Hormone Optimization for Women

The hormonal symphony: As women age their natural levels of the hormones that make her female, estrogen and progesterone, decline. Physical symptoms of this decline can include hot flashes, night sweats, irregular periods, loss of muscle mass and hair loss. Psychological symptoms are particularly troublesome and can include anxiety, irritability, mood swings and depression. While some women and doctors believe it is “just nature taking its course”, at True Balance MD we believe that this hormonal decline affects your life and health negatively, and we offer ways to mitigate and eliminate unwanted symptoms of hormonal imbalance through Hormone Optimization. This restores the beautiful sound of the hormonal symphony that regulates how your body functions by restoring vitality to your life!

Perimenopause and menopause: These are the direct result of the slowdown of production of hormones by the body. These hormones are produced in the eggs in the ovary. You are born with only so many eggs. When they are all gone menopause, or the permanent cessation of menstruation, occurs. When they age and do not function properly, around the age of 35, they typically do not produce optimal levels of the hormone progesterone. Typically, women have plenty of estrogen and not enough progesterone, which results in a feeling of permanent or semi-permanent PMS, not a fun place to be. Post menopause is the time after permanent cessation of menstruation where a constant state of hormonal imbalance exists even if symptoms have abated.

Hormonal imbalance can happen at any age: Although perimenopause usually does not begin until around age 35, hormonal imbalance can occur at any age. Evidenced by irregular menses, acne, male pattern hair growth, weight gain, PMS, migraine headaches and infertility, these hormone imbalances can have significant ill and far reaching effects on daily living and happiness. At True Balance MD we evaluate women of all ages with appropriate salivary testing to correctly diagnose hormonal imbalance and address the underlying cause of the problem. Restoration of normal female hormone function naturally, without the use of dangerous synthetic hormones like those contained in birth control pills, restores optimal health and vitality.

Other hormones also change with age: Many women also suffer ill effects from other hormonal imbalances such as thyroid, pancreas, adrenal and growth hormone. The hallmark of thyroid imbalance is weight gain or inability to lose weight. Fatigue, feeling cold and constipation are other common signs. Many people say that their doctor checked their thyroid and said that it was fine. However, at True Balance MD we check special thyroid tests on these same people that often tell us otherwise.

Stress does affect our health and its effects can be measured: The adrenal glands make cortisol, the stress hormone. This vital hormone controls how the body adapts to stressors in the environment. By midlife most men have encountered enough stress that it has altered adrenal functional and decreased their ability to handle current stressors. Symptoms include fatigue, lack of lust for life, insomnia, a decrease in immune system function (frequently getting ill, cancers and all chronic diseases are increased with decreased adrenal function). Most women with decreased libido have some degree of adrenal dysfunction. This is easily identified with appropriate salivary testing and corrected using natural measures that address the underlying cause of the issue.

Insulin, problems here cause symptoms as well: Insulin is the hormone of pancreatic endocrine function and, like cortisol, is vital to our immediate survival. Imbalances here results in wide swings in blood sugar levels that affect all cells and tissues in the body negatively. Symptoms include excess feelings of hunger, fatigue, excess energy after eating, dizziness, lightheadedness and difficulty thinking clearly. Over the long term insulin dysfunction allows too much sugar to stay in the blood after eating. This excess sugar sticks to all the cells in the body and damages their normal way of functioning. Long term problems resulting from this include blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, increased risk of all cancers and ultimately, death. Appropriate evaluation of insulin function using special testing and the comparison of your results to optimal values allow us to identify and correct early stages of dysfunction in this area and prevent the harmful long term consequences of insulin regulation issues.

The master regulator, growth hormone: Growth hormone is a master regulating hormone that promotes the health and growth of all cells in the body. It is primarily produced while we sleep. This is why 7 to 8 hours of deep, uninterrupted sleep is so crucial to our health and vitality. As we age growth hormone levels declines and our overall health declines because of this. Symptoms include decreased vitality, strength, muscle mass, bone density, weight gain, cognitive dysfunction and many others. Identification and correction of deficiency in this area optimizes health and vitality.

In order to counteract these imbalances, True Balance MD offers a variety of solutions. The most inexpensive, accurate, and simple way to test the levels of hormones is saliva testing. These results allow us to correctly diagnose imbalances in the steroidal hormones, including testosterone, progesterone, and estradiol and treat them appropriately. There is no guessing involved. Depending on the outcome, bio-identical hormone treatment may be prescribed. This involves replacing your body with the biologically identical, naturally occurring hormone that it usually makes. Not synthetic hormones, which increase your risk for cancers and other diseases. True Balance MD also uses hormone metabolism testing to check for increased risk of hormonally related diseases such as prostate cancer.

Hormone optimization can be the answer for a variety of problems women face as they age. Although some women have not heard of hormone optimization before, the ones who are benefitting from it are all glad they did. This is your opportunity to turn back the clock. Right now. Contact us today for more information!

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