Medically Reviewed By: Dr Kori Feldman, M.D.
If you're struggling with hormone-related issues like weight gain, mood swings, and low energy levels, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) may be worth considering. Here are three reasons why:
If you're dealing with any of the above issues, talk to your doctor about whether BHRT could be right for you.
It can be incredibly discouraging when you try to alleviate symptoms of perimenopause, menopause, and andropause by making lifestyle changes such as reducing stress, exercising more or eating healthier… but the symptoms just won’t go away.
In this case, it may be helpful to consider BHRT, which involves boosting insufficient hormone levels back to optimal levels.
When you are experiencing hormone-related physical and mental symptoms that cannot be helped by lifestyle changes, BHRT might provide great relief for symptoms such as weight gain, loss of energy, low libido, hot flashes and night sweats.
In perimenopause, which can start as early as your 30’s, major changes occur to your body, energy levels, and hormone levels – putting you on a mental rollercoaster with mood swings, memory problems, depression, brain fog and anxiety.
Thankfully, BHRT provides a way for women to manage this transition from perimenopause through menopause. Lifestyle changes and BHRT can help you reclaim hormone balance so you can look and feel amazing.
This is accomplished through personalized treatments, including personalized dosing using compounding, that are tailored according to each individual’s unique needs so as to best help manage their symptoms as they go through this transition.
Hormone balance is important for both men and women as we age. Studies show that BHRT can reduce the risk of certain long-term issues like osteoporosis, heart disease and cognitive decline that are brought on in part by hormonal deficiencies.
To properly identify if you indeed have a hormone imbalance, it’s key to find a practitioner who understands how to test hormones, has experience with BHRT, and can make all the difference in creating an effective treatment plan.
It is important to find a practitioner that offers support beyond just the treatment of hormone imbalances:
This includes looking at how lifestyle choices such as diet, stress and environmental toxins can contribute to overall health and hormone levels.
Whether your goal is to improve how you feel or how you look, lifestyle modifications can have a huge impact on how your body looks and functions. With the right guidance from a committed practitioner, small changes can lead to a marked improvement in how you experience hormone imbalances.
As a licensed health practitioner with deep expertise in hormone imbalances and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), our team will provide the appropriate guidance for your unique situation so you can determine whether you are a candidate for bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
We examine lifestyle factors that could be unnecessarily draining your natural hormone levels and also provide guidance on natural ways to boost your resilience and longevity.
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can potentially reduce the risk of adverse side effects, alleviate symptoms leading to a healthier and happier life. If you think that this type of treatment might be right for you, then consider signing up for a free consultation so we can answer any questions you may have.
Dr. Feldman is a licensed, board-certified Family Medicine physician. She completed medical school at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago.
Vitality Family Health & Wellness Partners is located in Oak Brook, Illinois, and serves patients throughout the Greater Chicagoland Area and the entire state of Illinois. These areas include but are not limited to the downtown Chicago area, surrounding suburbs, central, northern, and southern Illinois, and southern Wisconsin and Northwest Indiana.