Dr. Jessica Shepherd

adolescent girls and going through puberty, again, yes, that mood is there because our neurotransmitters, which are also hormones, are responding to these changes when we start to onboard our estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone to do the function of the period. So when you move into your 20s, What is, what's going on with hormones?

adolescent girls and going through puberty, again, yes, that mood is there because our neurotransmitters, which are also hormones, are responding to these changes when we start to onboard our estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone to do the function of the period. So when you move into your 20s, What is, what's going on with hormones?

Hormones are, at this point, should be functioning very consistently. We know what our job is. We're having a cycle. We may get pregnant, go through the pregnancy,

Hormones are, at this point, should be functioning very consistently. We know what our job is. We're having a cycle. We may get pregnant, go through the pregnancy,

Hormones are, at this point, should be functioning very consistently. We know what our job is. We're having a cycle. We may get pregnant, go through the pregnancy,

repeat baseline what we're doing again so that's when it should be kind of we should be okay this is typically when women might start to come in with issues with maybe pain with their cycles or maybe heavier cycles yes yeah and so it really should be kind of even keel during this time frame but that's not what we always see so

repeat baseline what we're doing again so that's when it should be kind of we should be okay this is typically when women might start to come in with issues with maybe pain with their cycles or maybe heavier cycles yes yeah and so it really should be kind of even keel during this time frame but that's not what we always see so

repeat baseline what we're doing again so that's when it should be kind of we should be okay this is typically when women might start to come in with issues with maybe pain with their cycles or maybe heavier cycles yes yeah and so it really should be kind of even keel during this time frame but that's not what we always see so

When women come in, I always like to peel the layers back. Okay. Because that's very subjective. And subjective meaning everyone has different experiences. What are their tolerance to that experience? What's going on in their life? How do they deal with stressors? And I'll give you an example.

When women come in, I always like to peel the layers back. Okay. Because that's very subjective. And subjective meaning everyone has different experiences. What are their tolerance to that experience? What's going on in their life? How do they deal with stressors? And I'll give you an example.

When women come in, I always like to peel the layers back. Okay. Because that's very subjective. And subjective meaning everyone has different experiences. What are their tolerance to that experience? What's going on in their life? How do they deal with stressors? And I'll give you an example.

And this is where I love the beauty of these conversations is to always recognize that everyone has a different template and everyone has a different experience in life. And so a lot of my women, especially women of color who come in, have different stressors.

And this is where I love the beauty of these conversations is to always recognize that everyone has a different template and everyone has a different experience in life. And so a lot of my women, especially women of color who come in, have different stressors.

And this is where I love the beauty of these conversations is to always recognize that everyone has a different template and everyone has a different experience in life. And so a lot of my women, especially women of color who come in, have different stressors.

And because of what's going on in their environment, whether that's racism, whether that's poverty, whether that's increased stress or that's the cortisol, a lot of what they're experiencing is a lot different to women who are not in those particular environments. And so that's part of peeling the layers back, especially as a physician.

And because of what's going on in their environment, whether that's racism, whether that's poverty, whether that's increased stress or that's the cortisol, a lot of what they're experiencing is a lot different to women who are not in those particular environments. And so that's part of peeling the layers back, especially as a physician.

And because of what's going on in their environment, whether that's racism, whether that's poverty, whether that's increased stress or that's the cortisol, a lot of what they're experiencing is a lot different to women who are not in those particular environments. And so that's part of peeling the layers back, especially as a physician.

When women come into me is not looking at just the issue that's going on and saying, what else is going on in your life? And that's the mind body connection. And so when we are able to look at those factors versus maybe it's a food issue, there are a lot of foods that can change how our hormones respond.

When women come into me is not looking at just the issue that's going on and saying, what else is going on in your life? And that's the mind body connection. And so when we are able to look at those factors versus maybe it's a food issue, there are a lot of foods that can change how our hormones respond.

When women come into me is not looking at just the issue that's going on and saying, what else is going on in your life? And that's the mind body connection. And so when we are able to look at those factors versus maybe it's a food issue, there are a lot of foods that can change how our hormones respond.