I thought hormone replacement therapy would fix everything. The brain fog. The anxiety. The weight gain that came out of nowhere. The exhaustion I couldn’t shake no matter how “healthy” I tried to be. And honestly? It helped — a lot. But not in the “flip the switch and I’m back to my old self” kind of way. Here’s what really happened… 1.\tIt took time. I remember staring at that little patch thinking it would be the magic answer. Weeks went by, and nothing felt different. I almost gave up before