Menopause is a natural transition that all women go through, marking the end of the reproductive years. The average age for menopause onset is 51, but it can happen earlier or later.
During menopause, levels of hormones like estrogen and progesterone decline. Lower hormone levels cause symptoms like hot flashes, mood changes, sleep troubles, vaginal dryness, weight gain, and more. While it's a natural transition, menopause symptoms can severely impact a woman's quality of life.
The years leading up to menopause are called perimenopause. This transitional stage can start 8-10 years before menopause. Fluctuating hormone levels during perimenopause cause symptoms like irregular periods, trouble sleeping, mood swings, and hot flashes.
“Many women aren’t prepared for difficult perimenopause and menopause symptoms. But the good news is that safe, effective treatment options can get relief” - Dr. Smith, Renewal Hormone Center
Treating menopause symptoms allows women to feel like themselves again. Reaching menopause may be inevitable, but suffering doesn’t have to be.
Understanding the signs of menopause is key for getting help when you need it. Here are some of the most common menopause symptoms:
Hot flashes are the most well known menopausal symptom. 75% of women have hot flashes during menopause. Hot flashes cause sweating, skin flushing, and rapid heart rate. They range from mild to severely disruptive.
Vaginal dryness happens when estrogen levels decline in menopause. Lack of lubrication can make sex painful. And dry, fragile vaginal tissue is prone to injury, bleeding, and infection.
It's normal to experience mood swings, feel more anxious or depressed, lack motivation, or have difficulty concentrating in menopause. These emotional shifts are caused by hormonal fluctuations.
Other menopausal issues like hair thinning/loss, weight gain, fatigue, joint aches, headaches, and sleeping problems are also driven by drops in estrogen and progesterone.
Left ignored, menopause symptoms often get worse over time. But they aren't something you just need to endure. Effective treatment options can provide real relief.
Most women transition through menopause without major complications. But some circumstances put you more at risk for moderate to severe symptoms that disrupt your regular activities and wellbeing.
Risk factors for more troublesome menopause symptoms include:
For women worried their menopause symptoms may progress from inconvenient to unbearable, don’t hesitate to talk to your healthcare provider. There are many safe ways to treat moderate to severe menopause symptoms effectively.
Renewal Hormone Center is a trusted hormone clinic in Edgartown, MN specializing in customized treatment plans to relieve menopause symptoms and help women feel their best.
Our compassionate healthcare team includes a menopause specialist to carefully evaluate your symptoms, order needed lab testing, and get you started on appropriate treatment right away.
We provide cutting edge therapies including bioidentical hormone replacement tailored to your unique hormone needs and lifestyle. Balancing your hormones relieves symptoms naturally and safely.
You don’t need to continue suffering through menopause. Call Renewal Hormone Center in Edgartown today to schedule your evaluation. We look forward to helping you thrive through this transition.
Bioidentical hormone therapy (BHRT) corrects hormone imbalance to relieve menopause and perimenopause symptoms. Made from plant sources, bioidentical hormones have the same molecular makeup as hormones naturally produced by the body. This allows them to:
Human cell receptors recognize the matched molecular structure of bioidentical hormones. This improves hormonal signaling and function.
The biological similarity, balanced dosing, and special delivery methods of bioidentical hormones make them safer with less risks than traditional hormone replacement.
Bioidentical hormones relieve moderate to severe hot flashes within weeks. Ongoing treatment provides extended symptom relief as your hormone levels stabilize.
We personalize your dosing, hormone types, and delivery methods based on lab testing and menopause symptoms. Follow up labwork ensures optimal and safe hormone balancing.
Let's explore the major bothersome menopausal symptoms and how BHRT provides relief:
For 75% of women, hot flashes cause the most frustration during menopause. Hot flashes disrupt work, socializing, exercise, intimacy, and sleep. They range from a mild nuisance to completely interrupting your life.
Bioidentical estrogen therapy relieves hot flashes in the majority of women. Declining estrogen directly triggers hot flashes in menopause. Restoring estradiol levels stabilizes temperature regulation centers in the brain that overreact without this key hormone influence.
Within 1-3 months of balanced estrogen replacement, most women achieve:
Night sweats and sleep disruption also improve with bioidentical estrogen therapy. Stabilizing body temperature prevents night wakings drenched in sweat. Sleeping through the night helps restore daytime energy and mood.
Vaginal issues like dryness, burning, pain, bleeding, increased infections, and urinary issues result from the sharp drop in estrogen during menopause. Low estrogen thins the vaginal walls. Declining lubrication and resiliency make sex uncomfortable and tears more likely.
Local estrogen therapy in the vaginal tissue rapidly improves these symptoms by:
Prescription estrogen creams, tablets, or rings placed inside the vagina supply estrogen right where you need it. Within weeks, most women experience significant vaginal symptom relief.
The hormonal rollercoaster of perimenopause and menopause destabilizes mood, energy, motivation, memory, and concentration for many women. Restoring balance through bioidentical HRT alleviates emotion troubles, brain fog, and fuzzy thinking.
Balanced testosterone therapy gives many women a mental clarity and mood boost during menopause. Testosterone plays an important role in energy levels, assertiveness, confidence, strength, stamina, and sex drive.
Targeted testosterone replacement therapy improves:
Carefully monitored, testosterone therapy is safe for most women. But it does require physician oversight given increased cardiovascular and breast cancer risks at too high doses.
We start low and adjust your dosing slowly based on continual lab testing and symptom evaluation. Benefits accumulate gradually with testosterone therapy, as is the careful approach.
Renewal Hormone Center founder Dr. Jane Smith is a board certified OBGYN with an added certification in anti aging and regenerative medicine from the American Academy of Anti Aging Medicine.
With over 15 years experience, Dr. Smith takes a holistic approach - evaluating lifestyle, genetics, health history, symptoms, and lab testing when making personalized menopause treatment plans.
“I’ve helped hundreds of women transition through menopause smoothly and safely. With today’s therapies, you really can thrive in this next phase of life.” – Dr. Smith
In addition to Dr. Smith’s expertise, we have nurse practitioners specializing in women’s hormone health on staff. Our providers stay current on the latest research and best practices in menopause treatment.
Renewal Hormone Center participates in research trials to provide patients possible access to promising new therapies. Yet we always emphasize natural approaches first when appropriate.
At your first visit, our menopause specialist will:
We focus treatment on optimizing quality of life through safe symptom relief. Follow up visits and labs ensure proper hormone balancing tailored to your needs.
It typically takes 3 months to fully regulate hormones and Evaluate treatment efficacy. We adjust dosing if needed to reach maximum benefit. Most women find great relief through our customized plans.
Hormone therapy provides the core solution for bothersome menopause symptoms. But healthy lifestyle choices also help ease this transition:
Nutrition: An anti-inflammatory diet high in fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, nuts/seeds, whole grains promotes hormonal balance. Limit sugar, refined carbs, alcohol, caffeine. Stay hydrated.
Exercise: Cardio, strength training, yoga - 30-60 minutes daily keeps mood up, symptoms in check. Outdoor activity boosts vitamin D for hormonal health.
Stress relief: meditation, prayer, social connection, adequate sleep, counseling if needed - managing life’s pressures protects mental health.
Healthy weight: Excess weight and obesity disrupt hormonal balance, metabolism, blood sugar, and inflammation. Losing even 5-10% of weight if overweight/obese supports hormone health.
Supplements: Balancing micronutrient needs can ease menopausal symptoms. We test levels of vitamin D, B12, etc and suggest quality supplements as needed.
Renewal Hormone Center also offers medically supervised weight loss programs, counseling, and nicotine cessation support to help you gain control of menopause symptoms. Call today to learn more.
Menopause marks the end of fertility - but not vitality or health. With today's safe, effective therapies, women can thrive through perimenopause, menopause...and live their best lives in the years beyond.
If you're struggling with disruptive menopause symptoms, Renewal Hormone Center in Edgartown, MN is here to help. Our personalized bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can provide the relief you’ve been waiting for.
