Perimenopause symptoms driving your crazy?
If you’re looking for relief from hot flashes, irritability, fatigue and low libido there’s a little known secret to feeling better fast: repairing over-worked adrenal glands.
Adrenal health affects sex hormone levels when stress hormones are high. The adrenal glands use the same building blocks as your sex hormones – and your body prioritizes your stress response over reproduction. When you are exhausted by constant levels of stress, your body runs out of what it needs to make sex hormones and your perimenopause symptoms get worse.
These are signs that suggest that your adrenal may need some attention:
- Feeling tired upon waking
- Having trouble falling asleep at night, despite being tired
- Dependence on caffeine or sugar to get through the day
- Sugar cravings
- Frequent headaches
- Increased susceptibility to infection
Dr. Christiane Northrup also finds that natural approaches can help improve adrenal function. Adopting strategies to deal with stress, and being sure to get enough rest are important things you can do to start to help your adrenal glands and improve your perimenopause symptoms.
Dr. Marina Rose, of Los Altos, CA, uses a Functional Medicine approach to balancing hormones. This starts with a simple saliva test to determine which foods and supplements will repair the adrenal glands most quickly. Then using bio identical hormones if needed.
When you need natural solutions for perimenopause symptoms, click here for a free consultation to find out how Functional Medicine can help you.
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