I’ve been on HRT and greatly benefited. Two things, those predisposed to clotting should never take oral estrogen…patch or cream do not have the risks and are good options. In plan on being on HRT until I have contraindications.. so yes forever unless develop issues. Thank you for the show and info
Blackstrap molasses or unsulfured molasses is good for hair growth because it contains many minerals. Apparently it can help to reverse the grey. Also very good for those who are anemic. Eat a tablespoon or two per day.
Thank you for this video! I'm 48 and feel like I'm at the beginning of perimenopause, but I'm not having any symptoms (that I'm aware of) yet. I'm grateful to Dr. Hirsch for talking about Menopause. Please keep doing it! There's so much to learn! I've been asking my gynocologists for more information about perimenopause and menopause for the last decade and was always brushed off and told I was too young to worry about it. I wasn't worried, I was just wanting to be educated and no one would help me. Last year, I finally found a gynocologist that admitted she doesn't know a lot about menopause, but she's working on learning more about it and she listens to me.
Thank you for the video! My metabolism slowed down drastically last year. My gyno yelled at me when I needed info about HRT. Went to an endocrinologist. She gave me a blood test. Said I was still in pre-menapause and suggested birth control pills. Missed periods and night sweats started this year. Doctors are clueless. 😂
I just learned about perimenopause this summer. It was a throw away type comment when I was being checked to make sure my worsening anxiety symptoms were "just anxiety" and not cardio events. I'd already noticed my skin not just being drier but a little less supple and my cycle starting to be different but didn't equate that with any form of menopause just aging. I wasn't able to get any further information without playing "how about this symptom" which equates to me needing to know what to ask about a thing I didn't even know existed. Watching videos and reading articles has educated me so much to the point where my partner thinks I'm obsessive but I already suffer from chronic disability bad conditions and I need to know what to expect. Like I have a general anxiety disorder that I've been being treated about for the past decade plus and it's gotten worse- I needed to know that it's not my treatment failing or my CBT not being applied right it's the same stress now causing bigger anxiety reactions. Same thing for my migraines. I already paid attention because one of my migraine triggers is hormonal and ovulation to "shedding" is the "danger" time. Now I'm having even more multiple ovulations per month each one being a migraine trigger and my cycles are getting closer together and my old "grace" period right after shedding has disappeared. This also explains the change in how my body distributes fat and the increase- I've felt so lazy with the gain and the loosening/ slacking of some of my muscles. I do luck out that a close friend has already made this journey and she is open about discussing the things even if our presentation of it seems to be different. I seriously thought it was only about my uterus and didn't equate it with the same hormones that made puberty so fun now having another dance. I did start to joke that I'm leveling up to crone but it's clearly going to take longer then I expected. (My "hot flashes" currently are leading me to be comfortable at normal people temps except for my hand with nerve damage that gets so cold I have to pretouch myself before anyone else to avoid unpleasant experiences for others)
There’s got to be other alternatives if we cannot take HRT ! And anxiety meds put me in the ER with reaction to them. There’s got to be something else out there to help. Read your book
I’m 48. I went to a ‘dr‘ appointment and saw a PA. The PA who looked 16 (by no means not a knock- she MIGHT have been brilliant). I asked for my bloodwork to include hormone check for perimenopause. She literally looked at my info and saw I had a period a month before and told me- a 48 yr old- that there’s absolutely no way I could be in perimenopause or menopause because I did have a period! Appointment over. Done. Trying to go to a different provider in another location! Also, I know studies aren’t in abundance yet but what about ADHD and menopause. Beyond mind fog lately. Advice?
Most insurance will not cover that new drug for hot flashes. Cannot take HRT - had a horrible reaction to it. What can we do if we cannot take HRT and anxiety meds don’t treat us well either ! What are the options ?
Dr. Heather my family doctor prescribe me Vagifem , which I used now for a month. I got so much itchiness since the last 2 days. Is it normal? Or should I stop. Has anyone here had that side effect. Please help me. I want to know if it will go away on its own.
@@caracorson2709 isn't that the same? as Vagifem I mean. How do you apply estrogen cream inside? Does it mean this is a fungal infection? Is that what you got? I had just bought the second box yesterday and was supposed to continue twice a week like last 2 weeks. I don't know what to do.😓
@@heatherhirschMD Thanks for your response. You are the reason I talked to my doctor. Maybe I should ask her for a cream, but isn't is estradiol? the same? I also would ask her for a referral to an expert. Thank you for all you are doing for all of us women. Just last question about the cream being different than Vagifem? Thanks again! I am in Canada.
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Canada!!!
And maybe you can actually reply to the message I left you weeks ago BEGGING you for help. 😢. Of course, no reply!!!
I begged you for help. I left you messages BEGGING you to help me. Why is that hard to reply back to me. ?
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I’ve been on HRT and greatly benefited. Two things, those predisposed to clotting should never take oral estrogen…patch or cream do not have the risks and are good options. In plan on being on HRT until I have contraindications.. so yes forever unless develop issues. Thank you for the show and info
15:22 it so true and almost made me cry...nobody talks about menopause. I myself never heard perimenopause term till I was in it!
I know - so hard
Blackstrap molasses or unsulfured molasses is good for hair growth because it contains many minerals. Apparently it can help to reverse the grey. Also very good for those who are anemic. Eat a tablespoon or two per day.
Thank you for this video! I'm 48 and feel like I'm at the beginning of perimenopause, but I'm not having any symptoms (that I'm aware of) yet. I'm grateful to Dr. Hirsch for talking about Menopause. Please keep doing it! There's so much to learn!
I've been asking my gynocologists for more information about perimenopause and menopause for the last decade and was always brushed off and told I was too young to worry about it. I wasn't worried, I was just wanting to be educated and no one would help me. Last year, I finally found a gynocologist that admitted she doesn't know a lot about menopause, but she's working on learning more about it and she listens to me.
If I knew what I know now I would have started HRT at 42 and not waited. Prevention is key.
Thank you for the video! My metabolism slowed down drastically last year. My gyno yelled at me when I needed info about HRT. Went to an endocrinologist. She gave me a blood test. Said I was still in pre-menapause and suggested birth control pills. Missed periods and night sweats started this year. Doctors are clueless. 😂
So much so, unfortunately! Helping to improve lives one at a time!
Turning 40 this year trying to get as much info as possible 💖🙏🏼
I just learned about perimenopause this summer. It was a throw away type comment when I was being checked to make sure my worsening anxiety symptoms were "just anxiety" and not cardio events. I'd already noticed my skin not just being drier but a little less supple and my cycle starting to be different but didn't equate that with any form of menopause just aging. I wasn't able to get any further information without playing "how about this symptom" which equates to me needing to know what to ask about a thing I didn't even know existed. Watching videos and reading articles has educated me so much to the point where my partner thinks I'm obsessive but I already suffer from chronic disability bad conditions and I need to know what to expect. Like I have a general anxiety disorder that I've been being treated about for the past decade plus and it's gotten worse- I needed to know that it's not my treatment failing or my CBT not being applied right it's the same stress now causing bigger anxiety reactions. Same thing for my migraines. I already paid attention because one of my migraine triggers is hormonal and ovulation to "shedding" is the "danger" time. Now I'm having even more multiple ovulations per month each one being a migraine trigger and my cycles are getting closer together and my old "grace" period right after shedding has disappeared. This also explains the change in how my body distributes fat and the increase- I've felt so lazy with the gain and the loosening/ slacking of some of my muscles. I do luck out that a close friend has already made this journey and she is open about discussing the things even if our presentation of it seems to be different. I seriously thought it was only about my uterus and didn't equate it with the same hormones that made puberty so fun now having another dance. I did start to joke that I'm leveling up to crone but it's clearly going to take longer then I expected. (My "hot flashes" currently are leading me to be comfortable at normal people temps except for my hand with nerve damage that gets so cold I have to pretouch myself before anyone else to avoid unpleasant experiences for others)
There’s got to be other alternatives if we cannot take HRT ! And anxiety meds put me in the ER with reaction to them. There’s got to be something else out there to help. Read your book
I’m 48. I went to a ‘dr‘ appointment and saw a PA. The PA who looked 16 (by no means not a knock- she MIGHT have been brilliant). I asked for my bloodwork to include hormone check for perimenopause. She literally looked at my info and saw I had a period a month before and told me- a 48 yr old- that there’s absolutely no way I could be in perimenopause or menopause because I did have a period! Appointment over. Done. Trying to go to a different provider in another location!
Also, I know studies aren’t in abundance yet but what about ADHD and menopause. Beyond mind fog lately. Advice?
Also- I’m a little excited that I’m also in MA. But Springfield.
Hi Doctor, can you do a video on birth control as hrt for early menopause? No one addresses early menopause.
Most insurance will not cover that new drug for hot flashes.
Cannot take HRT - had a horrible reaction to it.
What can we do if we cannot take HRT and anxiety meds don’t treat us well either ! What are the options ?
L am on evorol Conti patches l get eight patches for a month
Dr. Heather my family doctor prescribe me Vagifem , which I used now for a month. I got so much itchiness since the last 2 days. Is it normal? Or should I stop. Has anyone here had that side effect. Please help me. I want to know if it will go away on its own.
I had that. I switched to vaginal estrogen cream.
@@caracorson2709 isn't that the same? as Vagifem I mean. How do you apply estrogen cream inside? Does it mean this is a fungal infection? Is that what you got? I had just bought the second box yesterday and was supposed to continue twice a week like last 2 weeks. I don't know what to do.😓
yes, there are lots of different treatments You may do better with a ring or the cream.
@@heatherhirschMD Thanks for your response. You are the reason I talked to my doctor. Maybe I should ask her for a cream, but isn't is estradiol? the same? I also would ask her for a referral to an expert. Thank you for all you are doing for all of us women. Just last question about the cream being different than Vagifem? Thanks again! I am in Canada.
Estrogen cream made my skin very itchy
Reading " erotica works only before you hit menapause! After that no amount of erotica books, movies or images helps! Proofed! 😂
Im crying because I found you just before I go over the proverbial edge ❤🙏😘🫶🏻