Loved reading your stories!
54 yr old full menopause since Nov 2020
Started full HRT 2024
Started Compound Tirz April 2025
Have used Sermorelin
Currently using Ipamorelin, KLOW, Glutathione,Tirz
I'm microdosing the Tirz at 1 mg once a week. I've hit my goal of 145 which is higher than any chart would tell you I should be at 5'3" but all through my late 30s, 40s, earlier 50s I weighed a muscular 140 and I know the 145 is a doable weight for me. I'm still on the 1 mg dose and will keep it there til maybe forever? I can definitely out eat this dose if I wanted to and can still drink with no ill effects, so I'm being conscious about my nutrition...really just getting back into everything I used to do. Limit the drinking (it ramped up a lot from 2020 to 2025), make my protein packed green smoothies every day, take my vitamins, quit with all the junk food and pizza nights, etc.
Due to an injury in 2019, I'd quit working out, then Covid and menopause and I got up to 170. Started doing gentle yoga and pilates in 2023 and am hoping to add regular weightlifing back in soon, but definitely dragging my heels as that's when the aches n pains come back.
I've always had loose skin genetically and my thigh skin is the worst. I'm planning to start DIY microneedling in Feb. to hopefully address it a bit. I'd love to graduate to DIY threads eventually. I've been on the KLOW for about 3 months now and not convinced I'm seeing that much of difference with anything...back pain, shoulder pain, skin were my reasons for starting. I'm going for another three months but disappointed so far.
The glutathione I've only been on two weeks. Started slow with 200mg 3x week/400 mg 3x week and week I'll do 600mg 2x a week and then hopefully do 1200mg once a week from there. Mainly hoping for the skin benefits, I have a lot of hyperpigmentation and rosacea.
The sermorelin was good, love the sleep. Switched to the Ipa just to see and love it too. The HRT had already helped with sleep but these guys are amazing.
NAD+, Selank, Semax, cerebrolysin are in my sights. I also had ADHD diagnosed after menopause and, in hindsight, can see it was there all along. Taking off label Wellbutrin for it rn.