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Your post sounds familar. At age 34, I started on 4 cycles of IVF with LOADS of hormones–including shutting down my system once in a while to “reboot”. At age 38–after birthing two wonderful daughters–I let my system settle down. Now, at age 45 it seems that having produced ~100 eggs than otherwise would have occurred, menopause may be coming sooner than expected. (No, my doctor hasn’t confirmed my suspicion, but I find it hard to imagine that cracking out that many eggs helped…)
At the suggestion of my psychopharmacologist (psychatrist who primarially prescribed and monitors medications), I’ve been taking Remifemin–a brand of black cohosh supplement. While there are a number of black cohosh supplements available (at least in the US) Remifemin is unique in that the dosage is standardized and approved for use in Germany (where herbal supplements are carefully regulated). I don’t mean to push a specific brand, but mention it to explain why that brand may be unique.
I have to admit, I was pretty surprized that I noticed an effect–less fatigue WAY less irritable.
HTH!
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