Perimenopause and Menopause Support
Dr. Reddy is an expert in women’s hormone balancing and menopause care. She will help you navigate the perimenopausal transition with greater ease and help you thrive after menopause.
What is Perimenopause?
Perimenopause, which can start in a woman’s late 30’s and can extend into her early 50’s, is characterized by dramatic changes in female hormone levels as the body transitions away from its fertile years. As this transition happens, women often experience changes in their period regularity and bleeding pattern, they may also experience changes in mood, weight, and energy levels that can dramatically affect quality of life. Additionally, because this transition often also corresponds with an extremely demanding time of life in a woman’s career and family responsibilities — perimenopause can be a challenging phase to navigate without compassionate, expert help.
Strategies to understand your body:
Hormone Testing:
- We will test your female hormones at appropriate times in your cycle to assess what types of hormone imbalances you may have
Advanced Functional Testing:
- We will test your stress hormones, nutrient levels, thyroid hormones, and metabolic markers to understand what else may be contributing to how you feel and your body’s current physiologic state
Strategies to Optimize your Health
- Prescribe an individualized diet and exercise regimen that is practical within your busy lifestyle
- Use herbs and nutrients to restore balance
- Use bio-identical hormones safely and appropriately to restore balance
- Support the function of your adrenal glands to increase your resilience to stress
- Collaborative support to help you make decisions about lifestyle choices to support healing and nourishment
Common Perimenopausal Symptoms We Treat:
- Insomnia and waking up in the middle of the night
- Hot flashes
- PMS
- Low sex drive
- Vaginal infections
- Vaginal dryness
- Pain with sex
- Prolonged and irregular
bleeding patterns - Brain fog
- Joint pain and stiffness
- Anxiety and depression, new onset of panic attacks
- Palpitations
Support for Menopause and Beyond
Expert Help: Dr. Reddy is an expert in using hormone replacement therapy to optimize women’s health through and after menopause. She will work with you to determine whether or not hormone replacement is appropriate for you and discuss with you which hormones to replace and why. She is experienced in using estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and thyroid replacement in women, in a variety of forms (though she does not prescribe pellet therapy) and will create an individualized treatment plan for you.
Optimal Aging: Hormone replacement therapy can play an important role in preventing chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, cognitive decline (as in Alzheimer’s disease), and cardiovascular disease. We will discuss how to use hormone replacement therapy to not only help you feel better today, but also how to ensure that your quality of life remains high throughout the decades.
Safe and Responsible: Many women have received misinformation from the media and their doctors about the safety of modern hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk. Dr. Reddy stays current on the literature regarding hormone replacement therapy, appropriate dosing and modalities, and breast cancer risk. She can offer the most current options and provide you with accurate and up to date information so you can feel safe and confident about your treatment plan.