PREMENOPAUSE

Pre menopause refers to the period around thirty to fifty where you are not necessarily peri menopause which is the medical term for ‘right around menopause’ meaning the year or two before your periods actually stop.

Symptoms tend to include all those of estrogen dominance, as your  progesterone levels start to decline as we age.

Cold/hands and feet, sudden weight gain, very heavy or light periods, foggy thinking, memory loss, lack of libido(sex drive) bleeding between periods, fatigue,  PMS, anxiety, depression, PND, difficulty getting pregnant or carrying a baby to full term, endometriosis, fibroids and  lumpy/droopy breasts to name a few.

Correct doseage of progesterone cream has been shown to dramatically reduce these symptoms, 20mg progesterone twice a day from day 12-28 will ease your journey through to menopause.

In Dr John’s Lees book ‘What the Doctor may not tell you are pre menopause’  he states that checking saliva levels either through this method or blood testing can show irregular amounts of hormones.

During your pre menopausal phase your hormones are in a constant state of change.

A hormone could read very low one day then very high the next.

A saliva test should act as a guide only, it is best for YOU to gauge your hormonal changes and keep yourself in balance through the monitoring of your symptoms and when they tend to occur.

It is during this period that you need to make some lifestyle changes, such as increase the amount of excersise you do, lessen any stress, watch what you are eating,  keeping your hormones balanced is a lifetime challenge, but one you will not regret.

At this stage of your life not only would you expect your progesterone levels to be low but it is likely that you will be lacking in estrogen, testosterone and DHEA.

Besides regular use of progesterone cream it may be beneficial to add some DHEA/ estrogen or testosterone.

DHEA is the feel good hormone produced by your adrenal glands and works well in woman around the pre/peri/post menopausal phase when used with the progesterone/estrogen creams.