End Hot Flashes, Brain Fog and Low Libido & Enjoy Energy, Focus and Sex Again with BHRT
Imagine Feeling Like Yourself Again!
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, also known as BHRT, is a mouthful! It’s also becoming the go-to treatment for hormone imbalance for perimenopausal and menopausal women, restoring balance to your body and your life.
What is BHRT and Is It Right For Me?
Is this you?
Do you have difficulty sleeping through the night because of hot flashes that leave you drenched in sweat? You’ve had a long day at work and fall asleep almost as soon as your head hits the pillow. But less than an hour later you wake up feeling hot, sweaty and agitated. You throw off the covers to cool down. Once again, you drift off to sleep. But your rest doesn’t last for long. Because the cycle repeats itself again, and again. You wake up the next day feeling exhausted.
Do you experience intense mood swings that make you feel like you’re losing it?
It’s Saturday morning. A great idea pops into your head and you decide to surprise your kids with a trip to the park and a picnic lunch. As you make your plans, you can hear the kids start to argue. The situation escalates into a shouting match. Now you’re yelling, too and you wonder, “Who flipped the switch? Why did I get so angry?”
Have you noticed your sex drive disappearing, along with your hair?
You love your partner dearly but you’re just not in the mood anymore. The last few times you tried to be intimate, you were really uncomfortable. You don’t know why things have changed much less what to do about it. You feel too awkward to talk about it and your partner feels rejected.
Or maybe you have noticed that no matter what you do, you keep gaining weight.
Your clothes are getting tighter, so you try eating less or start a new diet. Still, you’ve somehow managed to gain weight. You’re losing your self-confidence and are feeling defeated. You look in the mirror and silently ask yourself, “What’s happened to me?”
Does any of this sound like you? Then it’s time to talk to your doctor about your hormones.
Unbalanced Hormones Are No Joke
All these symptoms are signs that you are experiencing a hormonal imbalance. When estrogen, progesterone and testosterone levels change you no longer feel like yourself. It can also feel overwhelming. When your hormones are unbalanced, everything feels out of whack, and it makes daily life a struggle.
Simple tasks take longer because you just can’t stay focused or your energy level suddenly drops off. You’ve noticed that your mood swings, irritability and low libito are causing tension in your relationship and you're not sleeping well. All this leaves you at your wits end. And you feel powerless to stop it.
What’s going on with my hormones?
Hormones regulate every function of your body. Originating from the glands that make up your endocrine system, hormones are released into your bloodstream. 1 Once released into your bloodstream, hormones travel throughout your body carrying chemical information to other parts of the body. This information informs each system and organ exactly what to do. Not only that but hormones dictate how it’s done, when it’s done and for how long.2
Hormone levels of DHEA, estrogen, testosterone and progesterone decrease as you age.
As you enter perimenopause and menopause, the symptoms of brain fog, irritability, vaginal dryness, low libdo, hot flashes and all the rest are brought on due to changes in your hormones.3
What Do Hormones Do?
To get a clearer understanding of just what’s happening to your body, let’s take a closer look at these four different hormones.
DHEA is short for dehydroepiandrosterone. It is a hormone that’s produced by your adrenal glands. It’s important because it contributes to the production of all the other hormones.4 For example, it’s the substrate that testosterone is made from. It is important to women’s health because it aids in the production of healthy eggs in the ovaries.It also contributes to an overall sense of wellbeing and vitality.
Testosterone is a hormone produced primarily in the ovaries in women. Lower amounts of testosterone are also produced in your adrenal gland and other tissues. While associated primarily with men’s health, testosterone also naturally occurs in women, though at much lower levels. As you may have guessed, testosterone is the hormone that regulates your sex drive or libido5. It also contributes to brain health, bone health and energy
Progesterone is a hormone produced inside the ovaries. During a woman’s reproductive years, it regulates the female reproductive cycle and aids fertility and healthy pregnancy. After ovulation, progesterone prepares the endometrium for pregnancy by causing the uterine lining to thicken and accept a fertilized egg. Moving towards perimenopause, progesterone contributes to sleep quality and mood regulation.
Estrogen hormones are produced primarily in the ovaries. They are also created in the adrenal glands and fat tissue. When estrogen is released into the bloodstream it sends signals that cause the maturation of ovaries, breasts, and genitalia. It’s responsible for the health of egg follicles and the development of the uterine smooth muscle7. Estrogen also aids in the health of brain function, bone health, as well as heart health and skin health.
Hormone production decreases as we age and so the messages they carry change. And it is these changes that cause all the unpleasant symptoms of perimenopause, menopause and even post menopause.
BHRT is what brings those hormone levels back into balance!
What is BHRT and How Does It Work?
BHRT is a treatment approach to help restore balance to your hormones naturally.
Bioidentical hormones are compounded formulas that are chemically identical to the hormones produced by our bodies.8 Using bioidentical hormones help your body to recalibrate itself allowing you to feel like yourself again.
Every woman is unique and therefore benefits more with her own individualized hormone replacement therapy. When you make your appointment with Denver Holistic Medicine we perform a comprehensive evaluation and testing to determine your hormone levels. Using all this data allows us to create a customized BHRT treatment tailor-made for your specific needs.
Using BHRT to Restore Women’s Health
Based on individual test results, BHRTs are carefully compounded by a pharmacist under the doctor’s guidance. This ensures that you get a customized, high-quality treatment based on your specific needs and to treat your specific symptoms. Bringing your hormones and your life back into balance!
Forms of BHRT are available in different forms, including creams, gels, injections, implanted pellets, and oral capsule forms. Our practitioners work with you to determine what solution will best serve your needs.
Wouldn’t it be amazing to feel like you again? It’s possible with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
Begin Your Journey Towards Freedom!
Imagine what it would feel like to have your body back. To have mental clarity and to feel energized again! Think about how great it will be to wake up after sleeping through the night, never having night sweats again! And the pleasure of spending a romantic evening being intimate with your partner. Just like you used to.
You don’t need to suffer from hormonal imbalances anymore. It’s time to get back to being you again!
Let’s talk about how you can improve your wellbeing. Let’s trade in your brain fog for mental clarity and energy. Trade out those night sweats and hot flashes for better sex and sound sleep. And be done with mood swings so you can enjoy emotional calm and wellbeing again.
There is hope with a customized BHRT plan. Don’t wait. Call us today.
You deserve to feel good, to be happy and have clarity again.
It’s time to enjoy your life!
Endnotes
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7. "Progesterone | Endocrine Society - Hormone.org." 9 Oct. 2019, https://www.hormone.org/your-health-and-hormones/glands-and-hormones-a-to-z/hormones/progesterone. Accessed 27 May. 2020.
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