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Before I meet with a potential hormone therapy patient, I review their chart and look through the paperwork to get an idea of what kind of “shape” they are in, hormonally speaking. The first two places I look is at their clinical indicator assessment questionnaire and their current labs. (The clinical indicator assessment is one of the tools we use in the hormone clinic, along with lab work, to determine the hormonal balance status of a woman.)

When I saw the...

I'm 38, my partner rolls his eyes and says I'm too young to go through perimenopause. Is this true?

He may be right that 38 is too young for perimenopause however over the past 20 years as a clinical hormone coach, I've seen the median age of perimenopause go down to where it is not unusual for women to experience Stage I symptoms in their late twenties and early thirties. (There are three stages of perimenopause.)

So what is the cause of this age decline? In order to answer that...

The cost of hormonal imbalance in women is high. It affects every aspect of a woman's life right down to their inner being. It is a lonely and dark place of existence that changes how they see themselves in this world and how they feel about themselves. 

Women spend the majority of their lives in a state of hormonal imbalance and are more prone to mental health disorders than any other demographic. For most women, symptoms come on over a period of time, and in multiple...