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Hormone Secrets

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I am 42 and live in California so I am unable to work with Elevate. I chose to work with Midi because they say they run full labs including hormones, but I was tested for everything Except my hormone levels! Midi's response is that "testing hormone levels is not accurate or reliable. (That's because your hormone levels fluctuate day to day, even hour to hour! So a single test cannot reflect your body's hormone levels.) The best way to check whether a woman has the "right" amount of hormones is to see how her symptoms respond to a particular dose of hormones or nonhormonal menopause medication." My biggest symptoms include anxiety, brain fog, no sex drive and very dry vaginal tissue along with heightened allergies, mostly itchy skin, and extremely itchy ears. Based on my symptoms I was put on low dose Estrogen patch and Progesterone pills, but no testosterone. I have seen some improvement in anxiety thankfully, but I still have 0 sex drive and very dry vaginal tissue.
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They didn't say and at the time I didn't think to ask. I have been reading a lot and watching a lot of the Q&As so I have learned a lot since my previous visit. I've also had 2 different NPs because the 1st ended up not being covered by my insurance. She was new and the one who ran the tests/wrote scripts. Her suggestion was basically use lube. I like the new one better so I might wait until my next visit to make a decision if I want to stay with them. Ideally I would like to find someone locally who listens and works with me.
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Emily Bahn
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Just starting perimenopause and trying to gather as much information as possible

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