Women can do everything right from diet & exercise and still struggle to feel or look their best. This can leave one feeling frustrated, discouraged, and not sure if all the hard work is worth it. The internal signals the body uses, called hormones, can have a large impact of the results of all this hard work and dedication. Hormones change with age. The process is slow and unrecognizable until frustration sets in and we feel overwhelmed.
Every day, millions of women suffer from uncomfortable, disabling symptoms associated with the hormonal imbalances of pre-menopause, menopause, and post menopause. These hormonal imbalances may cause feelings of depression, anxiety, fatigue, hot flashes, insomnia, lack of sex drive, or just a constant under-the-weather feeling. The major hormones in women that typically need replacement are testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, and sometimes growth hormone.
It is very common for women as they age to experience symptoms associated with natural declines in hormone production. These symptoms can occur before, during and after menopause:
Hormone replacement therapies (HRT) for menopause show that bioidentical estrogen and progesterone work effectively to improve menopause symptoms and may carry fewer risks for cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and blood clots compared to the conventional versions of these hormones.
Bioidentical estrogen and progesterone come in various forms, the most popular being pills, patches, and creams. Typically, a guest starts a dosing regimen that mimics what your body used to produce. It’s commonly called the physiologic dose. This helps avoid any negative side effects and produces a baseline to work off of in case levels need be adjusted to your comfort.
The most convenient and easiest method to deliver the medication is a cream that is applied to the skin as it absorbs easily. It also allows for any dosing adjustments, as it is very easy to apply a little less or a little more.
Signs of low Estrogen and/or Progesterone
Testosterone is a hormone known as an androgen. It’s often thought of as a “male” hormone. However, women also have testosterone in their bodies as it is critical to the overall health of a female. This hormone is typically overlooked by main stream medical providers or they are uneducated on how to treat women for this. The other common issue with main stream medical is they will just review the actual value to the range and say you are “normal,” but you still have all the symptoms of low testosterone. This is where we treat to optimal levels and not just normal, which is still safe.
Imbalances of testosterone can affect a woman’s overall health. Some of the function’s testosterone serves in a woman’s body include:
Signs of testosterone imbalance
Society urges women to make their health (all aspects of their health) a priority and this does include sexual health. Everyone should have a great sex life!
According to a recent survey, not only are 80 percent of women putting their health last—after their children, spouses and even pets—but 62 percent of women admitted to not being satisfied with their sex lives.
Sex can boost your immunity and mood and decrease your stress level. Reaching an orgasm increases the benefits of sex even more, thanks to the release of the oxytocin and endorphins it triggers. These feel-good hormones contribute to relaxation, warmth, and closeness, as well as helping fight pain and depression.
Oxytocin Therapy – Simply stated, Oxytocin allows a man and a woman to have stronger and more frequent orgasms. It helps bond a woman to her lover, and increases trust, and closeness. At the time of orgasm, oxytocin levels climb approximately 365%. Oxytocin is, “the smile hormone.” It can improve all levels of sexuality.
When you give a hormone, the organs typically make less of that hormone. When you give oxytocin (considered a neurotransmitter) the body makes more oxytocin (there is a surge effect in other tissues where oxytocin is made, e.g., in the retina, pituitary, ovaries, testes, adrenals, prostate and placenta).
Sexual drive is controlled by DHEA and is made by the adrenal glands. That is why being stress resilient is important because if your DHEA levels are low there will be minimal sex drive. Oxytocin controls orgasmic function. The name oxytocin means “quick birth,” and people generally learn about this substance during child birth in the delivery room.
If you have recent lab work, within 90 days, showing hormone levels, please e-mail them to us at: ma@alluhealth.com
If you do not have recent lab work and are interested in hormone replacement therapy (HRT/TRT), please call, text, or e-mail us and we will help to get you set up for a blood draw
A medical consultation will be scheduled at the time of your blood draw. Our medical team will review your results and discuss treatment options with you. Most treatment options can be done in the comfort of your own home, we do not require weekly office visits. We do have options for you to come into our office weekly for injections if you so desire.