MYF 83 | Do You Have a Hormone Imbalance?
Welcome to Episode 83!
In episode 83, I'm covering different types of hormonal imbalances than can impact fertility. Both low and high levels of certain hormones can be equally problematic for fertility and can manifest in specific symptoms that can help you identify what might be going wrong in your body. Although you can’t definitively diagnose yourself with a hormone imbalance based on symptoms alone, you can share your observations with your providers and advocate for deeper investigation. In this episode, we’ll be talking about each major type of hormone imbalance, what the common symptoms are, the possible underlying causes, tests you can consider to investigate the problem further, and some possible therapies you can discuss with you practitioner to restore balance. We'll be talking about:
High estrogen
Low estrogen
Low progesterone
Low testosterone
High testosterone
Low thyroid hormone
Dysregulated cortisol
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Links to Episodes I Referenced
Progesterone episodes: 25 & 70
Functional hormone testing/cortisol episode: 22
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Show Notes:
2:40 Elevated estrogen
3:10 High estrogen symptoms and underlying causes
7:10 Investigating elevated estrogen
10:20 Possible therapies for elevated estrogen
12:50 Low estrogen
13:35 Low estrogen symptoms and underlying causes
18:40 Investigating low estrogen
22:20 Possible therapies for low estrogen
25:25 Low progesterone
26:20 Low progesterone symptoms and underlying causes
29:30 Investigating low progesterone
32:15 Possible therapies for low progesterone
35:35 Low testosterone
36:20 Low testosterone symptoms and underlying causes
38:30 Possible therapies for low testosterone
39:25 Elevated testosterone
40:10 High testosterone symptoms and underlying causes
42:50 Investigating high testosterone
44:00 Possible therapies for high testosterone
45:30 Low thyroid hormone
46:20 Low thyroid symptoms and possible underlying causes
51:10 Investigating low thyroid hormone
53:00 Possible therapies for low thyroid
58:25 Cortisol dysregulation
59:15 Symptoms of cortisol dysregulation and possible underlying causes
65:40 Investigating cortisol dysregulation
66:55 Possible therapies for cortisol dysregulation