Dr. Mary Claire Haver

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those scores can play into how healthy you are as you age.

You didn't cause this.

You did nothing.

However, there are resources.

We can bring your risk down if you get help, if you go through counseling.

So in the show notes, we are going to have a list of resources for you, books, websites, and how to find therapists out there because you deserve it.

But I think that when we have this conversation about longevity and we are leaving out the elephant in the room,

We are doing a disservice to every human on this planet who's ever been abused, especially children.

And we are adding another layer of protection for the perpetrators that get away with this.

How do I have evidence-based conversations when doctors dismiss symptoms, won't adjust doses, or want to just push pellets?

Okay, anytime you walk into a clinician's office and they are railroading you into one specific form of therapy, and at least in Texas, it's usually a pellet.

Why?

I don't want to demonize a pellet.

A pellet is just a way to get medication in your body, and there have been FDA-approved pellets in the past.

The pellet industry, as it has developed over the last decade or so, is operating under a loophole of compounding and being sold as some miracle cure, okay?

The only way to get testosterone in your body, not a fan.

You deserve all of your options, okay?

You deserve to know about oral.

You deserve to know about transdermal, patches, pills, creams, gels.