Hello,

I'm not 50 yet but I thought this would be a good forum for information since I guess some of the ladies here may have gone through this already.

Here's my background: I'm 43 and have been suffering perimenopausal symptoms for the last several years, only I didn't know what it was. Last summer things got very bad and basically I had a hormonal apocalypse. After getting a d&c and a prescription for Prometrium, I was getting a little better. Now the symptoms have returned full force and my dr. has added 21 days of estrogen to my regimen. I take estrogen cycle days 5-26 and the progesterone days 14-26. I am waiting now to take the first day of estrogen, haven't started it yet.

I am worried too about my weight loss. Since I've been taking the prometrium I've lost almost 16 pounds, after 3 years of gaining and being able to lose nothing. Since these symptoms have returned I haven't lost anything and am retaining water.

So my questions are:

1. If you were put on HRT, how long did it take to start helping? I am really not myself any more.
2. Did it derail your weight loss?