Q Hormone therapy brought my period back, but it stops again whenever I quit the medication. Can it be maintained without recurrence?
A When a hormone-induced period stops the moment you quit, it is a sign that the body cannot yet generate its own ovulatory rhythm. To maintain it without medication, you need to correct the underlying cause (weight, stress, exercise) while restoring the function of the uterus and ovaries themselves.
Detailed Answer
Even when menstruation is induced by external hormones, if the underlying hypothalamic function has not recovered, it stops again the moment the medication is discontinued. To maintain it without recurrence, you need a period of correcting root causes such as energy balance, weight, and stress, while training the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis to operate on its own.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
In Korean medicine, the goal is to make the body perform the role that hormone medication has been substituting for. Treatment must continue through the Yang-tonifying (boyang) stage that replenishes Qi and Blood and raises ovarian and uterine function, until the body reaches a state where it can generate its own ovulatory rhythm without medication. Combining lifestyle correction with treatment gradually lengthens the intervals between recurrences.
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