How to manage menopause symptoms if you can't take HRT

HRT can relieve lots of menopause symptoms, such as hot flushes, night sweats and mood swings. But it’s not suitable for everyone. People with histories of certain cancers or untreated high blood pressure, for example, are recommended to be cautious. So what can you do if you're unable to take HRT – or you decide not to? From non-HRT medications to herbal medicines to help menopause symptoms, here are 5 alternative ways to control your menopause, all proven to help.

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0:00 Intro
0:34 What is HRT?
1:06 Learn to destress
2:21 Get active
3.25: Non-HRT medications
4:09 Go natural
4:54 Watch your weight
5:42 Final thoughts

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[loveenglish]

I could not take HRT it literally caused anxiety and depression it was awful. I found many women going through the same and doctors aren't talking about it.

[carlacosta]

I´m 46 and going through perimenopause, i got really bad hairloss, poor sleep, depression, anxiety and could not see the point of keep going, I heard of HRT and was given Evorel sequi, I noticed an improvement in my mood and energy, my hairloss stoped, however in the weeks that I was taking evorel conti I had really bad anxiety, my apetite and food cravings decreased however I gainned 11 pounds since starting HRT, no one seems to talk about weight gain on HRT, I dicided to stop HRT at the moment to check if the weigh goes down.

[oliviastar]

Great video. Tfp ...can you give us a bit more info on those bio-hormones stuff like Suzanne Somers talked about on Oprah years ago? What do you think of that?