(Part 2) Best menopause medications & treatments according to redditors

I'm sorry things didn't quite go as planned! I do wonder how a suppository is supposed to help your symptoms if it's only staying there locally?

> She also told me that the progesterone creams are expensive and dont really work that well. she said that basically they don't get absorbed into the body that well and you need to use a lot of it. She said that the best way to get progesterone into the body for something like PMDD is progesterone /estrogen vaginal suppositories. ................

I know I'm just one person and this is anecdotal, but I have to disagree 100% with this. This is the progesterone cream I use. It's ~$32 a tube. The last time I bought one was early October and I have at least another month left, possibly a month an a half before I will need a new one. That's ~4 months a tube, roughly $8 a month. I've been using it since July and that was the LAST time I ever had PMDD symptoms.

There can be issues using progesterone cream if it's not USP progesterone which is bioidentical to the progesterone your own body makes so there is no issue with bioavailability and I've never read anything that said it didn't work well through skin absorption.

The doctors recommendations for you also seem to go against the informative/treatment video you posted earlier.

Obviously PMDD is different for everyone and so treatment will be different for everyone, it just boggles my mind that a doctor would advise birth control, which often contains synthetic progesterone and might not be as effective as usp progesterone. All the best to you! I hope you feel better real soon no matter the treatment!

I did this one from amazon: Hormone Test

It was worth the $ to me and I got my results back in 3 business days. If you’re female though, make sure you do the test on day 19-21 of your cycle and don’t take your hypo meds within 12 hours of the first am test.

My favorite brand of black cohosh Reminfemin. It’s a German brand that was used in all the medical research.

I started taking Estroven, which is a soy based estrogen and black cohash and it took about a week and the hot flashes at night were gone! My doctor recommended it for me and it might work for you too. https://smile.amazon.com/Estroven-Nighttime-Symptom-Menopause-Relief/dp/B00IXRZWW8/?th=1

Hey I take 15 drops of a sage tincture during the day:

Menosan 100 ml Sage Tincture https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002MSW15A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_svC6AbVF6RNCV

and then I take one of these before bed:

Sage Tablets (120 x 1200mg) – Natural Sage Leaf Tablets – Potent Menopause Relief Supplement – High In Rosmarinic Acid https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B072XM44VG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_AtC6AbT2B6HX2



I've also started taking my Lexapro at 1pm, I felt a little bit of insomnia the first day but it's been fine after that and when I have a night sweat now it happens at about 6-7am

Tightens Vagina Expert 90 softgels

Yay! I really hope it works for you. I def had PP depression although I wasn't really aware of it at the time (strange as that sounds). Luckily the anxiety held off for a bit, but, yeah.

Here's what I'm using:

Wise Essentials Wild Yam & Progesterone Cream - With Chaste Tree Berry -For Menopause and Mid life Changes. 2 oz No Parabens No Fragrance - Doctor Recommended https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001S5QPU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_l5DFxbZT2CDD2

I use the tiniest dab possible. Like, maybe the size of a BB or something, and I rub it on my wrists. (Location is important, I've read, because it affects absorbability.)

Also, I bought vitamin B6 and I've been taking that too. Seems it can also help to alter the estrogen/progesterone ratio (but not nearly as dramatically).

A.Vogel Bioforce Menoforce Sage Tablets, 30-Count https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003M35PW0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_IKFnDbDE8XGNR

2 tablets a day work for me..