Back around 2012, I was feeling terrible...I was tired all of the time and I was achy. I began to believe a year or so later that maybe I had Fibromyalgia. I had been to the doctor several times and told him of my symptoms and he was a new doctor to me so I don't really think he believed me. Nothing was ever done about it. A couple of years later I heard an ad about compounded hormones and about that time I spoke with a childhood friend and mentioned to her how I was feeling and she told me about her experience with compounded HRT which as it turns out was similar to my results. I went to the doctor and told him I wanted him to do labs to check my hormone levels. His response when the results came in was "well, this is probably why you have been feeling so bad. All of your hormones are bottomed out." So I went over to my first compound pharmacy and they helped me figure out what I needed. Within a couple of weeks I felt like a BRAND NEW person. My hot flashes were pretty much gone and I just felt 20 years younger (I was about 56 years young at the time). I have been on compounded HRT since... I can't imagine them being taken away!