!
I hope you both have a really lovely week (and I hope you can cool down Fiatlux!).
Take care both,
ER xx
