" Great thinkers have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" ~ Albert Einstein
Albert quote above hits a raw nerve with alternative, complementary therapists and healers, so nothing new there, that fact is age old and will never change. We're always going to be decided into two camps, whither we are talking about bioidentical hormones, alternative or complementary therapies; and as one physicist, who requested anonymity stated, "New ideas are always criticized - not because an idea lacks merit, but because it might turn out to be workable, which would threaten the reputations of many people whose opinions conflict with it. Some people may even lose their jobs."
Bioidentical hormones fall into the alternative health category and therefore they won't receive much medical, media or airplay, so many people have no idea over here in the UK, or Ireland for that matter. Before I heard about bioidentcail on a the Oprah show, I was desperate to find a cure for the menopause and I searched all the major books stores in London. Much to my surprised not one book about bioidentcail was on on any shelf and that fact alone, made me wonder if bioidentcal hormones has been censored here in the UK. All that was available was traditional herbal remedies and diet approaches. Had there been at least one book about bio's I'd have bought it, and have saved myself another year of sheer emotional and physical hell. I have all the most traditional books that treat the menopause with natural herbs and diet, was a waste of money for me, herbs or diet never worked for me. I was eating herbs like sweets and they had no effect whatsoever my menopausal symptoms.
Bioidentical hormones fall into the alternative health category and therefore they won't receive much medical, media or airplay, so many people have no idea over here in the UK, or Ireland for that matter. Before I heard about bioidentcail on a the Oprah show, I was desperate to find a cure for the menopause and I searched all the major books stores in London. Much to my surprised not one book about bioidentcail was on on any shelf and that fact alone, made me wonder if bioidentcal hormones has been censored here in the UK. All that was available was traditional herbal remedies and diet approaches. Had there been at least one book about bio's I'd have bought it, and have saved myself another year of sheer emotional and physical hell. I have all the most traditional books that treat the menopause with natural herbs and diet, was a waste of money for me, herbs or diet never worked for me. I was eating herbs like sweets and they had no effect whatsoever my menopausal symptoms.
One of the books that I bought was Katie Neil & Patrick Holford book Balancing Hormones Naturally, although their diet failed to work for me, they did devoted a very tiny paragraph to bioidentical hormones. They did not cover bios in a great details, merely mentioned rubbing on some bio progesterone from day 14-28th day of every month. Basically the same advice that is given by many private doctors over here in the UK, that do believe in bioidenticals and offer progesterone privately to their patients, but only for a small dot of cream to be rubbed on the arm from day 14 to 28th of every months.
The problem with that - you aren’t just losing progesterone, but also oestrogen, and you won’t be restoring your hormones to sufficient levels that would permit your body to cycle again. I had contacted a number of doctors in London after I heard about bio's and enquired if they offer hormonal cycling, the answer was always no.
One of the doctor's that I consulted for BHRT, said when I asked about the Wiley Protoco: "She didn't believe that women who had reached post menopause should have their periods restored." Although, she did offer a prescription for progesterone. She took out a small syringe of progesterone and demonstrated how to use a small dot of progesterone by rubbing on to the underside of her arm.
I was more than surprised and in that moment, I knew I had to search for another BHRT doctor!
Bioidentical therapy works best when it is talored for each woman, as set by the levels of your recent blood tests, because a dot of any type of bioidentical cream, may suit you, but could send my body crazy looking for more! I felt crazy enought at the time and I mean locking up crazy.
" Great thinkers have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" ~ Albert Einstein
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