At 55 years old I stopped getting a period, I started quickly having joint pain, weight gain, fatigue, night sweats, sleepless nights, brain fog, dry vagina, and no libido. I was hunched over and walking like I was 70 due to the lack of hormones. I was literally becoming old and my quality of life was suffering. I couldn’t do anything, the joint pain was unbelievable. I’d be in bed after 20 minutes of any kind of physical activity, but after one month of being on bio-identical hormones, my quality of life had gone back to where I was premenopausal. I feel amazing like I’m in my 30s again no more joint pain no more hot flashes and night sweat, the brain fog is gone, and I can function through the day without needing breaks and naps. Without my bio-identical hormones, I will not have a decent quality of life.