Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (compounded) has had enormous positive effects on my life. I suffered for years trying pharmaceutical medication after medication to balance my hormones, having devastating effect on my mental health and causing horrible side effects. We found that I was sensitive to synthetic hormones and many chemicals, and that my baseline levels of certain hormones were usually low. Compounds have saved my quality of life! It only took a small period of adjusting the dosage to find exactly what my body needed, without anything extra chemicals that I will adversely react to. I have to pay for 100% of these prescriptions, and can't really afford it honestly, but its that important to my life and my mental health.
I dread the day that the FDA takes away the only thing thats ever helped me. Please don't!