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Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

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1868 total appearances

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Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

And she was always, like, you know, very shy.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

And she wouldn't talk.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

She was this different person that walked into my office.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

And I started hugging her and she started crying and she looked at me.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

She said, Dr. A, this is the first time in my life I know what it means to be happy.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

Wow.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

adjust something about brain chemistry that make people feel better separate it's impossible to separate it completely but separate from a lot of the bodily changes there's a bit of an antidepressant function there you know why because that noise that says eat eat eat eat which is an issue like you know that binge eating i'm just speaking for my pcos patients because i'm not an expert for obesity but

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

They have this voice in their head and it's a constant battle from the minute they wake up to the minute they go to sleep.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

And it's not like they're crazy.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

It's not like they're being sloppy with food.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

It's just this brain dysregulation of dopamine and serotonin that causes this anxiety, constant anxiety.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

And every single one of them will tell me my brain is quiet.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

They're not drinking as much.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

And I've said it for years, use it on alcoholics.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

Use it on alcoholics.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

I had a friend of mine who called me and said her son drinks a lot.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

The first thing I asked is, can he tolerate microdosing of Ozempic because it shuts down their cravings.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

but that's why they feel better, right?

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

But even without GLP-1s, when you diagnose and treat these PCOS patients, their confidence comes back, they feel better, they know they're not crazy, which is why I'm here today.

Huberman Lab
Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

You are not crazy.