Dr. Mary Claire Haver

Those are your wake-up calls.

That's how you know.

When you go to your doctor, hopefully they're going to rule out other things that can cause similar symptoms.

You need to have your vitamin D level checked.

You should have your ferritin level checked.

We have our lab resource guide.

Again, another free resource available on our website.

You want to know what labs we run in Mary Claire's clinic?

I got them for you, okay?

You can print them out, why we run them, which tests we would run with which symptoms, and take that to your clinician.

Or some of you may say, hey, I'll just go through Quest and order them on my own.

You can do that as well, or Quest or LabCorp or whoever.

But we want you to be as prepared as possible and have all these free resources and guides so that you can set yourself up for success.

Dear Dr. Haver, everyone talks about menopause like it can happen overnight, but I've been feeling off for years.

Anxiety, terrible sleep, weight gain I can't explain, brain fog, joint pain.

Is this all related or am I just falling apart?

It can be all related.

If you were feeling absolutely fine, if your anxiety, if your weight gain, if your sleep disruption, if all of this is new to you and you're somewhere after the age of 35, it is worth going to talk to a doctor who is educated in this.

Could this constellation of symptoms be related to my perimenopause?

Now, there is a validated scoring system available to see if your constellation of symptoms might be related to menopause, and we have it available on our website.