Why You Still Feel Like Garbage in Perimenopause — Even on Hormones | HRT Not Working? | PYHP 174

Episode 174 July 14, 2025 00:33:57
Why You Still Feel Like Garbage in Perimenopause — Even on Hormones | HRT Not Working? | PYHP 174
Progress Your Health Podcast
Why You Still Feel Like Garbage in Perimenopause — Even on Hormones | HRT Not Working? | PYHP 174

Jul 14 2025 | 00:33:57

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Show Notes

In this episode of the Progress Your Health Podcast, Dr. Valorie Davidson and Dr. Robert Maki dive deep into a question from “Amber,” a 49-year-old woman struggling with extreme perimenopausal symptoms — despite being on progesterone, an estradiol patch, and thyroid medication. Topics Covered: ● Why HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) might not be working ● Common perimenopause symptoms: sleep issues, fatigue, brain fog, weight gain ● The pitfalls of cookie-cutter hormone prescriptions ● How cortisol, stress, and over-exercising sabotage your hormones ● When estrogen dominance, low progesterone, and thyroid dysfunction overlap ● Could progesterone be making things worse? ●

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