What can you do when you can't take hormones do to blood clots and breast cancer to help with symtoms?

Menopause: Menopausal symptoms can be helped by diet, exercise, yoga and meditation. Some women find benefit with ssri's which are used to treat depression. You may want to talk with a doctor trained in alternative medicine. Visit menopause, org http://www.Menopause.Org/edumaterials/guidebook/guidebook.Aspx.

What symptoms: What symptoms are you experiencing? If it is post-menopausal symptoms, drugs such as venlafaxine are thought to be safe.

SNRIs and others: If you mean hot flashes many treatments are available including a group called serotonin norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitors e.G desvenlafaxine. Clonidine, gabapentine and others. Lifestyle modifications are also advised.

See your GYN: Mostly you need to adjust, adapt, and wait for the hot flashes to subside, which they usually do. Sometimes certain prescriptions, usually low-dose antidepressants, are useful. "Alternative" therapies are for suckers and can sometimes lead to unpleasant complications.