What If I Have a Hormone Imbalance?

Hormone balancing is not an exact science: it requires both careful assessment and customized treatment. That's because your hormone response is as unique as your fingerprints.

If you believe you may have a hormone imbalance, consider the following when weighing treatment options:

• Chose a practitioner who has a fundamental knowledge of hormones.  Think of it this way:  before prescribing hormones, the practitioner should have a deep understanding of how your body produced them in the first place.
• Ask for a baseline snapshot of your body's current hormone production before beginning any kind of treatment. This can be done using blood, urine, or saliva.  
• If you decide to proceed with hormone treatment, ask for testing at various intervals to ensure that your body is handling the treatment in a safe and effective way.   A pelvic ultrasound is an excellent way to evaluate whether your body has a healthy balance between estrogen and progesterone: it measures the thickness of your uterine lining (an abnormal thickness is in indication of hormonal irregularities).  This test should be performed at the onset of therapy and then at last once each year.
• Take medical grade supplements.  These are essential in hormone metabolism and critical for energy production, restorative sleep and detoxification.   
• Detoxify your body.  Detoxification is a critical element in hormone metabolism. That's because we are exposed to xenoestrogens on a daily basis.  These are environmental compounds with estrogenic activity that can interfere with, or mimic, your own hormone synthesis; for this reason, they can be extremely disruptive to your own hormone production. A clinically supervised detoxification program can help you on the road to recovery. But beware! Detoxification should be performed by a specialist and supervised by your medical practitioner.