In June 2017 I was 48 years old, I had no signs of perimenopause and felt fine. I had my annual exam with my general practitioner and all of my hormones were fine. Fast forward February.2018, my mom had passed away from dementia suddenly and I started having really bad brainfog, tons of body symptoms,…

My hormone journey began when I was 42 years old, soon after I received radiation treatment for breast cancer. Within a few months, I started having symptoms I had never experienced—fatigue, hot flashes, dizzy spells, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, heart palpitations, sleep issues, brain fog—the list was endless and I felt like I was losing…

In the late 1990s, I was about thirty when my mom started bio-identical hormone treatment (BHRT) when she began her own transition into menopause.  Fast forward to 2014, at forty-four I was struggling with energy levels and stamina. I had always been active and had a lot of energy.  However, by the end of the…