I often get ladies wanting to check their hormone levels to see if they are perimenopausal The truth is that if you are roughly the right age, with the right symptoms of the perimenopause, then we do not need to check your hormone levels. In fact, this can actually be unhelpful. Why? The perimenopause is a time …
I recently attended the British Menopause Society’s annual conference. One of the lecturers was a sex therapist and what she said clicked for me. She said, something along the lines of.. desire is not like hunger. It does not appear without a stimulus… In other words, you don’t just “get turned on” by nothing the way …
Guess which one is which…. What is the difference between Conjugated Oestrogen, Body identical Oestrogen like Estradiol and “Bioidentical” HRT? In the “olden” days, and still sometimes today, we got oestrogen from the urine of pregnant mares…yup. You heard right. Those poor mares would be kept pregnant, and their urine collected, and the mixture of Oestrogens found in that urine was …
Hormone Replacement Therapy: is it the Elixir of Youth or is it going to kill you? HRT replaces the lack of estrogen that is causing hot flushes and other menopausal symptoms. Older, flawed studies, especially one called “The Women’s Health Initiative Study” back in 2002 scared the living daylights out of doctors and patients alike….However, we now realise that …
Hormone Replacement Therapy: The Elixir of Youth or a Deadly Poison? Read More »
How Can I feel Better? What can be done to alleviate these symptoms? What is HRT and is it safe? First of all, let’s talk about the lifestyle changes that can be made: 1. Avoid caffeine, alcohol and spicy foods if these aggravate your hot flushes 2.Wear loose clothing and sleep with a fan or …
What’s the Difference between the Menopause and Perimenopause? Women are born with their full complement of eggs or follicles. At puberty, we start to develop these follicles every month and the dominant one gets ovulated. The perimenopause is when a woman’s ovaries start to produce fewer follicles and oestrogen levels fall. Ovulation can be …
What’s the Difference between the Perimenopause and the menopause? Read More »