During and after menopause, I had gained weight, lost most of my libido, cried very easily, had night sweats, was cranky most of the time, had a lot of trouble getting good sleep, rarely slept through the night and had to get up in the middle of the night every night to urinate. After gong on bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, I have maintained a very healthy weight, have a great libido, rarely get weepy or cranky, never get night sweats, rarely wake up in the middle of the night and get a good 7.5-8 hours of sleep a night. I am very concerned about putting chemicals in my body and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy helps me avoid those chemical hormones. I am in great health and at the age of 59.5, I am on no other medications for anything. I feel that I have made choices for my body that has put me in this great position and bioidentical over synthetic is one of those choices that was paramount. I have such conviction for these bioidentical hormones that I am willing to pay quite a bit more for them that the synthetic hormones. I thought women were supposed to have freedom of choice for our healthcare and our own bodies. If you take bioidentical hormones away, you are taking away my healthcare and my freedom over my own body.