In the beginning

October 12, 2011

Amberen is something I've wanted to try for quite awhile.  It is natural ingredients, not a hormone supplement, that supposedly helps your body kick itself into gear.  When I looked into it a few years ago it seemed very expensive - I wasn't willing or able to spend more than $20 on anything back then.  I forgot about it for a long time, suffering in silence (my family might disagree with the silent part) until I heard it on Dr. Laura last week.  Now... Dr. Laura is not on my regular list of favorite radio shows, but she happened to be on, and mentioned Amberen, which triggered my menopausical memory gland.  I called, but this time I'm in a different mind frame, and asked questions to which I listened to the answers.  

This time the price seemed reasonable, considering I am desperate for a solution!  The first month is free, when you purchase a 90 day supply.  But it is only a 90 day program - so $100 for three months seemed OK at this point in my life.  So... we shall see. I'm concerned that it will drive my Thyroid Wacky, but "they" say it won't. There is a nurse line you can call with questions, which made me feel better.  Of course, who knows if they are registered nurses on the other end of that line... but at least I could understand them! (That sounded bad.)  The goal is that your body will utilize the minerals properly and "kick start" itself during that 90-day period, and that you shouldn't have to do it again. After 90 days, you go off the pills for the next 90 days and see if your body is still working.  If you need to do a second round of three months you can, but after that, if it doesn't work they recommend you NOT continue, that it just isn't for you. 

So... when they didn't try to talk me into a "lifetime payment plan" of $49 per months forever, I was willing to try it!  I will talk to my regular doctor as well, but the ingredients seem fine... of course, you never know. I hope that maybe it will work, even if it is just my brain kick-starting everything. If I BELIEVE, right? I BELIEVE... I BELIEVE.... I BELIEVE... oh wow... I already feel 30 pounds lighter!  It's all that fairy dust... http://www.bestsupplementsforwomen.org/go/Amberen.php