I am 65 and have been on the Wiley Protocol for almost a year. There is a period of time where you and your doctor figure out the perfect dosages, but once that is done you feel like your old self when you were say in your twenties. I never took birth control pills or the commonly used Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), so I think my experience is different from some who have residual effects from the patented hormones that are not the same as those your body produces, which is to say NOT bio-identical. I immediately felt really better and only improved over time. I never had horrible menopausal symtoms, but was unaware how unwell I was feeling until I was so much better! It is definitely a pain to have to have a period each month, but T.S Wiley's book makes a convincing case for the need to do it. Her take on it is that if you mimic what the normal body does you will not cause bad side effects or unintentional results. There are an awful lot of companies out there who stand to lose money if this kind of protocol becomes the so-called Standard of Care for women with hormonal imbalances, so I tend to be suspicious of the shrill nay-sayers out there. There is a 20/20 TV show from years ago which set out to discredit the whole Wiley process and is frequently quoted. I would wonder who owns the 20/20 show because that owner would possibly have a financial stake in leaving old standards of care in place. These days we must use common sense and do our own research. That's how I found Wiley among many bio-identical proponents out there. I don't know if Wiley is the final answer to finding the perfect therapies for re-balancing our hormones, but I am one woman who is very thankful for T.S. Wiley and her team. I would say go Wiley, but I see several comments suspicious of even that!
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I am 65 and have been on the Wiley Protocol for almost a year. There is a period of time where you and your doctor figure out the perfect dosages, but once that is done you feel like your old self when you were say in your twenties. I never took birth control pills or the commonly used Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), so I think my experience is different from some who have residual effects from the patented hormones that are not the same as those your body produces, which is to say NOT bio-identical. I immediately felt really better and only improved over time. I never had horrible menopausal symtoms, but was unaware how unwell I was feeling until I was so much better! It is definitely a pain to have to have a period each month, but T.S Wiley's book makes a convincing case for the need to do it. Her take on it is that if you mimic what the normal body does you will not cause bad side effects or unintentional results. There are an awful lot of companies out there who stand to lose money if this kind of protocol becomes the so-called Standard of Care for women with hormonal imbalances, so I tend to be suspicious of the shrill nay-sayers out there. There is a 20/20 TV show from years ago which set out to discredit the whole Wiley process and is frequently quoted. I would wonder who owns the 20/20 show because that owner would possibly have a financial stake in leaving old standards of care in place. These days we must use common sense and do our own research. That's how I found Wiley among many bio-identical proponents out there. I don't know if Wiley is the final answer to finding the perfect therapies for re-balancing our hormones, but I am one woman who is very thankful for T.S. Wiley and her team. I would say go Wiley, but I see several comments suspicious of even that!
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