had complete hyst 4 years ago. was taking hrt. was diagnosed with aytipical ductal hyperplasia 6 months ago. was told to stop hrt immediately. it is the estrogen fueled type. had horrid menopausal symptoms. NONSTOP. was considering hrt again when a friend told me to go get acupucture. been doing that for 3 months now. at first i was going 2x a week. now once every 2 weeks. i'm on a herb too. no side effects. i feel like my old self again. now i only have a flash a couple times a day and sometimes at night i have more but... i go right back to sleep (which wasn't happening before). now i went for my 6 month mammogram and something was fishy. was sent for an mri. doc says it looks like dcis. having biopsy tomorrow. at leasst i'm not having flashes too and the acupuncture can help with your stress too. good luck