Just talk to your regular doctor. The medications they use for estrogen treatment (in schizophrenia) are the same ones they use in helping women who are past menopause and who want to increase estrogen (oestrogen in the UK).
Here are some of the research studies:
We’ve seen an increasing number of studies that show that estrogen therapy can have a positive impact on women who have schizophrenia. Here is another new study that supports this. People might talk to their doctors about trying this (women, that is).
The conclusion of this case study was:
Raloxifene may be useful as an adjuvant treatment for psychopathological symptoms and some cognitive aspects in women with chronic schizophrenia.
Stud Details:
Raloxifene Details:
Abstract
People with schizophrenia show probabilistic association learning impairment in conjunction with abnormal neural activity. The selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) raloxifene preserves neural activity during memory in healthy older men and improves memory in schizophrenia. Here, we tested the extent to which raloxifene modifies neural activity during learning in schizophrenia. Nineteen people with schizophrenia participated in a twelve-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over adjunctive treatment trial of the SERM raloxifene administered orally at 120 mg daily to assess brain activity during probabilistic association learning using functional magnetic r…
Australian scientists believe they have found a way to help women with treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
The key is oestrogen, says Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, of the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre in Melbourne.
Her team has completed a large eight-week placebo-controlled trial that shows improvements for women who are given the hormone in combination with other medications.
“The treatment has practical use for women who have not responded well to antipsychotic drug treatment,” says Prof Kulkarni.
Oestrogen fluctuations are critical times for mental health changes, she says.
This is particularly relevant during changes in life phases.
Some women are prone to relapses at low…
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