Many of my patients are interested to know if blood or saliva or urine is best for sex hormone testing.
The short story is here: -Blood is never my preference
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Lots of attention is given to hormone replacement and oral contraceptive pills to treat women's symptoms. And for good reason — they often work well to manage. But are there other options?
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Low levels of estrogen can create a laundry list of symptoms. From head to toe, things just don't feel right.
But many women are taught that it's just a part of getting older, it's normal, and it's not enough of a problem to warrant a treatment.
Gaslighting at its finest.
Maybe you're not wishing for the moon, for world domination, for riches and fame, but you simply want to get back to feeling like yourself again.I don't think that is too much to ask!
But here is the challenge . . .
Many women wonder if their hormone symptoms are normal. It's an awesome question, but it's also the wrong question.
Women commonly suffer from hormone symptoms. But common is not the same thing as normal. Unfortunately, we have all been taught the opposite.
A fellow member asked about emotions that are not suppressed. And what if emotions such as anger come up constantly, even with little or no provocation?
This was such a great question; I thought I'd write a bit on this, as I'm sure many of you have similar questions.
Body organs and emotions
In ancient theory, the liver is the seat of anger. Whether anger causes liver disruption or liver disruption causes anger is likely of no consequence. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?