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Macafem Work?
Hi Everyone. How are you? I'm new to this board and am hoping that you ladies can help me. I am thinking about trying macafem supplements and wondered if you have tried them and if you got an results? How long did it take to start working? I'm at the end of my rope and need to get some help fast! I'm currently 42 years old and started into menopause around the age of 38. I'm not sure if I have "normal" meno symptoms or not but I have been tested and that's what it is. I am freezing cold all thur the day [yes I have had thyroid tested its normal] and than at night I'm so hot I can't sleep! I have gained 60 pounds over the last year and a half [thinking it's due to lack of sleep as well as chocolate cravings that are unbearable!] I have no sex drive at all, in fact I got married a year and a half ago and we have had sex once - that is not like me at all - before meno I had a high sex drive! But the biggest issue for me with meno is the tiredness I have. I am just so tired I can't do anything! And I mean nothing - I lost my job about 6 months ago because I just couldn't do the job due to being so tired! I have been to tons of doctors and they all say it will get better when you get peri - I can't wait that long! I looked into going with BHRT but the cost for the first visit with labs would be about 1000.00 and not covered by my insurance! I just don't know what to do anymore. I read some great things about macafem and am thinking about trying it but before I order it at about 30.00 I would like others thoughts. Any ideas or info you can give me would be great. Thanks and have a great day ~ Wellness_Seeker
Thank you for your blog. Was really interested in macafem as my libido was on the floor and was recommended to get some. Now I will check out the health store for macca. Hope your flushes have abated by now as it's 2014 lol
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I wanted to add for anyone reading this now in 2016, that I hope you are doing well. I have no problem with libido but the fatigue really hit me and I found out I got hypothyroid. I had gained weight as well. I have never been hypothyroid in my life. So maybe menopause can bring that on as well or peri-menopause. So for those of you with fatigue. Get your TSH taken!!! I have lost 20 lbs and feel better.
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mkh9
I agree. ME and Fibromyalgia work like this. Any exercise done should be with the aim of keeping weightbearing and keeping muscles loose only, and resting out the effects of overdoing it. It might SEEM lazy to other people. Guilt is one of the biggest things with these 2 conditions, as most people who have it led an active life before, and most certainly were not lazy, and do NOT WANT TO BE! That guilt is not only imposed on them by their own standards, but made worse by other peoples opininons of them,
To all using or considering macafem.
I have looked at the website and it seems to be nothing more than a general mixed supplement (with a source that sounds very unique, I admit). I am a little short of money at the moment and going through similar, so I may look into the supplements it has, and see if I have an overlap with what I am taking already ( I am on a few things already for fibromyalgia symptoms), and work out from what I can get from Holland and Barret store to see if it is cheaper.
When I went to the US (I am in the UK) I found a lot of the over the counter supplements were cheaper than here, ie Walmart.
It might be an idea that we try and research the supplements in macafem and see if there is a cheaper alternative. I am all for supplements that support production of natural hormones (like macafem) rather than replace them.
I also am having problems with the menopause. I cannot get up in the mornings and find it hard to drop off to sleep now (dispite being on amitriptyline for it now for NINE years!!), and if I don't get up at 7 for work (only 3 days a week at the moment) I find myself in bed till noon feeling sick and hurting from top to toe.
At work I now have to go to occupational health to explain why I have had around 4 episodes of illness last year (only one and two days each).
I work for the NHS here, and I can tell you it doesn't always work - even when you work for them there is no help. 3 months ago I went to my doctor with these symptoms and was told I couldn't have a blood test till Jan (now) and only if I lost weight. It took me 3 month to pursuade her that I needed a pelvic scan because I have problems that need monitoring down there (I have just moved to a new doctor a few years ago and my notes are all mixed up), and when I asked about whether all my pain and tiredness were made worse by the menopause, she said no.
Another (female) doctor I asked said there was no point in doing the FSH test and that she had a bad menopause and I should just "sweat it out".
Maybe a MALE GP will be better - he won't have an agenda maybe?
Any thoughts?
Xglenys
I have looked at the website and it seems to be nothing more than a general mixed supplement (with a source that sounds very unique, I admit). I am a little short of money at the moment and going through similar, so I may look into the supplements it has, and see if I have an overlap with what I am taking already ( I am on a few things already for fibromyalgia symptoms), and work out from what I can get from Holland and Barret store to see if it is cheaper.
When I went to the US (I am in the UK) I found a lot of the over the counter supplements were cheaper than here, ie Walmart.
It might be an idea that we try and research the supplements in macafem and see if there is a cheaper alternative. I am all for supplements that support production of natural hormones (like macafem) rather than replace them.
I also am having problems with the menopause. I cannot get up in the mornings and find it hard to drop off to sleep now (dispite being on amitriptyline for it now for NINE years!!), and if I don't get up at 7 for work (only 3 days a week at the moment) I find myself in bed till noon feeling sick and hurting from top to toe.
At work I now have to go to occupational health to explain why I have had around 4 episodes of illness last year (only one and two days each).
I work for the NHS here, and I can tell you it doesn't always work - even when you work for them there is no help. 3 months ago I went to my doctor with these symptoms and was told I couldn't have a blood test till Jan (now) and only if I lost weight. It took me 3 month to pursuade her that I needed a pelvic scan because I have problems that need monitoring down there (I have just moved to a new doctor a few years ago and my notes are all mixed up), and when I asked about whether all my pain and tiredness were made worse by the menopause, she said no.
Another (female) doctor I asked said there was no point in doing the FSH test and that she had a bad menopause and I should just "sweat it out".
Maybe a MALE GP will be better - he won't have an agenda maybe?
Any thoughts?
Xglenys
I had the same! I just finished my first bottle. Took 3 pills for the first 3-4 weeks and just bumped it up to 3 in there AM and 3 in the PM. No more night sweats, anxiety minimized, energy increased and sex drive- yup, it's back! I am literally one month in. Wondering what long term holds.
I had the same! I just finished my first bottle. Took 3 pills for the first 3-4 weeks and just bumped it up to 3 in there AM and 3 in the PM. No more night sweats, anxiety minimized, energy increased and sex drive- yup, it's back! I am literally one month in. Wondering what long term holds.
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