In 2006 I had my regular gynecologist appointment and everything was normal, by February of 2007 I had a mass in one of my ovaries the size of a golf ball. During surgery, the doctors determined everything had to be removed (total hysterectomy) and they also scraped endometriosis out of a large part of my intestine. I was 42 years old and I became a woman whose body produced “0” hormones. I was put on synthetic hormones and my life became miserable (symptoms wise) and a roller coaster of depression and out of control moods to the point that I couldn’t even deal with myself. It was the most strange anger even towards everyone I love and everything that had always made me happy. I couldn’t understand why I was feeling crazy and I couldn’t deal with those out-of-control emotions. Doctors prescribed different synthetic hormones with zero changes on anything I was experiencing. I couldn’t even sleep because of hot flashes and cold and anger and depression ALL AT THE SAME TIME! I couldn’t believe my normal self had changed so drastically at once and I had no control. Why I was so depressed I would just cry for hours and then suddenly I would be so angry I couldn’t even look out of my window in peace and enjoy the beautiful views I have.
My lovely husband was so patient and we researched everything until we read about compounded hormones. We read from how they work all the way to side effects. We couldn’t believe the big range of studies and opinions. One day he found a doctor for me to try compounded hormones and in 2008 I started with my first compound. It took some time to adjust the formula according to my symptoms and test results but I finally got my own self back! I didn’t feel like a crazy woman anymore. That was such a relief it really brings tears to my eyes when I think about it. I really thought I was going crazy. My compounded hormones saved my life, my marriage, and my sanity. I have used them all these years with very few changes to the formula because my test shows everything is balanced and I CAN FEEL IT.
I keep reading studies about compounding hormones. I disagree with doctors that tell me my bioidentical compound that is giving me what my body needs is going to give me cancer. I am replacing what my body needs with the closest way to natural hormones I can. From everything I read I could say that I am MORE afraid of the side effects of synthetic hormones than compounded hormones.
I am a woman that had a total hysterectomy and synthetic hormones don’t help me. Synthetic hormones don’t give me what my body really needs because my body produces no hormones in a wide range of the spectrum. COMPOUNDING HORMONES HELPS ME WITH EVERYTHING MY BODY IS MISSING. To be honest, I am actually extremely afraid of my emotional self if I couldn’t get my compounding hormones. PLEASE, don’t take them away from so many women that really need them.