For women, having one’s hormones checked regularly will reveal whether their hormones are optimized and help avoid hormonal imbalance in a woman’s endocrine system. Hormone imbalance in women can occur as part of the aging process and may reflect genetic predispositions for certain conditions. However, hormone balance is affected by the food we eat, the exercise we get, and the amount of stress we experience.
The endocrine system is a series of glands that produce and disseminate female hormones throughout the body. A woman’s hormones do a lot more than just regulate mood and sexuality – they determine whether an individual will be at risk for diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s, and thyroid disease. When a hormonal imbalance in a woman’s endocrine system occurs, it can cause a lot of problems.
When a female has a hormone imbalance in their endocrine system, they can develop symptoms that range from subtle to debilitating. This means that there is either too much or too little of a woman’s hormones being produced somewhere within the endocrine system. Symptoms of a hormonal imbalance in women include: menopausal symptoms, heavy, irregular, or painful periods, osteoporosis, hot flashes and night sweats, vaginal dryness, breast tenderness, indigestion, and constipation or diarrhea, heart disease, diabetes, low libido, depression, irritability, insomnia, headaches, body aches, fatigue, poor motivation, poor memory, mental fatigue, brain fog, and weight gain.
There are three paths when choosing a course of medical treatment for hormone imbalance in women. The first is doing nothing to optimize your female hormones and hoping that you will feel better. The second is going the conventional medicine route and being told that your symptoms are normal difficulties women have to deal with due to having women hormones and attempting to get your hormone imbalance in women symptoms fixed by medication after medication after medication. The third is to consider optimizing your female hormones with a hormone expert.
If you suspect that you have a hormone imbalance, contact Fulton Gibbs Wellness to arrange a consultation with Elizabeth Bagan, Nurse Practitioner. She will discuss your symptoms and work with you to design a plan of action to help you regain your quality of life. All it takes is a simple blood test to see if you would benefit from hormone therapy. After results come back and you are a candidate, you can start treatment that very same day! While results are different for every patient, some see positive benefits in as soon as a few days, while others may take up to 6 weeks to see changes. Patients who see the best results follow a supplement regimen designed just for you.
So what are you waiting for? If you are suffering from symptoms of hormone imbalance such as low libido, depression, irritability, insomnia, headaches, body aches, fatigue, poor motivation, poor memory, mental fatigue, brain fog, and weight gain, we can help at Fulton Gibbs Wellness. We are happy to arrange a consultation and discuss and concerns that you may have. Let us help you build the healthy life you deserve!
Elizabeth Bagan, APRN, NP-C, ENP-C is a Family and Emergency Nurse Practitioner who has changed her focus to preventative disease and health promotion with a specialization in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and functional & integrative medicine. Elizabeth is currently providing BHRT and functional medicine services to her patients in her Jacksonville clinic Fulton Gibbs Wellness.
