Has anyone used this as a natural HRT? I've been having hot flushes for a couple of weeks and was recommended this by a friend today, but I've just googled it and found a lot of conflicting reviews - some saying it's marvellous and others that it gave them a splitting headache and their periods started again.
I had hot flushes a few months ago and went to the docs but she thought I was a bit young (47) to be starting menopause and also said that doing the blood test I was hoping for was pretty pointless because for the few years before the menopause your hormones can be up and down all the time anyway so the blood test could give a different result each week! Strangely the hot flushes stopped after that but seem to have come back. (I had a Mirena coil put in a year or two ago because of heavy periods and now I hardly have any, so can't go by that!)
I had hot flushes a few months ago and went to the docs but she thought I was a bit young (47) to be starting menopause and also said that doing the blood test I was hoping for was pretty pointless because for the few years before the menopause your hormones can be up and down all the time anyway so the blood test could give a different result each week! Strangely the hot flushes stopped after that but seem to have come back. (I had a Mirena coil put in a year or two ago because of heavy periods and now I hardly have any, so can't go by that!)