Tina Moore

And that's about the time I found your interview with Nicole. And I was like, oh, this is happening. So let's talk about perimenopause a little bit. I'm like, what's going on there? Why did my brain decide to glitch on me?

And that's about the time I found your interview with Nicole. And I was like, oh, this is happening. So let's talk about perimenopause a little bit. I'm like, what's going on there? Why did my brain decide to glitch on me?

And that's about the time I found your interview with Nicole. And I was like, oh, this is happening. So let's talk about perimenopause a little bit. I'm like, what's going on there? Why did my brain decide to glitch on me?

Yeah, a thousand percent. I'm going to share an example so that we can just solidify this. So I... First, I want to say estrogen dominance doesn't always necessarily mean high estrogen. It just means higher estrogen in relationship to your progesterone levels. And so I am a low hormone girl. I run low hormone. I've always been very lean.

Yeah, a thousand percent. I'm going to share an example so that we can just solidify this. So I... First, I want to say estrogen dominance doesn't always necessarily mean high estrogen. It just means higher estrogen in relationship to your progesterone levels. And so I am a low hormone girl. I run low hormone. I've always been very lean.

Yeah, a thousand percent. I'm going to share an example so that we can just solidify this. So I... First, I want to say estrogen dominance doesn't always necessarily mean high estrogen. It just means higher estrogen in relationship to your progesterone levels. And so I am a low hormone girl. I run low hormone. I've always been very lean.

I feel good low hormone throughout my life when I needed a little estrogen because I was so bottomed out from stress that I'd have a little, even in my 30s and 40s, I'd have a little breakthrough bleeding. I've been on progesterone since my 30s. everybody, just full disclosure. I didn't go on the oral form until more recently, but I've always been using progesterone.

I feel good low hormone throughout my life when I needed a little estrogen because I was so bottomed out from stress that I'd have a little, even in my 30s and 40s, I'd have a little breakthrough bleeding. I've been on progesterone since my 30s. everybody, just full disclosure. I didn't go on the oral form until more recently, but I've always been using progesterone.

I feel good low hormone throughout my life when I needed a little estrogen because I was so bottomed out from stress that I'd have a little, even in my 30s and 40s, I'd have a little breakthrough bleeding. I've been on progesterone since my 30s. everybody, just full disclosure. I didn't go on the oral form until more recently, but I've always been using progesterone.

And in my clinical practice, almost every woman who walks through my door gets a progesterone topical because they're all low. And like, that's been the way it is for decades. We weren't scared off 20 some years ago by the women's health initiative. Like we docs, like Dr. Kerry Jones and I have been handing out prescriptions for HRT this whole time. You know, we were like, that was a bad study.

And in my clinical practice, almost every woman who walks through my door gets a progesterone topical because they're all low. And like, that's been the way it is for decades. We weren't scared off 20 some years ago by the women's health initiative. Like we docs, like Dr. Kerry Jones and I have been handing out prescriptions for HRT this whole time. You know, we were like, that was a bad study.

And in my clinical practice, almost every woman who walks through my door gets a progesterone topical because they're all low. And like, that's been the way it is for decades. We weren't scared off 20 some years ago by the women's health initiative. Like we docs, like Dr. Kerry Jones and I have been handing out prescriptions for HRT this whole time. You know, we were like, that was a bad study.

It was badly interpreted. So anyway, um, I don't do well with high levels of hormones. And then I have the MTHFR mutation. I have two copies. I've got one of each. So I don't methylate well. And you take someone like that, you give them estrogen. So my estrogen started bottoming out, I don't know, a year and a half ago. Manifested as really horrific pain.

It was badly interpreted. So anyway, um, I don't do well with high levels of hormones. And then I have the MTHFR mutation. I have two copies. I've got one of each. So I don't methylate well. And you take someone like that, you give them estrogen. So my estrogen started bottoming out, I don't know, a year and a half ago. Manifested as really horrific pain.

It was badly interpreted. So anyway, um, I don't do well with high levels of hormones. And then I have the MTHFR mutation. I have two copies. I've got one of each. So I don't methylate well. And you take someone like that, you give them estrogen. So my estrogen started bottoming out, I don't know, a year and a half ago. Manifested as really horrific pain.

Started adding in last fall a little bit of an estrogen patch, just a little bit. just to get that steady state because even topical estrogen wasn't cutting it anymore. I was just too mamsy-pamsy about when I put it on. So I go on a steady state patch. It's like the clouds part, the sky opens. The calm salve of estrogen comes over my brain and I'm like, oh, thank God.

Started adding in last fall a little bit of an estrogen patch, just a little bit. just to get that steady state because even topical estrogen wasn't cutting it anymore. I was just too mamsy-pamsy about when I put it on. So I go on a steady state patch. It's like the clouds part, the sky opens. The calm salve of estrogen comes over my brain and I'm like, oh, thank God.

Started adding in last fall a little bit of an estrogen patch, just a little bit. just to get that steady state because even topical estrogen wasn't cutting it anymore. I was just too mamsy-pamsy about when I put it on. So I go on a steady state patch. It's like the clouds part, the sky opens. The calm salve of estrogen comes over my brain and I'm like, oh, thank God.

My pain goes down significantly. Everything's great. All of a sudden, a few months in, I start having panic attacks, like literal consuming panic attacks. And I'm like, what is going on? I run my estrogen labs. Everything's fine. It's low even. My FSH is still high, meaning my brain isn't hearing the estrogen and still thinks I'm in perimenopause.

My pain goes down significantly. Everything's great. All of a sudden, a few months in, I start having panic attacks, like literal consuming panic attacks. And I'm like, what is going on? I run my estrogen labs. Everything's fine. It's low even. My FSH is still high, meaning my brain isn't hearing the estrogen and still thinks I'm in perimenopause.