Why More Estrogen Is Not Always Better In Perimenopause ft. Dr. Jen Pfleghaar

Everyone is telling you to get on hormones right now, which could be great advice for some, the thing is perimenopause is where that advice gets complicated.

Dr. Jen Pfleghaar is board certified in emergency medicine and went back for a fellowship in integrative medicine while she was still pulling ER shifts. On menopause, she and I don’t disagree at all. Estrogen protects your brain, your bones, and your heart, and most women should be on it.

Perimenopause is a different animal.

She breaks perimenopause into early, middle, and late, explains what each one usually needs, and makes the case for wearing a continuous glucose monitor for a full cycle before anyone writes a hormone prescription.

We also get into the two things most women are handed instead, which is birth control and an antidepressant. I wrote a whole chapter about this in my new book. It’s the diagnosis that sounds like an answer. There’s a prescription, the appointment ends, everyone feels like something happened. Nothing was treated.

Getting on hormones is not the goal. Feeling like yourself again is

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