The study shows that women who took HRT 18 years ago are no more likely to die of anything than women who did not. “I think we can provide reassuring evidence that hormonal therapy is not going to kill you,” said Dr. JoAnn Manson of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who led the study.

Can hormones make you crazy?

Many women suffer needlessly because they don't put the mental symptoms together with some physical ones that may also be present. But your hormones can cause you to feel like you're going crazy. You might even wonder what's wrong with you and you might experience fear that you've suddenly lost yourself somehow.

Is taking female hormones dangerous?

Complications of feminizing hormone therapy might include: A blood clot in a deep vein (deep vein thrombosis) or in a lung (pulmonary embolism) High triglycerides, a type of fat (lipid) in your blood. Weight gain.