Lara Briden's Forum

Introductions
This forum is to discuss the women's health topics covered by my books, blog, and podcast. Thanks for being part of the conversation. Please take a moment to introduce yourself.

My responses to common questions
This is where I will post answers to selected women's health topics. In the meantime, many answers can be found in my books and on my blog.

Period Repair Manual
A discussion area for topics from my first book Period Repair Manual. When you start a thread, please refer to the chapter where the topic appears.

Hormone Repair Manual
A discussion area for topics from my second book Hormone Repair Manual. When you start a thread, please refer to the chapter where the topic appears.

Request a podcast topic

Ep 1: Pill-bleeds are not periods
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here.

Ep 2: Natural treatment of heavy periods
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here.

Ep 3: PCOS cannot be diagnosed by ultrasound
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here.

Ep 4: Endometriosis is a disease of immune dysfunction
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here.

Ep 5: A safer type of hormone therapy
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here.

Ep 6: The most common cause of weight gain
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here.

Ep 7: Top 6 natural treatments for PMS and PMDD
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here.

Ep 8: Help for post-pill acne, hair loss, and weight gain
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here.

Ep 9: Inositol for mood, sleep, and PCOS
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here..

Ep10: Does your chronotype affect your ability to lose weight?
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here.

Ep11: Medications that cause weight gain
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here.

Ep12: How IBS and SIBO can affect periods and hormones
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here

Ep13: What's the story with dairy?
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here

Ep14: Food addiction and other causes of abnormally high hunger
Read, watch, or listen to the podcast here

Blog posts
A discussion area for topics from my blog. When you start a thread, please refer to the blog title.

Birth control
A discussion area for all topics related to birth control. Please start by reviewing my articles The pros and cons of hormonal IUDs, The pros and cons of the copper IUD, The crucial difference between progesterone and progestins. And all of Period Repair Manual.

Cycle charting and FAM

Endometriosis
A discussion area for endometriosis. Please start by reviewing my podcast/Youtube video Endometriosis is a disease of immune dysfunction. And Chapter 9 of Period Repair Manual.

Heavy periods
A discussion area for heavy periods. Please start by reviewing my article/podcast/YouTube video Natural treatment of heavy periods and Chapter 9 of Period Repair Manual.

PCOS
A discussion area for PCOS. Please start by reviewing my articles 4 Types of PCOS, 4 Causes of androgen excess in women and Chapter 7 of Period Repair Manual.

Perimenopause
A discussion area for perimenopause. Please start by reviewing my articles Perimenopause is not about aging and Rescue prescription for perimenopause.
And my perimenopause book Hormone Repair Manual.

Other women's health
A discussion area for all other topics. When you start a thread, please make the topic clear in the subject. You may prefer to start a thread in the "blog posts" forum (above) -- and refer to my blog title about that topic.