Female Hormone Therapy

Menopause / Perimenopause

Menopause is the number one reason women start to experience hormonal changes as they age, and the effects can be life altering. Menopause typically begins in the late 40’s to early 50’s and is related to the female reproductive system. As women age, their ovaries produce less eggs, and therefore also less hormones that trigger their menstrual cycle. Eventually a female will stop getting her period and relasing these hormones altogether. If you haven’t had your menstrual cycle for 12 months, you are considered to be menopausal.

Perimenopause can happen many years before menopause, and cause most of the same symptoms. If you are in your late 30’s or early 40’s, and have started to notice an irregular period and some of the frustrating signs of a hormone imbalance, it’s likely you are perimenopausal.

Both menopause and perimenopause can dramatically impact a woman’s health, daily life and overall wellbeing. Most women report that they simply just don’t feel like their self anymore. Luckily, hot flashes, fatigue, and low sex drive don’t have to be a part of getting older. Bioidentical hormone therapy can restore your hormones to optimal and balanced levels, and minimize (and in some cases completely reverse) the symptoms of menopause and perimenopause.

Thyroid dysfunction and your hormones

Your thyroid is a small butterfly shaped endocrine gland in your neck that is critical to some of the body’s most important functions – from your metabolism to your energy levels to your mood, and much more. Your thyroid hormones even help regulate your heart beat! Much more often than men, women suffer from a thyroid disorder. If your thyroid is producing too little hormones, this means you have hypothyroidism. If it is releasing too many hormones, you have hyperthyroidism. Both conditions can have drastic effects on your health and quality of life.

Thyroid dysfunction can be triggered by a number of factors, including pregnancy, certain medications, leaky gut, foods that contain gluten, a parasite infection, inflammation in the body and more. If the causes are not diagnosed early and properly treated, it can lead an autoimmune disease like Hashimoto’s or Graves disease.

Once properly diagnosed by a thyroid expert, it is possible to treat the symptoms, identify the root causes, and ultimately reverse your thyroid disorder.

Why Choose Begin Anew for Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT)

Because female hormones can be even more complicated than in males, it’s important to consult with a knowledgeable and experienced functional medicine doctor and hormone specialist before beginning any hormone therapy protocol. At Begin Anew, our doctors are all hormone experts, with many years of experience treating hormonal imbalances in both female and male patients. Every bioidentical hormone therapy program at Begin Anew begins with our Optimal Wellness Panel. This advanced diagnostic test measures over 100 markers in the body to give us a detailed and complete picture of your health. Our in-depth testing allows us to identify the root causes of any issues and symptoms you may be experiencing, so we can recommend a treatment plan that will work best for you. For females, our Optimal Wellness Protocol includes bioidentical hormone therapy, nutraceutical recommendations, nutritional counseling and more. We offer the safest and most effective delivery systems for bioidentical hormone therapy available today, including hormone pellet therapy, oral tablets, hormone therapy injections, and topical creams and gels.