Do you know women who have heavy periods around the time of menopause? It is usually accepted as a normal part of the process. And if at all these women do see a gynecologist, they most likely end up with a hysterectomy! Or if the doctor is like me, an endoscopic surgeon, they may be treated with a procedure called hysteroscopic endometrial ablation. Which is simpler, but still a surgical option.

During perimenopause, the hormone progesterone is dropping, but estrogens may not be, leading to a situation called estrogen dominance. This basically means that you don’t have enough progesterone to balance out the activity of the estrogens still circulating in the blood stream. Estrogen dominance causes all kinds of symptoms such as:
 Depression
 Anxiety
 Panic attacks
 Aching body and joints
 Fatigue
 Breast tenderness
 Decreased sex drive
 Mood swings
 Allergy symptoms
 Insomnia
 Weight gain
 Water retention
 Hair loss
 Migraines
 Heavy periods and bad cramps

And the irony is that doctors have been prescribing estrogen, synthetic progestins and antidepressants to women who complain of these symptoms since the 1950’s! This makes no sense. They likely need natural progesterone, which is an important part of their personalized hormone management plan. Bioidentical progesterone is safe and easy to use.

Why Bioidentical? Because its the exact same molecule that we have in our body, so obviously it is accepted by the body and acts a lot better than the synthetic, chemical stuff we use otherwise. So find a BioIdentical Hormone Practitioner near you.

And once the hormones are balanced, the symptoms resolve magically. All symptoms, not just the heavy periods.

Several of my patients who were taking bioidentical progesterone for heavy periods, went into natural menopause after a couple of cycles or so. Were they happy? You bet!

Make informed choices. And stay healthy.

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