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Body-identical menopausal hormone therapy uses hormones that are exactly identical to human hormones. It is safer than other types of hormone replacement, both in terms of cardiovascular risk and breast cancer risk. Examples include transdermal estradiol patches and oral micronized progesterone.
In your forties, you may find you don’t cope as well with stress. It happens because losing progesterone during perimenopause can destabilize the HPA (adrenal) axis or stress response system.
This recalibration of the nervous system is why perimenopause is associated with an increased risk of anxiety, depression, and insomnia.
Read moreHow to Survive the Great Progesterone Crash of Perimenopause
Bio-identical or body-identical hormone therapy is hormone therapy that uses estradiol and progesterone exactly identical to the body’s own hormones.
It’s a modern type of hormone therapy and quite different from old types of hormone replacement therapy such as Premarin and Provera.
Here’s what you need to know.
Read moreBody-Identical Hormone Therapy for Perimenopause and Menopause
Struggling with hormonal weight gain around your middle? It’s a common problem with PCOS, menopause, and birth control, but it’s not caused by estrogen. In women, estrogen is beneficial for weight loss.
Instead, abdominal weight gain is caused by insulin, testosterone, and androgenic progestins.
Here’s what you need to know.
Read moreHow Insulin and Testosterone Cause Weight Gain in Women
Menstrual or hormonal migraines are caused by the drop from high to low estrogen and by the mast cell activation that occurs during the premenstrual phase.
Natural treatment for hormonal migraines includes reducing histamine and maybe avoiding gluten and also taking magnesium and natural progesterone.
Read moreNatural Treatment of Menstrual or Hormonal Migraines