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Beauty Tips with Dr. Burkenstock: Dr. B discusses hormone therapy

Is fatigue, night sweats, foggy thoughts, decreased concentration getting you down?

Teresa Bourgeois, hormone therapy patient, said, “In the middle of the night, waking up with soaking wet sheets and just turning bright red and getting hot in the daytime which I guess are hot flashes.”

It may be your symptoms of menopause setting in. When we reach menopause, our hormone levels change. We begin to make lesser and even no amounts of some of the more important hormones.

Teresa Bourgeois, stated, “My testosterone was low estrogen and progesterone was also low.”

When these hormones get out of balance, someone can appear depressed, crazy, mood changes forgetful and a lot of other annoying circumstances.

Instead of just throwing an antidepressant at it, there’s another alternative. That alternative is bio identical hormones, or there are hormone therapies available by pill form as well.

“When I’m on the hormones I feel so much better. I feel focused, I have more energy and I usually lose a little weight on those also,” said Bourgeois.

For the right patient, it can be a major improvement in your life. That’s your beauty tip today with Dr. Burkenstock.